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Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Screenshots Gallery

Posted by Admin on October 30th, 2009

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This is screenshots tour of Ubuntu 9.10 (code name “Karmic Koala”), the most recent release of Ubuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009.Click on the Image to view small view.

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Back up & Data recovery Hard Drive Recovery
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Howto install Cairo-Dock in debian

Posted by Admin on October 23rd, 2009

Cairo-Dock is an animated application launch bar for the desktop, comparable to the dock in Mac OS X or Rocket Dock (for Windows). Now, you can use Cairo-Dock with OpenGL (to use your graphic card!).
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IT Security CEH Training Videos
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Howto install Real Player 11 in Debian Lenny

Posted by Admin on October 18th, 2009

RealPlayer plays streaming audio and video over the Internet in real-time. It plays RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, 3GPP Video, Flash, SMIL 2.0, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RealPix, RealText, Ogg Vorbis, and Ogg Theora. It is available for Windows, Macintosh, Pocket PC, Nokia 9200 Series, Nokia 7650, Palm OS 5-based handhelds, Linux, Solaris, and many Unix variants.

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OIDs for the sensors on the Bluecoat ProxySG

Posted by Admin on October 14th, 2009

Here is a list of sensors and the SNMP OID for that sensor:

Sensor Name SNMP OID
Motherboard temperature 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.1
Power supply cage temperature 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.2
CPU 1 temperature 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.3
Fan 1 speed 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.4
Fan 2 speed 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.5
Fan 3 speed 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.6
Power supply 1 fan 1 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.7
Power supply 1 fan 2 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.8
Power supply 2 fan 1 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.9
Power supply 2 fan 2 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.10
CPU 1 fan speed 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.11
+3.3V bus voltage 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.12
+5V bus voltage 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.13
+12V bus voltage 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.14
CPU 1 core voltage 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.15
CPU 1 +2.6V bus voltage 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.16
Power supply 1 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.17
Power supply 2 status 1.3.6.1.4.1.3417.2.1.1.1.1.1.5.18

(Note: The above sensors come from an 8100-B, but they should be the same for most platforms)

The easiest way to verify any of the OIDs above is to use the SNMP get command and then verify the sensor reading in the sysinfo.

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How to Set Up a High Performance Cluster (HPC) Using Debian Lenny and Kerrighed

Posted by rsarpi on October 8th, 2009

There are many guides found on the net describing Kerrighed and how to set it up using Ubuntu and others.  However, to the best of my knowledge there isn’t a step by step guide specifically designed for Kerrighed using Debian Lenny.  So here it is.  You can set up your own Beowulf Cluster using Debian Lenny and Kerrighed in about 50 steps.  Many of the steps described here are taken straight from other guides because there are applicable here (see sources at the bottom.)  Many other steps are based on my own trial and error.
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Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Beta Screenshots Gallery

Posted by Admin on October 3rd, 2009


The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. This is the Ubuntu 9.10 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new features.
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