Sarg — Squid Analysis Report Generator is a tool that allow you to view “where” your users are going to on the Internet. Sarg provides many informations about Squid users activities: times, bytes, sites, etc… You can download; install latest version of sarg. You need to update sarg.conf for your proxy logs details. /usr/local/sarg/sarg.conf You […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. We consider this […]
Why hack a calculator? So you’re a programmer deciding where to invest your energy. What’s a better idea: the latest Apple device, where hot new games can mean big bucks and millions of users, or a calculator introduced 10 years ago? Most go for iPhones and iPods. But another community thrives in its own way. […]
Ubuntu-AutoCAD Alternative: BRL-CAD AutoCAD is one of the most expensive applications, but also indispensable for many types of jobs. Being so expensive, it’s a good reason to look for free alternatives. QCad is one of the alternatives but sometimes it’s just not enough. BRL-CAD is a free, open-source alternative to AutoCAD, developed by the U.S. […]
How to remove a deb package manually Some times when you install a new deb package, the system will be broken. We may have to remove the package. For this , you can try the following. ( Assuming pidgin is the broken package) # apt-get remove pidgin #dpkg -P pidgin #dpkg -force-all -r pidgin These […]
Dhcp client configuration to change the default DNS servers to Open DNS The DNS servers of my ISP is always behaving erratically. The DNS look up times are abysmally large and some times I get an address not found error while browsing. On ubuntu/debian systems the DNS servers are specified in /etc/resolv.conf. I tried to […]
Google Chrome Extensions Directory A Google Chrome extensions directory has been created, similar to the one for Firefox addons (addons.mozilla.org): http://www.chromeextensions.org/ Each extension has a description and download link and that’s about it. The idea is good, but people probably expect Google to take this into it’s own hands and make it’s own extensions directory. […]
Setting up DNS When it comes to DNS setup Debian doesn’t differ from other distributions. You can add hostname and IP addresses to the file /etc/hosts for static lokups. To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups you simply add their addresses to /etc/resolv.conf. For example a machine which should […]
How to recover gnome-panel i Was new to ubuntu .i was did something the tool bar was gone . i was search and search finally found on bing gave me the answe Reseting Gnome Settings If your gnome-panel corrupt , Application Menu, Places Menu and System Menu and some other menu items will disappear. How […]