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- How can I create a background image for Grub?
Grub is used to select between two or more operating systems installed on your computer. Grub's default background is black with white text, but it ... - How to execute a script during boot up on FreeBSD?
Having FreeBSD to execute a script during boot up is not complicated at all. There are several reasons to want to run a custom script ... - How to install the Clearlooks theme on your CentOS desktop?
The Clearlooks theme is one of the nicest themes for Gnome that is CentOS default desktop manager. Installing themes is not always straight-forward. Fortunately, CentOS ... - How to turn your CentOS desktop green?
After our previous tutorial to install Clearlooks on CentOS, let's see how you can make your whole CentOS desktop green - Ok, if you don't ... - How to enable numlock at startup automatically in Gnome on CentOS?
CentOS is a great desktop, but unfortunately, the NUMLOCK key isn't enabled by default when you start your computer, which is annoying when you start ... - How to configure your Gtalk account in Pidgin?
More and more people use Gtalk as an interesting alternative to MSN Messenger because Gtalk uses an open-source protocol: Jabber. Gtalk and Jabber clients are ... - How to display Microsoft fonts like in Windows in CentOS?
Staying in front of your computer for hours and hours with the default fonts can be a challenge on Linux/Unix. I, for one, can't work ... - How to log into Gnome automatically using auto-login?
Sometimes you have no need to password-protect your computer when it is a test computer or it is in a place no one else than ... - How to configure Gtalk in Kopete?
Google's Gtalk in spreading rapidely because it is integrated into Gmail, and also because it uses an open protocol, Jabber, which open-source enthusiasts prefer. Using ... - How to install OpenOffice.org easily on CentOS?
Finding, installing and finding out how to use the latest version of OpenOffice.org can be a challenge if you take the traditional way of installing ... - How can I watch videos in Firefox on Linux?
One of the things I like to do is watching videos on the Internet inside my browser. Doing so on Unix systems is not complicated ... - How to use Konqueror as an FTP client on KDE?
Several FTP clients for KDE have been either discontinued or their development has been stalled. But the good news is that the most famous FTP ... - How to log into Gnome automatically with GDM?
It is possible to bypass the login screen in GDM, Gnome's Desktop Manager, so that you're logged in without having to type your username and ... - How to start GDM automatically at startup?
It is possible to launch GDM, Gnome's Desktop Manager, automatically at startup so that you don't have to type startx all the time. Assuming you ... - How to install a server with lighttpd, PHP 5 and MySQL 5 on FreeBSD?
With the advent of light-weight server-side software and agile web applications, more and more people are using lighttpd as their web server because it uses ... - How to install Ruby on Rails on FreeBSD?
One of the development frameworks that grows most these days is Ruby on Rails, a framework to develop agile applications on the web using ... - How to create CSS overlapping tabs?
Sometimes simulating a real desktop interface for your web application can be a real challenge, especially when dealing with tabs. Side-to-side tabs are not easy ... - How can I edit the DNS entries in Linux or BSD?
Both Linux and BSD have a file that lists one name server per line for your computer to resolve domain names. Please note that ... - How to make web applications faster?
One of the biggest hurdles of web applications is that they are considered slow. Gmail is faster than Squirrelmail, but Opera M2 is faster ... - How can I remove the .php extension of my files with Apache and lighttpd?
On the web, URLs are not very friendly, but it's been a trend with the Web 2.0 wave to make them more friendly and easier ... - How to verify the integrity of a file using SHA-512?
You can use SHA for a number of tasks including checking if a file has been altered from its source and its destination. Checking file ... - How can I add more CentOS repositories?
After installing CentOS, your system has only a few repositories, therefore offering a limited range of applications. It is possible and easy to add more ... - How to Set Up a Linux Media Centre?
Setting up a Linux Media centre can be the perfect way to store your digital media and turn your house into a more technologically advanced ...