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The Bash Script To Configure The Firewall Using IPTABLES

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:03:04 -0700

About the Script:

This script is about to build a firewall in Linux OS by using iptables, the user only needs to follow and answer the simple and easy steps and the script will generate the user specified iptables rule in its original form.

I HAVE TESTED THE SCRIPT ON PCLINUXOS, FEDORA-9, DREAM_LINUX, UBUNTU-8.

This is my iptables Version 1.0 (USMAN AKRAM - Lucky)

The Bash Script To Configure The Firewall Using IPTABLES

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:56:32 -0700

About the Script:

I HAVE TESTED THE SCRIPT ON PCLINUXOS, FEDORA-9, DREAM_LINUX, UBUNTU-8.

This is my iptables Version 1.0 (USMAN AKRAM - Lucky)

Welcome to the EeePCLinuxOS

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:56:13 -0700

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How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:18:19 -0700

How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file

This tutorial is about a bash script to add, delete and verify the users either from a text file; it can also add, delete and modify the users manually. This script can be used to add , delete and verify the users to the Linux OS by fetching the user's information from any text file and this script can also add, delete or verify the users manually, I have put both of these functions in one script file. The text file can be specified by the administrator.

How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:15:55 -0700

How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file

PCLinuxOS Magazine

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:47:11 -0700

USB MiniMe 2008 install from Windows

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:45:22 -0800

The following tutorial will show you how to easily install PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 to a USB flash drive using Windows. This enables a user to quickly create a portable version of PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 without having to go through the redundant steps of burning the iso to a CD and then booting from the CD [...]

USB PCLinuxOS 2007 Live install tutorial

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:48:14 -0800

The following tutorial covers the process of installing PCLinuxOS 2007 to a USB flash drive via Windows. PCLinuxOS 2007 is based on Mandriva kernel 2.6.18.8 and utilizes an easy to navigate KDE desktop environment. With over 2GB of compressed data, Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, Frostwire, Ktorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE and Beryl 3D [...]

The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2007 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:50:27 -0800

Empowering the Linux Community

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:24:51 -0800

From a Linux Developer point of view, when users are no longer developing with you...you’ve lost. Empowerment is key to a successful community in Linux. The day the community is no longer empowered to improve is the day the distribution dies. What kills empowerment? Helplessness. Despair. Inability.

As an example, a user might not like it if you tell them their bug will not be fixed for the next release. This is normal practice in many major distributions. But if you tell a user that their bug won’t be fixed through 4 releases, you may have a problem. Unfortunately, this also is becoming a normal practice for some major distributions.

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Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2008 "MiniMe"

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:21 -0800

Texstar has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2008 "MiniMe" edition, a minimalist live CD with KDE: "Here is a little MiniMe 2008. It comes with 2.6.22.15 kernel, ALSA 1.0.15 and a very basic KDE 3.5.8 desktop. This is a minimal live CD that is bootable, plus it can....

PCLinuxOS

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:01:35 -0800

Development Release: PCLinuxOS "GNOME 2.21.2"

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:34:26 -0800

The PCLinuxOS development community has announced the release of PCLinuxOS "GNOME 2.21.2", a remastered, community edition of PCLinuxOS containing the latest beta version of GNOME 2.22: "Ken Dotson has announced the release of PCLinuxOS GNOME edition 2.21.2. Featuring kernel 2.6.22.15, GNOME 2.21.2, GNOME office applications, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Frostwire,....

USB PCLinuxOS 2007 Live install tutorial

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:51:07 -0800

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Compiz Fusion " Welcome

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:45:38 -0800

Compiz Fusion is the result of a merge between the well-known Beryl composite window manager and Compiz Extras, a community set of improvements to the Compiz composite<sep/>

PCLinuxOS

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:39:32 -0800

PCLinuxOS & What Sets it Apart: Part I

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:21 -0800

I originally intended this post to be a review of 2007 Final for PCLinuxOS. However, after finishing it up, I realized that posting a review wouldn’t have the desired effect of truly showing off PCLinuxOS to everyone. It would just be a “business as usual” type of post. So, I decided to do a analysis on what I feel sets PCLinuxOS apart from many Linux distributions.

I often see people steer new Linux users to other distros such as OpenSuse, Ubuntu, and SimplyMEPIS...even Sabayon in a few instances. This is fine...they’re good, solid distros. However, out of those distros, I’d recommend only one...OpenSuse. Why? Because of YAST. A New user needs to feel comfortable with system configuration tasks. Not everyone is ready to drop to the shell when coming in from that other operating system. Not every 65 year old grandmother is ready to crack a Konsole and vi their way to .conf bliss. Ubuntu’s control panel is continually getting better but YAST still leads the pack in putting new users or even seasoned ones at ease with system configuration.

