| How to Play Neverwinter Nights on Linux |  | A great game that runs natively on Linux.
Neverwinter Nights (NWN) is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game, based on third edition Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms rules. In the original NWN scenario supplied with the game engine, the player is single-handedly responsible for defeating a powerful cult; sto ... [read more >>] | | Date: 08 November 2006, 10:05 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Install Multimedia Codecs in Linux |  | Enjoy your movies!
Like any other operating system, e.g. Windows, most of the Linux systems come with no multimedia codecs, so you'll not be able to play AVI/DivX/XviD videos or MOV movie trailers. Luckily, someone is taking care of these codecs and they update them regularly. ... [read more >>] | | Date: 07 November 2006, 13:24 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Setup a Mail Server on FC6 |  | Postfix + Davecot + Squirrelmail
This article explains how to setup a small mail server very fast on a Fedora Core 6 system. If you run a different distribution, you will have to use the package manager specific to your distro or search for and install the source packages. However, the configuration files are (usually) in th ... [read more >>] | | Date: 06 November 2006, 09:41 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Get Connected to the IPv6 Internet |  | Test the future version 6 of the Internet Protocol.
The Internet is expanding into many new areas such as mobile Internet, IPTV and other IP embedded services which require more and more new IP addresses every day. The growth of IP based services and devices will stretch the current Internet protocol beyond breaking point because in a few year ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 November 2006, 12:11 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| SSH Usage Guide |  | Explaining SSH commands.
There are a couple of ways that you can access a shell remotely on most Linux/Unix systems. SSH, which is an acronym for Secure SHell, was designed and created to provide the best security when accessing another computer remotely. Not only does it encrypt the session, it also provides better ... [read more >>] | | Date: 30 October 2006, 09:59 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Setup a Jabber Server Using WildFire |  | Easily install and configure a Jabber server for a company, for friends or other groups.
Unless you have been living under rocks for the past few years, you must have heard of instant messaging and how it changed the world of communications via Internet. Instant Messaging (IM) is a service that allows users to communicate with their friends or colleagues in real time through priv ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 October 2006, 13:14 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Fedora Core 6 Desktop Effects with Beryl |  | Beryl on Fedora Core 6
So, you want some of those latest eye candy effects on your desktop? You came to the right place. I will teach you in this guide how-to setup some of the nicest desktop effects you ever saw. Are you ready?
STEP 1
Let ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 October 2006, 11:49 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Install Video Drivers on Fedora Core 6 |  | ATi/nVIDIA installation guide for FC6.
The ATi and nVIDIA driver RPMs provided by livna.org are especially designed for Fedora. If you are using yum and already have it configured with the Livna repository for your Fedora version, you can skip this section. If not, add the Livna repository by executing the following command as root:
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| Fedora Core 6 Installation Guide |  | A successful Linux workstation environment.
If you choose to install Fedora Core as your first Linux system, than this guide is for you. It's addressed to first timers in Linux world, and it will explain only the installation part, not the desktop configuration or anything else. The installation presented here is for a completely functio ... [read more >>] | | Date: 25 October 2006, 13:44 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Use RSA Key for SSH Authentication |  | Automatically log-in to Linux systems even without a password.
If your daily activity requires loging in a lot of Linux systems through SSH, you will be happy to know (if you don't already) that there's a way to allow secure, authenticated remote access, file transfer, and command execution without having to remember passwords for each individu ... [read more >>] | | Date: 24 October 2006, 15:10 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Shoreline Firewall Beginners Guide |  | Secure Your Linux Box!
Iptables is an amazing software, it's every Linux box firewall, but sometimes it's hard for a beginner to learn how to set up Iptables and to remember all those configuration lines, so for this, there are many Iptables-based firewalls. One of them, and a very good one, is ... [read more >>] | | Date: 20 October 2006, 16:34 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Setting Up a Virtual Private Network with Hamachi |  | Play games or share files just like on a regular LAN.
Having only an internal LAN IP has been a long known problem as not everyone can forward their needed ports on the network router. Because your computer doesn't have a unique Internet IP, you can't enjoy for instance, gaming with a friend in the same situation. Hamachi enables you a ... [read more >>] | | Date: 19 October 2006, 11:08 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| How to Play CounterStrike 1.6 in Linux |  | Guide to play CS1.6 through Steam in Linux
CounterStrike and all mods based on Half-Life (1 or 2) are one of the most played games ever but, unfortunately, are designed for Windows and no Linux version has been developed so far. A lot of Linux users have saved a Windows partition just to boot from it when they feel like playing a game ... [read more >>] | | Date: 17 October 2006, 11:02 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Linux File Transfer Methods |  | More or less secure methods of transferring files.
When we need to download or copy a file from a remote machine to our local one or vice-versa, most of us use a plain, simple to use, FTP client. There are actually a wealth of tools available for transferring files, and some of them perform automation functions that can easily assist your bus ... [read more >>] | | Date: 13 October 2006, 10:11 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Mandriva Linux 2007 Installation Guide |  | How-to install a successful Mandriva Workstation!
