Highest User-Rated Website Articleshttp://LinuxIntro.comRating: 9.0; Snippet: Setting up your Linux Laptop's / Linux Notebook's wireless This part is for those who have installed Linux on a laptop, and need to install a wireless driver. If this is not you, then skip to the next section. First, understand that every time you update the kernel - which is what the whole operating system runs off of - you will have to recompile NdisWrapper. You will know if the kernel was updated by looking at one of a few different thttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=900072752405&t=Configuring_ndiswrapper_on_Fedora_%7C_Linux_WirelessRating: 9.0; Snippet: Changing file SE Linux/SELinux Security context with chcon I would be shocked if you needed to use this command any time soon! I did however need it almost right away. This is something that only experienced linux people should be playing with, as you can screw the file from being able to function properly depending on the type of file it is. Don't worry though, you can always change it back, or to something else. First, let's talk about http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=689824451404&t=Security_Enhanced_Linux_%28SELinux%29_BasicsRating: 9.0; Snippet: Yum package manager setup and configurations Foreword: 'Yast Update Manager', 'Yellowdog Update Manager', who knows which it stands for, i've heard them both. 'Yast' is from Suse linux, and 'Yellowdog' is from Yellow Dog linux. By the way, i'm assuming that you installed FEDORA linux, if not, ummmmmmm, i can't help you very much because i don't know what package manager you're using. But look at the bright side, you have a working inshttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=689653429845&t=The_Yum_Package_ManagerRating: 9.0; Snippet: Samba Server Installation Larger | Medium | Smaller Samba Administration & Security, for File Sharing, Printer Sharing, & Workgroups, part 1 Ok, first things first: If you don't already have the GUI installed for the Samba server administration, then you're going to need to yum (or apt-get, or whatever you use) it. Typically all the system administration front ends for Fedora and Redhat (and some other distros) applications arehttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=386924001237436990&t=Linux_Samba_Server_SetupRating: 9.0; Snippet: Changing file and folder access permissions with chmod and chown To change a folder or file's permission settings, you use the 'chmod' command. The arguments to this command are the permission setting -represented by a number- and the file or folder you want to change the permissions on. Lets say for example, you wanted to change the permissions on all the files on your data partition that we just set up on the last page, youhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=769908929029&t=Modifying_File_%26_Folder_Access_Permissions_on_LinuxRating: 9.0; Snippet: FTP Server Installation, Administration, and Security, using VSFTP Larger | Medium | Smaller First things first, "su -" in as root. Then install the FTP server's packages by typing: yum -y install vsftpd system-config-vsftpd After it is installed, in the Gnome menu, go to Applications > System Tools > FTP Administration to open the FTP Administration Console. Leave that window open, and open the window for user mhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=874454001223463310&t=Setting_up_an_FTP_Server_on_LinuxRating: 9.0; Snippet: Mplayer Profiles Configuration This script assumes that you already have the default mplayer profile setup, and a Batch Transcoding Script setup, and that you know how to use the scripts provided. #################http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=649575001245563015&t=Linux_Intro%27s_Mplayer_Profile_for_TranscodingRating: 8.0; Snippet: Give me my DAMNED bandwidth back! I had started to notice lately that ALL of my websites were getting slower and slower and slower, and when i looked in my web browser's status bar, i could see that usually they were all waiting for Ionisis.com to finish sending data. This is because i have a HUGE icons directory in the Ionisis site that i reuse for my other sites, as opposed to duplicating them and taking up more space on my servers. Anyhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=798965001245018319&t=htaccess_Configuration_%7C_Hotlinkers_%7C_Server_PerformanceRating: 8.0; Snippet: Fedora Installation: The jist of it Larger | Medium | Smaller Again, i'm doing all this from memory, so if i skip a step, bear with me. For the most part, this is a simple - but long - process. The first couple screens will ask what language for the text and the keyboard, if you're reading this, it'll be english. After that it gets a little detailed, so i'll cover two of what i think are the most important issues in more detail. Athttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=329152490319&t=Installing_Fedora_LinuxRating: 8.0; Snippet: Fixing the Display Ratio for Intel Graphics Cards If you're like me and have a widescreen laptop display, you may have experienced on your Linux system that when you try to display a program in fullscreen (like a game), the image will stretch across the screen and become horizontally stretched as a result. What if you really wanted it to not be stretched that way, that the picture's aspect ratio remain the way it is supposed to be? This artihttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=857884001268297292&t=Fullscreen_Aspect_Ratio_Scaling_for_Intel_Graphics_ChipsetsRating: 8.0; Snippet: Data Storage Partition, & File System TABle (fstab) setup Ok, im not going