I regularly used SimplyMEPIS from 2003 until 2005 and continue to recommend it for new users despite it not having a YAST Like tool. It now has inherited many things from Ubuntu so it has a greatly improved way of doing things. The added tools also make common tasks easier like emptying out logs, installing graphics drivers, and setting up your monitor/resolution. It’s getting there quickly.

That brings me to OpenSuse. YAST is a fantastic and powerful tool. Still, when I use OpenSuse, I often find that I’m not up to date with applications and I find the repositories move much slower than I’d like. I have to rely on third party repos which isn’t a bad thing but often gets me into trouble with dependencies. So I was on a search for a cutting edge distro that was solid, up to date with the latest packages, and had a YAST-like utility for it. Of course, Mandriva (Mandrake at the time) was a good fit but I found PCLinuxOS even better.

So, today I’ll talk about what I feel sets PCLinuxOS apart from other freely available distros.

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Coming Full Circle on PCLinuxOS Magazine

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:21 -0800

I see articles like OSWeekly’s "The Future of Publishing with Linux Magazines" and I chuckle a bit.

Mainly because PCLinuxOS Magazine will have its 12 monthly issue published next month. That’s right, we’ve been here a year. Now, I can’t take credit for this fantastic Linux resource because I only sponsor it and help make executive decisions regarding hosting and other things like that...it’s in the hands of great editors and contributors and is continually growing. The staff is well over 10 people strong and gaining.

You’d think that OSWeekly would take this magazine into consideration when writing this article...but they instead opt mentioning and considering the fate of Full Circle Magazine in the Ubuntu community. Now don’t get me wrong, Full Circle is a great magazine and we’re glad they’re also producing a quality magazine for their community...It just perturbs me a bit that the hard working editors, contributors, and proofreaders and layout/website designers that put together PCLinuxOS Magazine don’t get any mention or credit when it comes to online magazines.

So, I’d like to take some time congratulating PCLinuxOS Magazine...with a circulation of over 15 thousand for the PDF alone and nearing 10 thousand unique hits on the HTML Magazine that they simultaneously publish each month for low bandwidth users. Congratulations PCLinuxOS Magazine! For making a magazine not only interesting to PCLinuxOS users but to Linux users as a whole!

Laying to Rest the Mandriva/PCLOS Debate

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:21 -0800

The one thing about FOSS that I love is that you can take whatever you need from various sources and build what you opine is a better wheel. Take Ubuntu for instance...they took Debian and made it into something that many users are happy with.

Is this wrong? Not at all. Each day, many non-commercial distro makes wake up and check various distributions for updated security fixes. They pull source rpms, updated tar.gz’s, and debs into their distro, make minor adjustments, and drop it into their repository. Distros share with one another...they take and hopefully give back. If not monetarily, at least by the number of users that they have that may report bugs or provide fixes.

So what’s the beef that some Distrowatch Weekly commenter’s seem to have with PCLinuxOS? During the past 3 weeks of comments on the DW, some have been hounding PCLinuxOS with accusations saying that the developers hide things from their community and that PCLinuxOS eradicates changelogs and/or lights small dogs on fire while chopping kittens to bits in blenders, etc.

Myth #1: PCLinuxOS Hides the Fact it is Mandriva based (False)

PCLinuxOS.com has always had an “About” link on every single webpage it has ever had. Let’s look at what information has been conveyed there:

"PCLinuxOS was originally based on another distribution under the name of Mandriva
and shares many features of Mandriva such as the Control Center and the
Draklive Installer. Texstar and team would like to thank the
developers, contributors and others associated with Mandriva who may
have indirectly contributed to the PCLinuxOS distribution."

Let’s look at some other distro front pages to see how they compare. Sabayon Linux has their footer at the bottom with Gentoo in it...but no mention on the front page as to what they’re based on. No real ’about’ link there either. Move on to Ubuntu. No mention of Debian on the front page. You have to visit the Community >> The Ubuntu Story link in order to find that it is based on Debian. Once again, no ‘about’ link on the front page.

Let’s take a look at the PCLinuxOS Page on Distrowatch shall we? This has been utterly unchanged in 4 years:

"PCLinuxOS is an English only live CD initially based on Mandrake Linux
that runs entirely from a bootable CD. Data on the CD is uncompressed
on the fly, allowing up to 2GB of programs on one CD including a
complete X server, KDE desktop, OpenOffice.org and many more
applications all ready to use. In addition to the live CD, you can also
install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive with an easy-to-use
livecd-installer. Additional applications can be added or removed from
your hard drive using a friendly apt-get front end via Synaptic."

If that paragraph is an attempt to hide things, I’m Miles Davis.