In this guide, I will show you how to install a Mandriva Linux 2007 Workstation. I suggest getting the DVD version so you don't have to change the discs all the time, also, if you are new to Linux, I strongly suggest to install it on a new (blank) hard drive so you won't crash a ... [read more >>] | | Date: 12 October 2006, 17:39 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| The DHCP Server |  | A quick and rewarding setup
In my opinion, in every network, there should be a DHCP server. For me, a network without a DHCP server is like a city without an administrative apparatus. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and it’s very useful because it provides the TCP/IP configuration parameters to the c ... [read more >>] | | Date: 12 October 2006, 09:16 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Apache .htaccess Guide |  | Set Apache directives for each web directory and file.
If you run a web server, you most likely know that directives such as blocking users, preventing hot linking and so on are set in Apache's httpd.conf and they apply for each and every file and directory your webserver is hosting. What if you want to set some different directives for cert ... [read more >>] | | Date: 10 October 2006, 10:40 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Sharing Folders over a Network Using SAMBA |  | How to make Linux shared folders accessible from LAN PCs.
This is a guide written for Fedora Linux, but it MIGHT be useful for other RPM based distributions as well. If you follow this guide successfully, you will be able to drag and drop files from and to Linux shared folders, access any file or folder on the Linux server.
SAMBA is a suite of applicati ... [read more >>] | | Date: 06 October 2006, 10:53 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| MySQL Basic Usage Guide |  | A basic MySQL usage guide
MySQL (My Structured Query Language) is a multi-threaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System with more than 6 million installations all over the world which makes it the most popular language for adding, accessing and processing data in a database. One of the reasons MySQL is so widel ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 October 2006, 09:53 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| BIND Installation and Configuration Guide |  | Installing a DNS Server on your own Linux box
The Domain Name System, among other things, translates domain names, also known as computer hostnames, into IP addresses. DNS has become an essential component of Internet use as it makes possible to attach easy to remember domain names (such as www.softpedia.com) to hard to remember IP addre ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 October 2006, 09:37 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Finding Files and Directories from the Command Line |  | Searching for files using the find, locate and whereis commands
Files can be found under Linux in many different ways. The easiest way is to use Kfind, the KDE graphical search tool. But what if you're connected through SSH from a remote PC and can't run a graphical desktop or simply don't have it installed, then, you don't really have ... [read more >>] | | Date: 28 September 2006, 09:45 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Managing User Accounts on Linux |  | The straightforward guide for the command line
Most of us need to create users accounts once in a while. System administrators frequently work with user accounts on a daily basis. The following text wants to explain how to work with (create, modify) user accounts and groups in a Linux environment.
Most of the people never bothered to u ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 September 2006, 17:52 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| ProFTPD Installation Guide |  | How to setup your own FTP Server quick and easy.
ProFTPD is a stable, secure and highly configurable GPL-licensed FTP server capable of serving large files over a local network or the Internet. It has all the features a FTP server should have and even more. This File Transfer Protocol Daemon supports hidden directories, virtual hosts and pe ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 September 2006, 09:37 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| xinetd guide |  | The extended Internet services daemon
xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd that should be installed on most computers that use some of the services which will be mentioned later. Basically, xientd performs the same functions as inetd, but it’s a lot better in terms of security because it provides access control, can prevent d ... [read more >>] | | Date: 25 September 2006, 17:27 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| X.Org Configuration Guide |  | How-to setup your X11.
A common problem in Linux systems is the X11 configuration, which doesn't have a GUI software to be configured, yet. So, in this guide, I will show you how to setup your X11, so it can recognize your monitor, mouse, keyboard and, of course, the video card.
WARNING: ... [read more >>] | | Date: 22 September 2006, 17:47 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Linux Security Basic Guide |  | How to quickly secure your Linux system after a fresh installation
Did you know that a freshly installed Linux server can be hardened in less than 10 minutes? Here’s how!
Step 1: Turn all unneeded services off
There are two kinds of network services:
- those that get started as init.d services;
- those that get started by xinetd.
... [read more >>] | | Date: 22 September 2006, 09:57 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Beginner's vi Editor Guide |  | Getting started with the default Linux editor
Vi is a default text editor and it's available in almost all Linux distributions by default. Vi is a Visual editor that was designed to be used in the CLI (Command Line Interface). You might encounter situations where you'll need to edit or create some file from the command line, an ... [read more >>] | | Date: 21 September 2006, 16:27 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Iptables Basic Guide |  | Learning the basics about iptables
People always complain about how hard iptables are to understand and configure. I'm not saying it's an easy process but once you get the hang of it, it should seem a little less difficult. Iptables is a user space tool which is used to create rules for packet filtering and NAT modul ... [read more >>] | | Date: 20 September 2006, 09:29 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| CRON Guide |  | A guide for everyone
Cron is a tool in Linux that allows you to automate virtually any task you can think of. Basically, cron is able to execute scripts and programs at certain time intervals. The purpose of this guide is to teach you the basics of cron. Even though cron might not be used by everybody on a daily ... [read more >>] | | Date: 19 September 2006, 11:58 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Software Installation Guide |  | Learning and understanding how to install software in Linux
Installing software in Linux is a quite distinctive process and can sometimes be very complicated, especially if you're new to this operating system. Most likely, you're used to the Setup.exe that asks you a few questions and then finishes the job really quickly. While some Linux so ... [read more >>] | | Date: 18 September 2006, 09:35 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
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