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Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like a Mac

Want the look and feel of a Mac without paying the high-end design premium? Tired of hearing from all your Mac-happy friends how awesome Leopard looks? Got time to run through six pages of…

How To Set Up VMware Tools On Various Linux Distributions

This document explains how to set up the VMware Tools in the following guest operating systems: Ubuntu 7.04, Fedora 7, PCLinuxOS 2007 and Debian Etch. Installing VMware Tools in your guest…

The real Fix For Comcast BitTorrent Throttling

First, a little explanation may be needed as to what is happening in between you, Comcast and the Internet. Basically Comcast has been using a packet filtering platform called Sandvine. Sandvine…

Beating Sandvine with Linux iptables

"If you are tired of Sandvine screwing with your BitTorrent and a user of GNU/Linux, then this is for you. I will tell you how to take your bandwidth back."

http://redhatcat.blogspot.com/…

Using a Bluetooth remote to control Amarok 1.4

A member of the Amarok development team posted some instructions explaining how certain Bluetooth devices can be made to control Amarok 1.4. this is only just the beginning as the LinuxMCE project…

Set up a Web server cluster in 5 easy steps

"Spreading a workload across multiple processors, coupled with various software recovery techniques, provides a highly available environment and enhances overall RAS (Reliability, Availability,…

How To Live an Open-Source Musical Life With Ogg Vorbis

In an effort to rally support for the underdog media format, the Free Software Foundation has launched PlayOgg.org, a website promoting awareness of the Ogg format. It's an educational primer for…

How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)

You've finally made the move to a Windows-free computer, you're enjoying your brand new Linux OS, no trojans/viruses, no slowdown, everything's perfect. Suddenly, you need to update the BIOS on…

Convert your multimedia archive to open standards.

Mp3, wma formats are copyrighted formats. Not everybody knows that they are breaking a bunch of rules and copyright patents by playing and redistributing fileformats like mp3 and wma. The big…

Howto install Fedora Linux on a Sony Playstation 3

Full install instructions for installing Fedora Core 5 on a Sony Playstation 3 using OtherOS Installer released by Sony.

http://ps3.qj.net/PS3-Linux-The-void-has-been-filled-Full-install-…