Monthly Archives: May 2008

CheckInstall: miracle package creator for deb and rpm?

Wow. This really surprised me. The Ten New Tips for Ubuntu users: http://www.linux.com/articles/54945 9. Compiling from source Ubuntu’s package repository is huge, particularly when you factor in packages in the Universe and Multiverse repositories. However, many users find themselves needing … Continue reading

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Diskless install of Fedora tip

Mike C posted this in fedora list 2008-05-13 There is a good way to do it without burning any disks at all… Download the DVD iso to your machine and place it somewhere NOT in the partition that you want … Continue reading

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Alan Cox tip on preventing lockup due to overcommitment of memory

In this thread, http://mail.google.com/mail/#label/IN.fedora/11994ec899eab000 I mentioned a lockup due to swap exhaustion and Alan Cox gave a good tip. > resources are strained. If you leave firefox unattended whil it is > hooked on to some web page that is … Continue reading

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