Category Archives: Configuration

Reliance NetConnect on Ubuntu 9.04

By Sreejith K | Published: October 17, 2009
Today one of my friend came to me asking for help in connecting to internet with his Reliance Netconnect USB Modem. As I had done this before for BSNL EVDO connections, I knew the steps to follow. But when I tried to load the usbserial module on Ubuntu using modprobe command, I got this sree@jaunty$ sudo [...]
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Twitter on Pidgin

By Sreejith K | Published: September 18, 2009
There you go… Now there is a Pidgin plugin available for Twitter updates. For Ubuntu Linux users its very easy to install it. They only need to add Ubuntu PPA repository and install the plugin using apt. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sugree/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sugree/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Import PPA keys using the following command sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com [...]
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Building RPM Kernel Packages

By Sreejith K | Published: November 24, 2008
Extract and customize the kernel 1. Log in as root, extract the kernel sources: tar jxf linux-.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src 2. Customize the kernel with make menuconfig, make xconfig, etc… Create two copies of the .config file and save them in /usr/src/linux<version>-: .config: this copy has to provide the configuration for the single processor kernel .config_smp: this copy has to provide [...]
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Securing your system from Internet threats using OpenDNS

By Sreejith K | Published: October 21, 2008
Changing your Deault DNS provided by the ISP to OpenDNS makes the Web experience more secure and more customized. You can block several sites having viruses, spywares, pornography etc. in a simpler way. Also you can make shotcuts for adreesses that are easy to use with. For example, you only need to type mail to [...]
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