Difference between revisions of "Linux How-tos"

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Installing stuff

• Installing Debian 12.9.0

old versions:

• Installing Kubuntu 22.04
• Installing Kubuntu 16.04
• Installing Kubuntu 18.04
• Installing Kubuntu 19.10
• Installing SuSE 13.1 - Outdated
• Installing SuSE 11.4 - Outdated
• Extra stuff for Experimental PCs - hardware drivers.
• Archived old experimental PC guide
• Installing local programs (VPM)
• Installing MTEX for Matlab - open source EBSD/orientation software
• Printers and printing
• Scanners
• Getting Email Working
• Exchange Calendar Sync
• DenyHosts lock-out - how to get back in after denyhosts blocks your IP
• NX - remote graphical login to Linux PCs, from Windows, Linux or Mac
• Accessing your Z drive from Linux
• Accessing the shared AOG Research drive from Linux
• Adding new users
• Adding a new Linux PC
• Suse 11.0 on PPC Ti powerbook (minority interest!)
• Fix "focus follows mouse" matlab focus bug
• LibreOffice Hacks

Other stuff

• Tmux
• git cheatsheet
• Svn Properties
• Converting RCS to X (deprecated)
• Using bzr (deprecated)
• How to flush a file descriptor without blocking
• Notes on presentations using linux
• Running firefox on multiple machines sharing NFS disk space
• d_scan
• PLU processing code
• Creating a presentation using LaTeX
• Creating a poster using LaTeX

Admin Things

• Licence servers
• Admin Fixes for Packages (for if you're the one making a new install of a certain package)
• Solaris Hints