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How To Speed Up Linux Desktop by 30%+

April 13th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

I am using Linux (Fedora Core 6) on a pretty high end hardware (at least when I bought it) - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz (4M shared L2 Cache) with 2 GB DDR2 RAM, nVidia dual-head graphics card for over a year now. And yet a simple change made it at least 20-40% faster. Even my firefox (with 100+ tabs always open) feels much faster. So what is this magic change?

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How To Rapidly Clean / Wipe Hard Disk Drive

April 6th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

How to overwrite your hard disk with random characters
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Fixing - configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables

April 5th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

A common error while configuring (running ./configure) software in Linux systems is - error: C++ compiler cannot create executables. The solution, not surprisingly is simple:

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WordPress 2.5 Released in Error, Withdrawn & Released Again

March 29th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

WordPress 2.5 was released with lots of fanfare and lots of defects. It looked in the trac and it said at that time that the milestone was completed 3 minutes ago. The release was announced on wordpress.org:
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WordPress 2.5 Released: Will WordPress 2.5 Be The First Problem Free Major Version? … Maybe Not

March 29th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

Every major & minor version of WordPress (1.5, 2.0, 2.1…) comes with teething problems which are then fixed in patch releases. Will WordPress 2.5 release finally break the curse? Maybe not…

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WordPress 2.5 Due in 22 Years!

March 27th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

WordPress Trac says: Milestone 2.5 Due in 22 years (04/01/30). Read on for more details.

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New Forum for 3 Column widgetized Anaconda Theme ( WordPress )

March 22nd, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

A new forum for 3 column widgetized Anaconda Theme is now open. It is a highly popular free WordPress theme with tons of functionality built-in and a cool look. Looking forward to see you there.

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How To Fix phpBB Error - The submitted form was invalid. Try submitting again.

March 22nd, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

Users, including forum admins, sometimes gets message while editing a post, sometimes for quick edits and sometimes for longer edits - “The submitted form was invalid. Try submitting again.”

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Solution: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs & Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 >= 2.5

March 22nd, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

Linux LogoHave 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.

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How To Use .htaccess to Prevent Apache HTTPD Directory Listing

March 16th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty

Apache HTTPD servers are configured by default to display directory listing, when index files like index.htm or index.html of index.php etc. are not present in the directory. This can expose sensitive information to prying eyes and are often indexed by search engines. This can compromise your data by making it visible to unintended audience. The solution is simple. You can add a line to your .htaccess file (create the file if not present) to prevent directory listing for that directory and its sub-directories:
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