Archive July, 2006

Installing software in GNU/Linux

[ Friday, 14 July 2006, michuk ]
Installing software in GNU/Linux looks quite different to the way you’re probably used to from Microsoft Windows. In this howto you will learn how to install packages, compile from sources and run binary installers. » Post Purchase:  Text Link

Kubuntu 6.06 on Athlon 64

[ Tuesday, 11 July 2006, michuk ]
I recently had a chance to install the latest Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) on a desktop computer with a 64-bit Athlon processor. In the article I’ll try to cover the issues I had with this configuration as well as the reasons I chose Kubuntu to do the job.

SSH tricks

[ Monday, 3 July 2006, michuk ]
SSH is a program enabling secure access to remote filesystems. Not everyone is aware of other powerful SSH capabilities, such as passwordless login, automatic execution of commands on a remote system or even mounting a remote folder using SSH!