The problem:
You have some data on a machine somewhere that you need to copy to another machine, but you want to preserve the file/folder permissions and attributes. Problem is, you only have a FAT32 formatted external drive you can use and FAT32 does not support Linux permissions and attributes.
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Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 10.10?
Ever had the problem where you cannot select “Enable Guest Display Auto Resize” from the menu in VirtualBox? Is your guest OS Ubuntu and are you also stuck at 800×600?
Thanks to this guy for helping me get it to work properly. Here’s a guide…
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RockMelt..Something different?
So, we all have our favourite little browser. Some of us stick to IE (heaven knows why), others use the ever popular FireFox. Don’t forget about Chrome, Safari and Opera. There’s countless browsers available today. But the guys from RockMelt are trying something different…
Have a look ..
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DHCP Release/Renew in Ubuntu
In Windows, we can simply do the following to get an IP from DHCP:
#To release ipconfig /release #To renew ipconfig /renew |
How to do it in Linux, or Ubuntu more specifically?
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Adding static routes in Windows
So I learned something new today…something I should’ve been able to do a long time ago already – Adding routes in Windows.
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Limit apt download rate
There’s been numerous cases where I’ve had to limit the download speed of apt-get. Mostly, I just want to be able to browse/use the internet while also doing some kind of aptitude related function in the background.
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Hello world!
Hi, my name is Hendri Schoeman. I’m an Engineer for a tech company in South Africa – Sintrex – and I love everything IT and tech related!
My day to day activities touches on almost any subject IT related so I thought I’d spread some of the knowledge I acquire from my daily struggles in keeping clients’ networks running optimally, servers performing at their peak and data-lines being utilized in the correct manner. We assist clients in anything from application performance monitoring right through to monthly IT infrastructure reporting and CMDB maintenance … all using our in-house developed software. Feel free to have a look at http://www.sintrex.com for more information.
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