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Linux seems so overwhelming that sometimes we don’t realize some things might be easier then they seem. The best way (in my opinion) to update linux (I am using Fedora 5) is by opening up a terminal prompt and typing:

yum -y update

Yup that is all! It will look at all the repositories that are setup on the machine and find any new updates as well as removed any old ones that might be kicking around in the cache.

On a side note you can install almost anything for linux by typing:

yum -y install “application”

** Note - Sometimes this name is something you’d expect and sometimes you need to write out the FULL name like:

yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33

I know when I was starting out with Linux i could never find out this piece of info. The command “su” in linux means either “Switch User” or “Super User”. The later being used more often. When I tried running commands like “ifconfig” (Linux’s version of Windows “ipconig”) I would get error messages. Y? The reason for this was: The path being used was for the currently logged on user! If You type in “su -” at the terminal prompt you will switch the user and gain access to their path info as well! knowing this now I can look back at things and laugh as I wondered why “ifconfig” would work when completely logged on as “root” and not when switched to from another user account

Well this one is only for IE users.

Check out this tutorial on how to configure a PIX box.

I’ve been head deep in Linux and I am finding it to be more usefull everyday. I am hoping to take my Linux+ exam this year

Here’s the link for some awesome software care of Microsoft.

Click Here for the software!

I’ve settled on a consistant logo and theme for my website. I should be finished the site by the end of the week.

I was working at the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Disability Benifits plan today. I was able to fix an issue I’ve never seen before. The issue was with all the icons on the machine being lost. Reseting themes did not work and I did not want to link each shortcut and file to the propper file. After playing around I went into:

1. Right Click Desktop - Properties
2. Select “Appearance Tab”
3. Effects button
4. Select “Use Large Icons”
5. Hit apply
6. Hit OK
7. All the icons on the desktop went back to normal as far as the symbols went
8. I then reversed the process to bring the icons back down to normal size.

Well I found great article to show you how to speed of those 2003 Server This was taken from here:

SYMPTOMS
After installing Exchange 2003 Server on Windows 2003 Server, the shutdown time of the server increses significantly.

CAUSE
This happens with Exchange 2003 (and sometimes even with Exchange 2000 for that matter), because Active Directory services shuts down before Exchange services shut down.  It happens more often on Exchange 2003 because service shutdown in Windows 2003 has been accelerated.
RESOLUTION
There are few options to fix/avoid the slow shutdown after installing Exchange 2003 Server:

The new “contact us”  allows you to contact us wthout ever opening a email client ever again We use some PHP code to send off an email on your behalf. I hope you find this usefull.

All I can say is WOW! Google just release tabbing inside a single browser. I’ve made several different tabs. Main, Technology and Games. I am a BIG fan of Technology RSS feeds. My front page was getting out of control. This has greatly enhanced my organization