to write a whole explanation about fstab, only what you need to add your data partition that we made earlier. On second thought, i say im not going to write a lot about something a lot, but wind up doing it before its all over, so well just see what happens... Hit your Terminal key that we set up before (linux shortcuts section), and type the followihttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=359875571318&t=Creating_a_Data_Storage_Partition_on_LinuxRating: 8.0; Snippet: Pretty URLs, pretty useless There are a lot of questions about making a nice URL from a URL that has a query string, and there seems to be a general consensus that it is necessary not to use dynamic urls for SEO purposes. It is one of the bigger subjects and pains of SEO. According to Google, they, and Yahoo (and microsoft somewhat) are well aware of the needs of many websites to have dynamic content, as opposed to static. Websites with lhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=789116001245020177&t=htaccess_Configuration_%7C_SEO_%7C_Page_Rank_%7C_Website_OptimizationRating: 7.0; Snippet: Larger | Medium | Smaller Text for this article will have to wait until another time, sorry... http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=377911001234856927&t=Beginner%27s_Introduction_to_Graphics_Editing_Basics_with_Gimp_on_LinuxRating: 6.0; Snippet: Find the correct Screen Resolution / Display Mode for widescreen LCD Displays If you have a laptop, chances are that you have a widescreen LCD Display (liquid crystal display). When you install Linux on a laptop it usually defaults to 1024x768 resolution and you can't easily change it, but that doesn't mean that you can't change it at all. Ok, open the terminal and su in as root... yum -y install 915resolution 855resolution[/http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=960099858195&t=Display_Screen_Resolution_Setup_on_LinuxRating: 6.0; Snippet: Educational Programs, Games, and Educational Software for Linux Larger | Medium | Smaller In this video series, i cover education programs and educational games that are available for the Linux operating system. I do not believe that any of these games are available for widnows or Macintosh. These educational games and educational programs are a great way for small children to learn how to use the keyboard and mouse on the computer, hhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=528543001234848983&t=Educational_Programs_%26_Games_for_LinuxRating: 6.0; Snippet: Keyboard shortcuts to get around your Linux Desktop faster Keyboard shortcuts. Yup, that's probably the first thing that you will need to do, as it will be used very often. So, go to 'system > preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts' and look down the list until you see the 'Run a Terminal' option. This assumes that you logged in with the GNOME desktop environment, i don't know where this is located in KDE. So, anyway, click on the 'Run a Terminhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=45085301665&t=Great_Desktop_Keyboard_Shortcuts_for_LinuxRating: 6.0; Snippet: What people may benefit from this lesson This lesson is geared for those who know very little about computers, and pretty much nothing at all about Linux. Below is a list of scenarios which lists those who would learn from this: If you learn better by seeing, this will help you as some lessons have videos If you learn better by hearing, this will help you -- again, because of the videos People who know nohttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=346518813024&t=Linux_Installation_PrerequisitesRating: 5.0; Snippet: (re)Setting the shortcut keys to kill X-Server For those of you familiar to Linux, you may remember the infamous Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key combo to kill the X Server. For those new to Linux, the X Server is the underlying reason you can work in Linux with windows, menus, a cursor and whatnot; in other words, it's the reason Linux has a GUI (Graphical User Interface). But what if that GUI hangs up or freezes? Well, you could just turn the computhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=69992001268308130&t=Adding_Back_Ctrl%2BAlt%2BBackspace_Combo_to_Kill_the_X_ServerRating: 5.0; Snippet: Larger | Medium | Smaller Text for this article will have to wait until another time, sorry... http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=296436001237363492&t=High_Quality_Screen_Casts%2C_Desktop_Recording%2C_with_LinuxRating: 4.0; Snippet: Shell/Bash Shortcuts, System Paths, & Terminal Shortcuts Bash stands for the Bourne Again Shell. A 'shell' is what you use at the terminal to do 'stuff'. It is a command interpreter, and there are many different ones, but bash is the default as it is considered to be the most powerful. In order to USE commands that you type in the terminal, it has to know where the command files are. For example, when you type 'echo something', 'echo' is http://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=680076694749&t=System_Shell%2FBash_Shortcuts_for_LinuxRating: 0.0; Snippet: Services explanations and information Don't you just hate looking at that long list of services and wondering which one does what? Or -- even better: after disabling what appears to be a bunch of useless services, you can't figure out which one is responsible for something no longer working correctly, if at all. Well, the object of this page is to deobfuscate this for you, somewhat, by providing a list of services that I am able to gather information onhttp://LinuxIntro.com/?a=WCMS_Page_Display&id=252763747473&t=Configure_your_Linux_System%27s_Services