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Using bittorrent for large downloads (was: Re: DVD ISO files)
On Feb 22 2006, Peter Colton wrote: http is not a very good way of downloading large file. You would be better of using the torrent method. This is definitely a good suggestion. More people should use bittorrent, because: * you are always "giving back" to the community when you use torrents; * your dow... 23 Feb 2006 06:20

rt2500 woes
Earlier today I plugged in my shiny new wireless card (PCI, rt2500). I used module-assistant to build the kernel module, no problems. Then I run `iwconfig`: # iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Po... 22 Feb 2006 19:32

howto check open ports ?
hi all, i am now behind a firewall [at dormitory], and i want to check open ports. is there a handy program that does this job for me ;) want to find an open port for apache to run. because 80. port blocked to people outside the dorm. i both need an openport seeker program and info if apache will work let's say i... 23 Feb 2006 13:49

wireless card
hi guys, i'm planning to buy wifi (b/g) card for my laptop, however i'm not about the support. my colleague has asus with broadcom bcm4306 chipset in his windoze notebook. i tried it, kernel recognized the card, but the i cannot find the respective drivers for linux. according to mr. google it seems that thi... 1 Mar 2006 10:50

how to change bluetooth "mac" addresses?
Hi. I've been searching the web and I think you cannot change the address of a bluetooth device. Can I? I have 2 of them in one computer and the addresses are the same. gaira:~# hciconfig hci0: Type: USB BD Address: 11:11:11:11:11:11 ACL MTU: 678:8 SCO MTU: 48:10 UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN ... 22 Feb 2006 00:38

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i am trying to get ciara's number. ... 21 Feb 2006 18:26

making a (s)vcd
I have a 700M avi file that I'd like to put on a (s)vcd. When I run ffmpeg -i file.avi -target svcd out.mpg the resulting file is over twice as big and thus vcdimager -t svcd out.mpg complains about the size. Is it possible to make a (s)vcd from a 700M avi file? -- "Government is actually the worst... 1 Mar 2006 06:31

Limiting scp access
Hi, I'm trying to setup a secure replacement for an ftp server where a limited set of users should be able to connect using scp only while the other users should not be able to connect at all. I know scponly can be used to prevent a user from getting a full login using ssh, but how do I prevent regular users... 23 Feb 2006 17:29

Configuring inittab
Hello!!! I have a line in /etc/inittab like this: id:3:initdBuefault: Level 3 is for the system to boot in shell login, but my system is going directly to a x login screen (like level 5). Is there something else I have to set to fix it? Regards -- Henrique ... 27 Feb 2006 10:46

Configuring the Keyboard in an Acer Laptop
Hello!!! I know it must be a silly question, but I want to know how I configure my Acer laptop's keyboard to understand characters like 'c, 'a and ~a, for instance (these ones are not like that, I just typed this way because I can't do the right ones). My laptop is an Acer Aspire 3002LCI and its manual has this ... 19 Feb 2006 02:41