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!! - Last command (usefull if you forget to run a command as sudo) sudo !! (runs last command as sudo) !foo - Run most recent command st...

smbclient -L servername will show you all available samba / windows shares To connect to a windows or samba share type smbclient \\\\s...

To set up VNC properly, so that you have access to the local default X console of your server as if you are sitting in front of the physic...

When the boot process aborts upon failing to find a removed or failed hard disk due to the system not finding the device that your /etc/fst...

Encrypt File in Vim Save and encrypt the current file: :X Enter encryption key: ******** Enter same key again: ******** Once you’ve encrypte...

Do the following as root. download latest fedora repos For 32 bit version type: wget ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/li...

I often need to type characters that aren’t on the keyboard, like € ½ ÷ © ¥ or ¢. compose key to the rescue. pick a key on your keyboard you...

djl is an open-source game manager for Linux, written in Python download the installer script from http://en.djl-linux.org/?q=node/19 Once...

assuming the Network you want to add a DHCP server to is the 192.168.1.0/24 network your router IP Address is 192.168.1.1 Your ISP's ...

If your .bashrc file is not being sourced when you connect to your system over SSH and it only gets sourced when you open up a terminal lo...

VMWare can be very frustrating when you try and boot a VM from a CD . The VM ’s BIOS is set to boot from disk first, so you need to chang...

nautilus-open-terminal runs on Gnome Windows manager and it allows you to right click in your file manager and open up your terminal in th...

edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list Add one of the following For ubuntu 9.10 (armic) add the following two...

Good, easy way to clone a hard drive. dd which is used for converting and copying files, can be used as a powerful and simple image cloning...

Here's the scenario. you have 3 PC's on your Desk. One running Linux , One running MAC OS and the other running Windows XP . all 3 ...

Ever need to reboot or shutdown a Windows machine on your network, from your Linux workstation. No problem. ...

dpkg --get-selections will show you a complete list of packages installed on your Ubuntu system and rpm -qa will give you the complete list...

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Today I was limited by rm I needed to clean up a folder by deleting previous years (2008) log files which amounted to a few thousand files...