If you’re new to Fedora you’ll notice there are a few special cases with Fedora. #1, they do not ship any packages that are not within compliance with GPL and that means Sun Java.
In this tutorial I’ll show how you can install Sun Java (which can replace an openjdk installation).
Q: Why Would You Want Sun Java?
A: Well in my case there are some [ continue reading... ]

Recently the openSUSE team announced that LXDE (Lightweight Desktop Environment) would be included as an option in the installer on openSUSE 11.3.
In the openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1 Release, they tout LXDE as
You can find more about LXDE in general at http://lxde.org.
Being as impatient as I am, I decided to give LXDE a shot prior to waiting for openSUSE 11.3. The LXDE team makes [ continue reading... ]

Goolge Chrome is a kick ass browser that is taking the browsing industry by storm. Its stunning speed has been winning users over since it’s initial launch.
Linux enthusiasts have also been adapting to the ever updated Google Chrome, which recently was put into official “Beta” natively for Linux. I’ve previously wrote how to install the rpm on openSUSE and Fedora but now it’s time [ continue reading... ]

Here’s a quick how to on setting user x to auto login under KDE 4. You may want to do this if it’s your machine at home, or you really have no security reason to have a login screen.
If you didn’t set it at the installation screens you can easily set it up in systemsettings with the Login Manager module.
To do this first [ continue reading... ]

The KDE Team release KDE 4.3.5 which is available for openSUSE in its ever functional and friendly build service.
This guide will help you install KDE 4.3.5 on openSUSE 11.2.
The first thing you must do is add the correct Stable KDE Repository:
Note: -f is optional and is setting it to autorefresh
Upgrade to the packages on the new repository:
This will upgrade all [ continue reading... ]

Recently the Wine HQ team announced that Wine Development Branch 1.1.37 has been released. You can read more about the release here
This tutorial will show you how to install the said version of Wine on openSUSE Linux, 11.0 – 11.2).
Add the Wine Emulator Repository and set to Auto Refresh:
Upgrade to packages in the new repository:
If you haven’t yet installed Wine, you can [ continue reading... ]

Today was the announcement of the release of KDE 4.4 RC2 which provides you, the user, with the ability to try out this great release candidate on some of your favorite distributions.
Today, we’ll show you how to setup the repositories to upgrade to KDE 4.4 RC2 on openSUSE and Kubuntu.
For openSUSE 11.2
First add the required repository (KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop a.k.a KKFD)
You can set this repository [ continue reading... ]

Today the Mozilla Developers released Firefox 3.6, which has been promptly added to the openSUSE Mozilla Stable Repository.
You can read more about the release in a previous blog post.
To install this new version Firefox on openSUSE 11.2, we’ll have to add the Mozilla repository, then upgrade. Here’s a guide on how to do just that:.
Add the Mozilla Repository which includes the new [ continue reading... ]

Recently an associate of mine asked me to burn him a CD since his computer was “out of service”. I put in the CD and started hammering at my console to get him the CD he requested. He thought it was pretty cool that I could do it from the command line (he is a non technical user).
So I figured, there are some people [ continue reading... ]

Now that you’ve installed Arch Linux following some of my previous blog enteries, it’s time to install 3 of the major components when it comes to browsing the internet.
#1 Firefox (there are other browsers, but this is the most commonly used browser in the Linux realm).
To install do
#2 Our favortie thing of all.. Java (/sarcasm)
To install lets do:
#3 the thing that crashes [ continue reading... ]

I had someone email me saying they were having a hard time installing Arch Linux over an existing installation because they wanted to maintain their /home partition, which happened to be created as an LVM.
First this document isn’t the whole installation process, but only the bits which are required for using LVM support (let it be a new LVM or to install over an [ continue reading... ]

Here’s an explination of what “BackTrack Linux” is from backtrack-linux.com
Here are some screenshots of an installation I did into VirtualBox.
I’ll give more tutorials on using BackTrack Linux when I get it installed on a different machine, to do actual penetration and not from a VirtualBox machine.
Boot to the CD and you’ll be greeted with this grub screen. I chose to log into the [ continue reading... ]

Recently I got a copy of SLES 11, that I decided to setup to compare against the RHEL I’m running in the enterprise space (for a possible migration path).
One of the first things I checked up on, was local password complexity to adhere within Sarbanes–Oxley (yes.. the biggest pain in the world). In my RHEL implementations I’ve set system-auth to use pam_cracklib.so and use [ continue reading... ]

I know when people install KDE 4.4, they’ll be wondering “Where do I configure my Plasma Theme Now”.
This is mostly in part because it was moved from the “Desktop Settings” into systemsettings.
Here’s a little pictorial on changing it:
In the menu choose Configure Desktop (which is systemsettings via the command line)

In the General Tab double click on Appearance (hovering over it, will show you [ continue reading... ]