According to gnu.org, “Installation directories should always be named by variables, so it is easy to install in a nonstandard place. The standard names for these variables and the values they should have in GNU packages are described below. They are based on a standard filesystem layout; variants …

This is how-to-Install 3D desktop effects on a vanilla Fedora 10 installation (I tried this on a freshly installed Fedora 10, installed from DVD). Basically all you need to do is get 3d hardware acceleration enabled for your video card and then install the fusion-icon package and reboot. In the past this was easier said than done.

It was a free space-themed action MMO, but not like those cheap web based hacks that are complete garbage.  It had PVE and plenty of PVP.  Ok, it wasn’t all that great, and I only played a little, but it was the only MMO I liked.  I can’t stand World …

Cron is so simple yet so useful I think it’s often unappreciated! Being able to toss a command into a cron, or execute a script at specific times of the day, days of the week, etc. That’s good stuff!

You want to install a special version of openssl that’s not the latest release, but some other app requires that specific one — how do you do it?
Lets assume you don’t have the right repository installed, and you need to set that up first.  If you’re looking for some package …

First off, don’t be afraid of insane mode.  It just means you shoot from a little further back than normal most of the time and don’t bother trying to get up close to chainsaw anyone.  So you’re left with the multiplayer and the horde.  The horde mode really is the …

I was in Borders or Barnes and Nobles the other day and I saw a bunch of books with the number 2012 on the cover.  I’m sure there are tons of people trying to cash in on the next big end-of-the-world scenario which is sometime around the equinox on December …

Mmm… Hydrogen. Leave a comment if you’re an HHO’er. If you don’t know what HHO refers to, or you disagree with the definition. I’m curious to see if anyone stops by!

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Got a process that you want to restart in a script but it doesn’t respond nicely?  Use the sleep command in your script and check its status after you start, stop, or kill it.  After incrementally backing off a few times, waiting longer and longer, I give up and exit …

The evil google empire has singled out my website and banned me for no apparent reason what-so-ever.  Those pricks couldn’t handle stroking the big $11 check once every few months for my super duperest blog.
The Google Team is out to get you, how to make them pay in 4 easy …