One of the clean and easy installation steps can be found at http://www.sklav.com/?q=node/2 I have added this in the blog to help a newbie land in a page that is easy to follow. The steps cover i) Adding rpmforge ii) Adding adobe repo iii) Installation command to install libraries, flash plugin and other streaming medias iv) MPlayer codec installation

When setting up a workstation to connect to internet, you may come across a message Determining IP information for eth0... failed The above error message basically means that eth0 i.e your network interface card is not setup correctly. Some of the commands that can come handy in troubleshooting where the error lies are listed below $ dmesg | grep eth0 (displays information about the ethernet controller card, mac address etc.) $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network(displays the network settings) NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain GATEWAY=192.168.122.1 $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfp-eth0 $ ifconfig eth0 down (to down the nic) $ ifconfig eth0 up (to start the nic) $ netstat -rn (display kernel routing IP table) $ cat ifcfg-eth0 (eth0 configuration settings) DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:16:18:33:B3:CF ONBOOT=yes $ service network restart (restart the network settings) $ ping -c4 google.ca(to check if the internet connection works) $ traceroute google.ca (to check how the IP navigation path is set) Refer Red Hat linux 5 configure network article for additional info

When a browser makes a request to the server, it sends information such as its operating system name, version in addition to the type of the browser from which the request originates in the header variable "user-agent". Depending on the request made, server responds back with specific details which can range from browser specific css layout to calling certain javascriptsfor certain browsers. Changing the user-agent also helps us in understanding how spider-agents or bots will see the pages that we build. It also helps us design applications that will mimic a request as originating from a mobile phone and helps us in viewing the behavior of the application in different mobile clients. To read more about HTTP-Headers check ietf

VMWare Player is a free software available from VMWare Inc. enabling the creation of guest OS within an existing OS Notes for a beginner ... * VMWare Player and VMWare Server are available for free * A .vmdk file is the virtual hard drive for the guest OS * A .nvram file stores the BIOS settings of the virtual machine * A .vmx file stores the configuration settings for the virtual machine. All you need is a text editor to edit the VMWare configuration settings. * A .vmsd file stores information about VMWare snapshots. (more…)

Managed or Unmanaged networks? Create a VPN in minutes with this software which is available FREE of cost for non-commercial use. Setting up a Virtual Private Networks is as easy as clicking through the buttons. Check out this product at LogMeIn

Command used to check if a particular software is installed in Ubuntu or not $ dpkg-query -s firefox This is the equivalent of "rpm -qa firefox" in RedHat/CentOS