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Configure bluefish to use exo-open

If you have a default install of bluefish on Fedora 7. It is probably configured to use mozilla as the default browser and may have some rather complex command line to launch a browser and display the file you are working on. exo-open from the XFCE4 project takes a...

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Changed Themes

Just changed wordpress themes to something a bit wider than the default. Should be a little easier to write my Linux tips in because there won't be so much word wrapping.

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dnsmasq setup Fedora Core 7

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html I do the following. Normally the local machine queries /etc/resolv.conf for DNS servers. dnsmasq in turn queries resolv.conf for it's dns servers and can serve clients on the LAN their DNS/DHCP requests I want the machine...

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Moving Computers

I am trying to move from my Ubuntu box across to Fedora 7. It's not trivial because I have many things configured by hand on the Ubuntu box. Joomla 1.0.x Postfix + Dovecot + Amavisd + Squirrelmail Gallery 2 Madman Music Manager OpenVPN I like to setup my mail server...

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Fedora 7 I know why Ubuntu beats You

I prefer Redhat distributions to install secure firewall installations because of the sensible admin tools and the ease of dsl setup. For a desktop system I like to quickly be able to install packages and Ubuntu uses Synaptic and it's quick. Fedora uses Yum and the...

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