How to install Tor with Vidalia GUI on Ubuntu

Do you want completely anonymous internet access? For Free? Tor is the open source leader to anonymous connections on the internet, you can anonymize your internet presence from AIM/ICQ/MSN/ Jabber/IRC/WWW/FTP and you can even issue a torify command at the command prompt to anonymize your wget/ssh/lynx/ftp/perl or whatever. Basically tor is for the people by the people, it is only alive because we make it so, we can choose to use it freely or use it freely and help it out by running a server on your computer to make the internet safer. Basically tor encrypts your data communications through chained/linked proxies all over the internet.

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How to Install Tor to Surf Anonymously in Ubuntu Feisty with Firefox

This article explains how to set up Tor in Feisty based on my own experience (with Gnome interface). Tor is a program that allows one to surf through a local proxy with a routed IP address (so the webpage you surf does not have a record of your own IP address). I got it work in Firefox2, so this tutorial will mainly be for Firefox users (if you use Firefox 1.5 or under, you need to install Privoxy in addition to the two steps below).

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How to Convert chm files to HTML or PDF files

Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 1997 as a successor to the Microsoft WinHelp format. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98, and is still supported and distributed through Windows XP platforms.

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Install the LAMP stack with 3 commands!

For this article, I’ll assume that you already have Ubuntu installed. It’s one of the easiest distro’s out there to install, ranking right up there with Fedora and Suse. After installation is complete, and you log in for the first time, you’ll most likely be prompted to install updates. Install these updates and reboot before continuing. Typically, you don’t need to reboot after an update, but just in case you updated your kernel, go ahead and do it.

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Howto Install artwiz fonts in Ubuntu

The artwiz fonts are a set of small futuristic fonts for x11, created by Artwiz,TigerT,and Daniel Erat.These fonts are most popular with openbox/fluxbox users.

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Howto upgrade kernel(2.6.22-9-generic) in Feisty Fawn

Currently Feisty Fawn users (7.04) using the generic kernel (which is 2.6.20-16-generic). This tutorial will explain howto upgrade you to kernel version 2.6.22-9-generic(as of 07AUG07).

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How to get Flash working in Opera 9.20

Opera is a cross-platform web browser and Internet suite which handles common internet-related tasks including visiting web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting online and displaying Widgets. Opera’s lightweight mobile web browser Opera Mini and most current versions of its desktop application are offered free of charge.

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Monitoring Ubuntu Services Using Monit

monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.

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Howto Turn the Memory Stick light off on Sony VAIO notebooks in Feisty

If you are using VAIO VGN-FS660/W with Feisty fwan and the Memory Stick light on the front panel would always stay on. If you don’t use it, here’s an easy way to turn off.

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How to Sort files and folders by size

If you want to Sort your files and folders by size use the following tip

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Howto restrict su command to superuser only in Linux

su is run a shell with substitute user and group IDs. su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly.

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Howto Replace multiple file text string in Linux

If you have a folder with a lot of files in a directory and with a specific string that you want to change you can do it in seconds using grep and perl command line

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Rename multiple files to another extension in Linux

Let us say that you want to rename all of your “.php5″ files to “.php” files. You can use for loop.

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Envy - ATI and NVIDIA drivers installation made easy

“Envy” is an application for Ubuntu Linux and Debian written in Python and PyGTK.

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A SUCCESSFULL installation guide to VHCS2 on Debian Etch (4.0)

I’ve read a lot of manuals, how-to’s etc. describing the process of setting a Debian webserver containing the great VHCS2 control panel system. I’ve tried them all, and all were failing for me on several critical points. So i tried to gathered all steps to this one-stop how-to.

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Aptitude vs. Apt-Get

Is Aptitude superior?

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"Powered by Ubuntu" Case Badges. Put in your order now!

A fair few people are interested in a quality aluminum case badge for users of Ubuntu systems; ubuntu-MA is interested in this resource to reward users at installfests, offer to users to buy and use it as a way to keep users using Ubuntu through a sense of pride that may be lost when their computer loses its windows install. All orders welcome!

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Ubuntu Servers HACKED!

Ubuntu had to shutdown 5 of 8 production servers that are sponsored by Canonical, when they started attacking other systems. Canonical blames the community citing poorly maintained systems and bad administration practices. However the systems were not upgraded due to hardware incompatibility between the hardware Canonical sponsored and Ubuntu!!

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