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How to check total memory in Linux

Just checking if my Dreamhost VPS has had the memory reduced yet Before: [me@mybox]$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2300 97 2202 0 0 12 -/+ buffers/cache: 84 2215 Swap: 0 0 0 After: [me@mybox]$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 300...

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Shared Hosting has Limitations

I've had this domain on dreamhost.com's shared hosting for a few years. It's been OK. For the dollar value it's got a lot of features. Linux Shell access (woo hoo!) One click install of a heap of opensource stuff Unlimited Disk space (meaning you can have more than a...

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FreeNX Server Install & Setup on Fedora 15

Overview: I want to connect from a Windows 7 workstation to a Fedora 15 Computer using FreeNX How I did it On Fedora install FreeNX Server (Note: you already need to have the OpenSSH server installed and working) yum install freenx-server This is all I had to do to...

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OpenOffice Tips

I have a deep and abiding annoyance with online loan calculators. I blame them for being: Clumsy Restricted Self-Interested So when I found that Open/Libre Office has good support for calculating repayments it has come as a relief....

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Guardian – Advert blocked

If you get a web page with "Advert blocked" on it, it's not very descriptive, but basically it's dansguardian (a web filter) stomping on an Advertisement: To find out more about the problem I changed the dansguardian report setting "reportinglevel = 3" to...

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Microsoft Update [Error number: 0x800A01B6]

Problem: Running wupdmgr on a Windows XP Pro SP3 Box throws "[Error number: 0x800A01B6]." in Internet Explorer Trying wupdmgr on several Windows XP Pro Boxes and the error is duplicated. Cause: Cisco ASA firewall configured to do ActiveX Filtering blocking the Windows...

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