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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Fedora 7</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views from a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web 2.0</description>
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		<title>How To Install Windows msi Files in Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Linux wine (or crossover office if you like to pay) is used to execute Windows applications. wine normally open exe files only. However you can also use it to open msi files as follows:
msiexec /i installer-file.msi
Replace installer-file.msi with your actual file name.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-windows-msi-files-in-linux/</link>
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		<title>How To Use Linksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera WVC54GC From Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Linksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera WVC54GC is a Linux based wireless webcam with its own streaming web server built in. Windows users can view the video stream through their browser without the need to install any extra software other than allowing the supplied Active-X control to run. Unfortunately there isn't much in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-linksys-compact-wireless-g-internet-video-camera-wvc54gc-from-linux/</link>
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		<title>How To Rapidly Clean / Wipe Hard Disk Drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to overwrite your hard disk with random characters
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda
How to overwrite your hard disk with zero characters
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda
Replace sda / hda with your hard disk identifier.
Either of the procedure requires the system has Linux installed or accessible from Linux operating system. You can use a Live Linux distribution like Ubuntu Live CD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-rapidly-clean-wipe-hard-disk-drive/</link>
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		<title>DansGuardian Configure Error Fix - configure: error: pcre-config not found!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On running ./configure in dansguardian (web content filter for Linux), I got the following error - configure: error: pcre-config not found!configure: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_prog_PCRE contains a newline.. The solution, as usual, is simple:

Install pcre-devel. On RedHat / Fedora systems that would be:
yum install pcre-devel
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dansguardian-configure-error-fix-configure-error-pcre-config-not-found/</link>
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		<title>Solution: Missing Dependency: faad2 &lt; 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs &#038; Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 &gt;= 2.5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the error while installing a package using yum / yumex?
Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 >= 2.5
Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs
The error is because of using freshrpms repository or other repository to install recent version of faad2. Now let's see how you can solve it.

This is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solution-missing-dependency-faad2-25-is-needed-by-package-ffmpeg-libs-error-vlc-conflicts-with-faad2-25/</link>
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		<title>How To Copy Master Boot Record (MBR) Between Hard Disks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Linux you can use the dd command to copy MBR from one hard disk to another. You can also use dd to backup your master boot record to a different (or same) media. One of the common use of MBR copying is to ensure transparent fail-over in RAID-1 hard-disk array, should one  hard-disks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-copy-master-boot-record-mbr-between-hard-disks/</link>
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		<title>Load Balancing &#038; Failover Script for Dual/ Multi WAN / ADSL / Cable Connections on Linux with Mail on failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please read the original article - How To: Load Balancing &#038; Failover With Dual/ Multi WAN / ADSL / Cable Connections on Linux. It contains detailed information with a sample script. Viliam Kočinský modified my script to send email when routing table changes. Also he is starting the script as a service from /etc/init.d. Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/load-balancing-failover-script-for-dual-multi-wan-adsl-cable-connections-on-linux-with-mail-on-failure/</link>
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		<title>How To Change Username in Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use the command below as root after replacing new-login-name and old-login-name appropriately:
usermod -l new-login-name old-login-name
For NIS accounts don't forget to run:
cd /var/yp
make
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-change-username-in-linux/</link>
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		<title>AirTel Broadband Brings Broadband @ 8 Mbps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That's about the best you can say about the 8 Mbps plans from Airtel. The starter Combo 1299 plan provides 8 mbps @ only Rs. 1299 per month. If you think that is good, think again. There is a big catch.
Combo 1299 plan comes with a ridiculously low free usage of only 4GB. Additional downloads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/airtel-broadband-brings-broadband-8-mbps/</link>
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		<title>Solution: ntpdate[4933]: no server suitable for synchronization found</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our local setup consists of a single ntp server which synchronizes time from asia pool of ntp.org ([0-2].asia.pool.ntp.org) and several ntp servers in the intranet which synchronizes from the above server. This setup ensures identical clock on all the machines on the intranet as well as reduces load on ntp.org servers. However we faced with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solution-ntpdate4933-no-server-suitable-for-synchronization-found/</link>
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