Considering these two points, I’d say PCLinuxOS hasn’t been ‘hiding’ the fact that it is Mandriva based. I’d say they’re doing quite well with where they have this information. I welcome any comments with information otherwise. If you have specific examples, please make sure they’re from a developer and not a general user...because if general users are where we’re getting our information from, every distro is in trouble.

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Autostart Apps in PCLinuxOS 2007 (KDE)

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:21 -0800

There’s a question that is often asked via IRC on freenode #pclinuxos-support. Many people want to know how to get programs to startup immediately upon login.

Now there are two ways to do this...kind of. Actually, there is only one way to get programs to autostart but there is another way you can have programs startup when you login...let’s look at both of them.

The First Way

First, go to the PC Menu (or kmenu) >> Run Command >> konqueror --profile filemanagement

When Konqueror opens, navigate to /home/user/.kde/autostart (replace user with your login name). Now minimize that window...we’ll come back to it later. Next up, click on the My Computer icon on your desktop (or for other users, open up Konqueror and put the following in the addressbar: system:/). When that opens, click on applications and minimize the window and place it side by side with the previously opened window.

Hieronymus has posted a helpful tip that simplifies the process above. After opening up Konqueror, use the Go Menu and click the entry for “autostart” which will take you directly to the correct folder for the current logged in user. Thanks Hieronymus for the tip! Visit their homepage here.

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Convert Audio with Ease in KDE

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:20 -0800

I ripped a couple of CD’s for my son this evening. In the process, I decided to setup Kalarm and Korganizer on his computer so that he could set alarms to remind him to do various chores around the house. While doing all of this, I needed a .wav file so that he could use a song for his alarm. Of course, he wanted one of the songs I had just ripped from his CD. Since I had ripped his songs to .ogg format, I had to investigate which program could convert from .ogg to .wav this the easiest in KDE.

I’ve not used many of the whiz bang functions of KDE and desktop Linux...I’ve been more of a browser, mail, and RSS type of guy for many years. Now that I’ve been using Linux at work and at home, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to figure out how to do things that I’ve never done before. In this case, convert audio to .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 with ease. There is a tool called audiokonverter available in PCLinuxOS 2007 repositories that makes this a snap.

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How-To: PCLinuxOS 2007 and MythTV

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:20 -0800

For those of you who always thought PCLinuxOS and MythTV would go together...you’re quite right, they do fit well together...though there are a few bumps on the road. Hopefully, this how-to will help you along the way.

First, let’s mention what this guide will not cover:

Remote Controls
IR Blasters
Picture Quality Settings

Why won’t I cover those? Because there are infinite possibilities for each one...and it would be impossible for me to investigate them all...hardware not in my possession besides. So, this will cover installing mythtv and omit the items above. Mythtv has those items covered quite well in their documentation.

Hardware Specifications:

HP a1520n
ATI x300 PCIe VPU
PVR150 and PVR350
Sharp Aquos 37" LCD TV
USR MaxG PCI Card

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Remove Root from PCLinuxOS Login Screen

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:19 -0800

Just a quick tip on how to remove the root user from the PCLinuxOS login screen. This should work for most if not all KDE based distributions.

Go to the Kmenu >> Run Command >> kdesu kcontrol

Enter your root password when prompted for it. You should now see the KDE Control Center. The difference here is that you’re running this as the root user so changes will be made at the root (super user) level. Go to System Administration >> Login Manager. You should have something similar to the screenshot.

Next up, go to the ‘Users’ tab and look in the center. There you can see all the system users. Check the box for root. This will hide the root user from the front KDM Login Screen. This won’t prevent you from logging in as root, but it will prevent it from displaying by default.

More PCLinuxOS tips and tricks coming soon

The Absent PCLinuxOS Release Cycle

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:05:19 -0800

During distro comparisons, many call a lack of release cycle for PCLinuxOS one of its negative aspects. In my opinion, this is the most attractive and positive aspects of the small distribution. Not to take away from a distribution that sets a release cycle...I understand that normal release cycles are a must with companies and software engineering. However, I think PCLinuxOS has a unique approach to releases and updates. Allow me a bit of time to show you the method in my madness on this one.

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Enabling Beryl On A PCLinuxOS 2007 Desktop

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:36:23 -0800

Pen Drive Linux " Blog Archive " All In One USB PCLinuxOS MiniMe.zip

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:24:21 -0700

PCLinuxOS New User Guide: Remaster the PCLinuxOS LiveCD

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:24:17 -0700

The Absent PCLinuxOS Release Cycle

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:32:37 -0700

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PCLinuxOS

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:02:34 -0700

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The Bash Script To Configure The Firewall Using IPTABLES

About the Script:

The Bash Script To Configure The Firewall Using IPTABLES

About the Script:

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