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Howto Build a LAMP Server (linux)

by Bruce  Timberlake  (http://lamphowto.com/)
This document will walk you through the installation of what is known as a “LAMP” system: Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Depending on who you talk to, the P also stands for Perl or Python, but in general, it is assumed to be PHP. I run CentOS on my servers; [...]

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Slax – your pocket operating system

Slax is a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design. Despite its small size, Slax provides a wide collection of pre-installed software for daily use, including a well organized graphical user interface and useful recovery tools for system administrators.
The modular approach gives you the ability to include [...]

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installing skype on centos

download skype-static package
next do the following steps:-
> COMMANDS
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> tar -xvjf  skype_static-<version>.tar.bz2
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> cd skype_static-<version>
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> mkdir /usr/share/skype
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> cp -a * /usr/share/skype/
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> cd /usr/share/skype/
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> mv skype /usr/bin/
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> mv skype.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/
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> chown <your-username>.<your-group> skype.desktop
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> mv skype.desktop ~<your-username>/Desktop
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Using a Boot Floppy to Repair the MBR

It is a good idea to create a GRUB boot floppy or CD and print or archive the GRUB configuration file (/boot/grub/grub.conf for Red Hat and /boot/grub/menu.lst for SUSE) for use when GRUB won’t start or won’t display the GRUB menu. The following code illustrates how to create the boot floppy, as explained in Section [...]

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Picasa 3.0 for Linux (beta)

Instructions:
Picasa is free photo software from Google. This version is Linux compatible. Picasa won’t delete your pictures or put them online without your permission.
This is a preview of the upcoming release of [...]

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