How to setup Windows VPN in Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp
sudo killall nm-applet
sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart
nm-applet –sm-disable &
Then configure your Microsoft VPN Connections in Network Manager. It’s the one on top right corner.
How to install libssh2 with PHP on CentOS 5 x86_64
This post is just for archiving it, if you find it useful I’m glad!
If you are dealing with CentOS 5 x86_64 (Free version of RHEL5), try to install libssh2 for your PHP development you might fail in doing so.
So here’s a quick tip how to install libssh2 on X86_64 systems(I think i386 works just fine)
Edit: /usr/share/pear/pearcmd.php
Set: @ini_set(’memory_limit’, ‘16M’);
And try again!
How to reset MySQL root password in Ubuntu Linux
In case you have forgotten your root password on your Ubuntu Linux, here’s a small tip on how to reset it.
$ sudo mysqld –skip-grant-tables &
$ mysql -u root mysql
$ mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(’MyNewPasswordHere’) WHERE User=’root’;
$ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
$ mysql> \q
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
Now you can login using your new root password.
Arch Linux new logo released!
I switched to Arch Linux on my main laptop 3 months ago. I found Ubuntu installing too much of unnecessary common services(for others may be) and applications. On a Dell Latitude D820 with 2Gs of RAM installed I would expect much better performance.
Anyways, there was a logo competition going on at Arch Linux community and they announced the winner. The winner is Thayer Williams. Here’s the logo scetch from him:
You can check other designs at http://dev.archlinux.org/~travis/logo-contest/
Year 2007 for Linux and Open Source
Let’s sum up and see what were the biggest Linux moves in the year 2007.
- GPLv3
- Asus Eee PC
- OpenMoko
- Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10 = lots of fork distros
- GNOME 2.20
- Pidgin 2.0
- KDE 4.0(postponed to Jan 2008)
- Xfce 4.4
- Google Desktop
- Fedora 7, Fedora 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Mplayer 1.0 RC2
- Adobe Flash Player 9
- OpenOffice.org 2.3
- Linux is preinstalled in Dell, Lenovo and HP PCs
- Wallmart and gOs = Everex
Did I miss anything?
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