It’s been almost two days since Fedora Core 5 Test 2 was released and Madpenguin has come up with a very interesting review. Adam Doxtater writes in his article: So, what do we have to look forward to in Fedora Core 5? Well, I will say this right up front: what I’ve seen so far…
LIRC is basically a small server which can decode or transmit infra-red signals. This is a tutorial about how to set up the LIRC server and how to use it in order to control your system or specific LIRC-enabled applications with a remote control. Examples of simple or more complicated setups are also provided.
I was wondering how it would be possible to build a native kernel module, which is not enabled in the kernel configuration, and use it in order to add support for a certain feature to the system. This idea came to me while I was examining the kernel-module-ntfs SRPM package from the Livna repository. This…
I had made a post in the past about an awesome sed tutorial by Bruce Barnett. This is not his only tutorial though. His web site contains high quality information about awk, bash, regex, csh etc. I highly recommend it.
This BASH script automates the procedure of getting the Fedora kernel headers, that was discussed in my previous post about preparing the complete kernel headers. It’s at a very early stage, does not include many checks, but does the job well, if configured properly. The configuration options are inside the script and they are mainly…
The official fedora kernel-devel package does not include the complete kernel headers. This should not be a problem in most cases when compiling third party modules, but there are times that one or more of these missing headers are absolutely needed. This document outlines a method to obtain the complete kernel headers for your currently…
This article will guide you through the process of using your CUPS printer by issuing commands in the terminal and also outlines the available print job options you can set in order to fine tune the final prints.
How to prepare CD-RW and DVD±RW media (formatting, creation of UDF structure) and mount them for use as large floppy diskettes.
This article describes how to become your own Certificate Authority (CA) and issue your own server certificates. Be advised that noone else, apart from you, your internal network’s people or your friends, will or should trust this kind of certificates (self-signed). These are intended only for providing secure communication with your own services or for testing purposes.
This article describes in brief how to configure VNC server instances for one or multiple users on a remote machine, how to use VNC to start graphical applications on boot and finally how to enhance security by connecting to the server through encrypted SSH tunnels.