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Persistent Configuration Options For X.Org Drivers

07/16/2008  III
Relevance: 6.16
In recent times, the xorg.conf file once used for configuring all static X-related server options has been shrinking in size. Thanks to more reliable EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) on LCD panels, it's generally no longer needed to manually specify mode-lines within this X.Org configuration file. With improvements for auto-detection, in many circumstances it's no longer even needed to manually specify your graphics driver and other options. However, the X Server currently lacks an infrastructure for supporting persistent device properties.
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Persistent Configuration Options For X.Org Drivers

07/16/2008  IIII
Relevance: 5.37
In recent times, the xorg.conf file once used for configuring all static X-related server options has been shrinking in size. Thanks to more reliable EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) on LCD panels, it's generally no longer needed to manually specify mode-lines within this X.Org configuration file. With improvements for auto-detection, in many circumstances it's no longer even needed to manually specify your graphics driver and other options. However, the X Server currently lacks an infrastructure for supporting persistent device properties.
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Web Scraping with Python

12/03/2008  I
Relevance: 4.68
Web scraping is the set of techniques used the to get some information, structured only for presentation purposes, from a website automatically instead of copying it manually. This article by Javier Collado will show how this could be done using python in the steps that require some development.
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Back to Drupal

03/15/2008  I
Relevance: 4.55
Ok, confession time. I love webgen but the Geek Ranch site keeps getting more complicated. We want blogs, .... Or, put another way, the dynamic content keeps growing. I finally gave in and admitted we need Drupal. So, on to installing Drupal 6. No hosting location I work with has it on the auto-installer, so on to manually doing it.
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Hardening Linux

08/15/2007  IIIIII
Relevance: 4.52
Linux is an enterprise-grade operating system and is capable of the utmost security. However, many installations fall short because the out-of-the-box setup routines have to cater for the lowest common denominator. There are tools to tighten up and harden your server– and we'll introduce you to Bastille – but it's important to understand how to do it manually too.
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Ettercap Automates the Malicious Middleman

02/02/2008  II
Relevance: 4.41
It's possible to carry out an ARP poisoning MITM attack manually using Wireshark (Ethereal) to intercept and edit ARP requests, but actually it's very easy for anyone who can get on to your network (using Aircrack-ng to get on wirelessly, for example) to carry out such an attack using automated open source tools. The best known one of these is called Ettercap.
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Getting xVM to work in Opensolaris 2008.05

05/30/2008  II
Relevance: 4.38
Unfortunately because of space constraints in a liveCD, you can't squeeze all those ‘nice to have' packages into one spot, so you have to download and setup xVM manually. A few things are broken, too so some minor tweaking is required. Here's a list of steps required to get xVM setup as a Dom0 in OpenSolaris
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Ndiswrapper in Slackware

07/01/2008  IIIIIIIIII
Relevance: 4.37
The following article is about using a HP-530 laptop with Slackware-12.1 and Lantech wireless router with WEP encryption. It can be used as a general tutorial forconfiguring your WiFi manually in Linux.
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Ubuntu TIP: Automating Package Installation†' apt-get to the rescue

11/28/2008  IIIII
Relevance: 4.36
Have you ever had to reinstall your ubuntu installation, and then bear the pain of manually installing the applications you've come to love (i mean use :)) everyday? If yes, then cheer up buddy, because all you really need is some magic (read scripting), some typing and spend some time digging the package names of your favourite applications.
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Using eCos with CMake

11/28/2006  III
Relevance: 4.35
Foreword: This detailed, technical how-to explains how eCos developers can use CMake to simplify and streamline the chore of writing makefiles manually. It discusses both simple, single-application eCos build environments, as well as those with multiple targets, such as production and debug builds for actual and virtual hardware.
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