tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197731362011-11-19T14:47:34.921-05:00<i>by</i> <b>Hugues Clouâtre</b> <i>aka</i> <a href="http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/members/antidrugue.html"><u>antidrugue</u></a>Hugueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286199493983794036noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19773136.post-36725768333945681832007-04-22T20:20:00.001-04:002010-02-28T09:57:04.623-05:00

Great new stuff coming with Debian 4.0. Still, the greatest achievement of Etch is its stability, and the continuity in respect to past Debian releases.Like ever, a big release. More than 18 200 packages. So lots of new software, nicely packaged, and very well tested. Every aspects of the desktop experience has been magnified, and most server components gained a few version numbers upgrade.As I

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Last revision : April 23th, 2007With the recent release of Beryl 0.2, the Beryl Project appears stronger then ever.Folks using Debian have a good reason to be happy about that: a new Debian repository of Beryl packages has recently been unveiled.This tutorial aims to explain in a clear and concise manner the installation and configuration of a Beryl enabled Debian desktop.Setting up a Beryl

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Last revision : April 28th, 2007Virtual machines software are rapidly gaining in popularity. Xen, VMware and VirtualBox are all interesting solutions. However there is one that often gets overlooked : QEMU.Mandriva 2007 and Knoppix 5.1.1 both running in Debian EtchWhile QEMU is an impressive piece of software, it can still benefit from the use of tools like KVM or Kqemu, which will further

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To manage both wired and wireless networks, nothing matches NetworkManager easiness and versatility.The following tutorial will help you install it on Debian (Etch or Sid) and Ubuntu (Dapper or Edgy).Keep in mind that I use sudo to get root privileges.PrerequisitesFirst, make sure your network devices are properly configured, as NetworkManager won't help you with that part. So once you have the

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Last revision : Mai 5th, 2007This article is intended to give general tips on how to properly manage power consumption and its different aspects (CPU frequency management, suspend/resume, and other common functionalities). While most laptop users should care, any desktop user concerned with the environment (or their electricity bill) might want to put some efforts in this.PrerequisitesKeep in

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Last revision : February 5th, 2007CPU frequency management is one of the keys to power preservation.The Linux kernel now provides all the necessary tools to properly manage CPU frequency : no need to use a daemon (like cpufreqd or powernowd) to take care of your CPU.Of course the benefits of such power management are obvious for a laptop, but most desktop users should also consider this.In this

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Last revision : February 18th, 2007Perhaps you've run into this situation before : what to do with a machine that has no CD reader ? Or maybe you have simply no mean of getting your hands on a Ubuntu CD ?Now you can install Ubuntu Edgy (or any other Ubuntu version) on it using a USB key as small as 64 mb.Debian users had a method for installing from USB that worked very well (here it is). But

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Last revision : March 29th, 2007Firefox 2.0 has been out for quite some time now.You can install an updated version of Firefox quite easily in Debian or Ubuntu. Here is how.DownloadFirst, download your Firefox version of choice. We'll use Firefox 2.0 (2.0.0.3 in fact) for this tutorial :wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.3/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.3.tar.gzYou

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Last revision : April 24th, 2007A quick and easy tutorial about how to install NVIDIA drivers as simply as possible.PrerequisitesIn this tutorial, I use sudo to get root privileges. Check out this tutorial if you need help in configuring sudo.As a starting point, download the latest stable drivers.Then you'll need to install a few packages :sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(

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You like Linux a lot, but you miss the old time CTRL-ALT-DEL feature ? Pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL in this famous OS called Windows brings a very handy task manager, opening a world of new possibilities : it informs you on ressources consumption of all running processes, it allows you to kill an unresponsive process, etc.With minimal tweaking, you can get this neat tool in Linux too.PrerequisitesThese

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Last revision : April 29th, 2007On July 14th, Szakacsits Szabolcs, a developer for the Linux-NTFS project published a major update of the Linux NTFS driver. It is now possible to write to an NTFS partition in a safe manner.I've tested it for months now and I have yet to report any issue. In fact, I have had more troubles with the old NTFS driver which allowed read-only operations on NTFS

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Last Revision : April 27th, 2007Since October 18, Flash 9 is available (in beta version) for Linux. The official release is out since January 16, 2007.Here is a quick how-to on how to install it.In this tutorial, I use sudo to get root privileges.InstallationTo ease the installation process, install the package flashplugin-nonfree :sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfreeFor Debian Etch, Lenny,

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Last revision : May 26th, 2007You've got this Debian machine, and yet you want to use the famous "3D desktop" everyone's talking about ?On Debian Etch (or Sid), it is surprisingly easy to configure a "3D desktop".Here is how to do it.PrerequisitesThis guide assumes that you have direct rendering enabled. In other words, the output ofglxinfo | grep directshould say (if glxinfo doesn't work, make

