How do I update my system using cvsup mirror? How do I upgrade from previous releases using FreeBSD 6.x or 7.x? How do I upgrade everything including kernel, userland utilities, and installed applications?
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How do I uninstall and disable APF Firewall script under CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux without breaking anything else?
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How do I install VMware tools (virtual server tools) in Ubuntu Linux to improve the performance of the guest VPS (VM machine) system?
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When I type portmanager I get an error that read as follows - “freebsd /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object”libc.so.6″ not found”. How do I fix this error?
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I’m trying to recompile my kernel by tying the following commands “make buildkernel KERNCONF=NEWKEN”. Butm I’m bumped with an error that read as follows - “make: don’t know how to make buildkernel. Stop Error and Solution”. How do I fix this error?
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How do I force apt-get to send me email when upgrades or security updates available under Debian or Ubuntu Linux? Do I need to write a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade?
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How To Install downloaded Firefox 3.0 tar.gz / firefox-3.0.tar.bz2 file under any Linux distribution?
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I know how to find out current running kernel version under CentOS Enterprise Linux 4.6 x86_64, but how do I find out latest available kernel version? How do I find out if it’s the latest one? How to find the latest release version for package called xyz or kernel package?
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How do I set caching dns server to speed up dns lookup for my LAN (500 PC)? The DNS lookups creating a lot of network activity. There are a few times when this causes performance issues. How do I configure caching dns under Debian Linux?
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