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    SSH via HTTP Proxy

    I need to access ssh via an http proxy. We use an automatic proxy configuration url (pac file) for browsers. Any idea how to use it for ssh?
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    [Tutorial] My Photo on GRUB

    This is a little tut to add custom graphics background for grub. May be known to many, but will be a delight for newbies. 1. Open any image in gimp (You'll get better results if your image doesn't have too many colors) 2. Scale (Image>Scale Image) the image to 640x480 3. Select...
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    FOSS Meet @ NITC 2007

    Another chance for a get together for FOSS Community at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala. National Institute of Technology, Calicut will be hosting a three-day conference, pertaining to Free and Open Source Software, namely FOSS Meet @ NITC 2007, on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March...
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    Sony Ericsson M600i for Sale

    Two months old Sony Ericsson M600i for sale. Here’s a brief list of features 262k TFT 240x320 pixel resolution Touchscreen QWERTY keypad 60 MB phone memory 3G Bluetooth Email Media Player Symbian OS 9 UIQ3 No Cam SanDisk 512 MB Memory Stick Micro Card...
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    Kerala's Draft IT Policy - Great for FLOSS

    These are the key points in the Kerala Draft IT Policy. Establishment of an International Centre for Free Software and Computing for Development, ITES Training Centre (in Kochi) The Government will expand Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram and Infopark in Kochi on its own accord and in...
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    Join the DRM Elimination Crew

    Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is a technology that affects all users of computers, media players, mobile phones and other devices. "'Your devices don't trust you!' is the basic message of DRM. In fact they trust you so little that they will not even tell you that they put you under...
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    Handling /dev/dsp in C

    Hi gurus, For one of my project text2speech project, I want to access the sound device to play a sound file. Code is written in C like this fd = open("/dev/dsp", O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) { perror("open of /dev/dsp failed"); exit(1); } The problem I am experiencing here is...
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    Working with Javascript and ASP

    I want to call a js function on the onClick event of a checkbox, which is written inside an asp snippet. this is the code Response.Write "<input type=checkbox name=idxModify checked=true value='"&objRS("ID")&"' onClick="checkValue()" >" it gives me "unexpected end of statement" error by...
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    Connecting via Tata Indicom LG 350T Walky

    I was trying to connect to internet using my new Tata Indicom Walky via usb cable. It's connecting on my friends lappy (using Win XP, and the dialer that comes with the cable). But in my GNU box (Sabayon GNU/Linux) i configured wvdial, but it refuses to connect. Anyone who's able to connect...
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    Fedora Core 5 Review

    Fedora Core 5 Review Excellent!. That was the fisrt impresion when I installed FC5. I first upgraded from FC4 and the process was smooth enough. But later, I decided to do a fresh install later. I'm using a lot of repos like rpmforge, freshrpms etc. so It's hard to find broken softwares...
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    [Unofficial] Fedora Core 5 Release

    Fedora Core 5 is supposed to be out today. But the DVD and CD iso's are circulating out in several forums for a couple of days. So i decided to give you guys the address. Screencasts Screenshots Upto this time, the official release has not been announced. [And yes, this is the original...
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    GNU/Linux Wallpapers

    While browsing through several Torrent sites, i came through a torrent, which contain linux wallpapers. Upon downloading what i found was cool fresh 100+ wallpapers specially for TUX fans. here are some samples Download the full pack - 12 Meg
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    BitTorrent not working after Azureus Install in FC4

    Seems, i'm having a lot of problems these days. I was using the official BItTorrent client 4.4.0 for handling my torrents. Everything went fine. Two days back i installed Azureus 2.4.4, and I find it an excellent software. But since that i'm having some trouble with BT. BT is...
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    Automatix: Good News for Ubuntu Breezy Users

    Automatix is a graphical interface for installation of a lot of apps on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu BREEZY (DOES NOT WORK ON Warty, Hoary or Dapper) and for tweaking a few things to get your Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu box up and working in full throttle in the quickest possible timespan...
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    How To Ask a Question Here

    Although useful for any type of question, this HOWTO is specific for the Open Source Section. So you've got a problem, huh ? Of course forums are the best place to get an answer. But most of your problems remain unsolved. Why ? Read On... Before Posting a query on Thinkdigit Forums, or...
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    [News] GNOMEBaker in Fedora-Extras

    Our Beloved GNOME Burning App - GNOMEBaker is now available Fedora-Extras Repository. $ yum install gnomebaker Features As of 0.5 Gnomebaker can: * Create Audio CDs from existing WAVs, MP3, FLAC and Oggs * Import M3U and PLS audio playlists * Create Data CDs *...
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    403 for Joomla,xoops on Apache localhost

    Off late, I was trying to install Joomla and xoops locally. I've Apache 2.0.24 and MySQL 4.1.16 with php 5.0.4 running on my FC4 box. Both xoops and Joomla is giving an Error 403 while trying to access using my browser. I'ce set file permissions correct. Is there anything i forgot ? Both...
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    Importing Bookmarks into Opera Mini

    I installed Opera Mini in my Nokia 7250i today. I've a lot of wap bookmarks in my phone. Is there anyway importing all them into Opera Mini ?
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    [Tutorial] Configuring an Always On DataOne on gnu/Linux

    I see many asking help for configuring DataOne on their gnu/Linux machine. I've tired of posting the same answers again and again. Hence this Tutorial. The router configuration is specific to Huawei SmartAX MT880 ADSL router. System Configuration Login as root. Select System Settings >...
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    ID Card Printer

    I want to buy an Color ID Card Printer for my company. I dont want much features. we just print 20-30 a day. And no smart card features. I just need the basic one. Any suggestions with price quotes ? NB: A company just contacted me with quoting a price of 1 lakh. Is this one that much...
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