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Last revision: June 13th, 2007ATI has made tremendous efforts recently to enhanced its Linux drivers quality, and it shows. Debian users can now install the ATI drivers with minimum effort.Here is how to do it.RequirementsFirst, download the latest ATI drivers (installer) from ATI's site.Then install the required building tools, plus fakeroot and debhelper (I use sudo to get root privileges

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Logitech MX series mouses are good. Here is how to get them working in Linux.This HOW-TO is tailored for the MX500, on Debian GNU/Linux, but the principles are the same for most multi buttons mice, as well as for most distros.Just replace your mouse section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or /etc/X11/xorg.conf with this one,For XFree86 4.3 and Xorg 6.8.2 (ex: Debian Sarge, Suse 10.0, Fedora Core 4, etc.

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Last revision : April 30th, 2007This guide is also available here, on my wiki. The present version is the most up-to-date however.Now for Debian Etch (Debian's actual stable distribution).The installation process is somewhat simpler (on the Asus Z63A) than Debian Sarge's one.Hardware summaryThe Asus Z63A is a customizable version of the W3A from Asus.I built mine with these components :Screen :

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WARNING : This how-to is not up-to-date, please refer to this one on Debian Etch instead.Asus Z63A personal notes...The Machine...The Asus Z63A is a "build-your-own" version of the W3A. It is an exceptional piece of hardware. Here is mine:Screen: 14" Widescreen (WXGA) 1280x768 ***works***Video: Intel 915GM ***works***Processor: Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz) ***works***RAM: 1GB DDR2-533 Dual-Channel **

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WARNING : This how-to is not up-to-date, please refer to this one (on Debian Etch) instead.The first part, and the easiest, is to install the IPW2200 (Intel centrino b/g) driver.For a laptop, I very much recommend to use a custom compiled kernel anyway.And in doing so, you should use the latest kernel source avalaible (as of january 30th 2006, it is 2.6.15.1). You will need to enable those

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Last revision : February 23th, 2007You want to compile your very own linux kernel ? No ? Well you should ! Here is a simple receipt.The steps described below work for both Debian and Ubuntu.So, read carefully.Preparing the systemNote that I use sudo to get root privileges, refer to this tutorial for more info about that.First install the required packages :sudo apt-get install fakeroot bzip2

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To get a good Desktop out of Debian, well you need some multimedia capabilities.Mines come from Christian Marillat's repository, check out his homepage.There are tons of repositories avalaible for Debian (most are for Sid, the unstable branch). The apt-get site has an extensive list.If you have an ATI card and you're a Debian newbie, well you'll like this. It's the work of one man: Flavio

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Debian GNU/LinuxHow is it? Simply the best at what it does.Debian has a hard reputation of being geek-oriented, of not being user-friendly. Ok. Maybe I don't know much about much (I've only used Debian since Sarge), but it doesn't sound true considering my personal experience with it. Debian has always been good to me, and those words now sounds like music to my ears: apt-get, dpkg, make-kpkg.

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With Debian Sarge comes OpenOffice version 1.1.3, though I much prefer the new version 2.0.First, if you have installed OpenOffice 1.1.3, I suggest you uninstall it, for that use Synaptic or apt-get :sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.orgNow, let's get to OpenOffice 2.0.PrerequisiteYou'll need to install Java first : here is a tutorial.InstallationDownload OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Linux from

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Last revision : April 28th, 2007Installing Java from Sun is very easy in Debian.Here is the simplest way. First a section for Debian Etch users, then the explanation for Debian Sarge.InstallationOn Debian EtchOn Debian Etch the installation is incredibly simple. On you made sure you have the non-free repository enabled, just type:sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jreFor the Java browser plugin, you

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In general, to perform any operation that requires root privileges, I like to use sudo, which gives root privileges temporarily. So here is how to add yourself to the sudoers group:suThen you type the root password (which will not appear as you type it).Once logged as root, type:apt-get install sudoto make sure the required package is installed.Then configure it:visudoAt the end of the file, you

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Installing Debian GNU/Linux as become very easy since the release of Sarge.The simplest way to do it, if you have a nice and fast internet connection, is by using the Netinstaller.You can view all your installation options here.

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I use Debian GNU/Linux, version Sarge (3.1).My desktop environment of choice is Gnome, though I do appreciate KDE as well.Why GNU/Linux?At first I was extremely skeptical, but wanted to try something new. It came to my attention that Linux was getting more and more mature, and I've got to thank for that my friend Matt.Well, after a few months of experimentation with many Linux distributions: -

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