August 5, 2010
Simple. At least in Debian, Kubuntu and other Debian-derivatives. Install Samba server and the appropriate KDE4 module as root:
# apt-get install samba kdenetwork-filesharing
The kdenetwork-filesharing package installs a nice System Settings panel to configure network file-sharing using NFS and Samba. It also adds (the initially missing) functionality in the Properties > Share tab of each file [...]
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Linux, Open Source by dimitris
July 14, 2010
Name-based virtual hosting enables us to serve different domains from a single server. All we need is to add this line to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:
NameVirtualHost *
The * specifies that Apache will serve requests for all IP addresses; optionally we can specify only a certain IP on the server.
Next, we create a new for each different domain [...]
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Linux by dimitris
May 26, 2010
That is the lesson I have learned today.
Despite my eagerness to update my N900 to Maemo 5 v10.2010, the software update tool kept giving me the following cryptic message:
“not enough memory in target location“
Wtf? The message was a surprise for me, since I thought the 32GB of my N900 would be more than enough [...]
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Hardware, Linux, Open Source by dimitris
April 16, 2010
Yeeeeeeeeeeah! I am now yet another proud Nokia N900 owner!
This device runs Linux on an ARM Cortex 600MHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 32GB HDD, and it is more a portable computer than a mobile phone, thanks to its 3.5” touch screen (800×480 resolution) and the embedded keyboard. Right now, my N900 is still charging (minimum [...]
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Linux, Open Source by dimitris
April 18, 2009
When I was working for the Greek Linux Format, I was making special editions of Ubuntu for the magazine’s DVD. Those were the same distro of course, but with a lot more packages preinstalled. For that purpose, I had written all the useful info and relevant commands inside a text file. Of course, that wasn’t [...]
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Linux, Open Source, Tutorials by dimitris
