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LXDE Desktop for Ubuntu

If you miss simple and fast. If XFCE isn't your bag. If you just want a simple UI without the massive over head of KDE or GNOME. Give LXDE Desktop for Ubuntu a go. sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop I'm currently enjoying it because it makes my P4 seem snappier....

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CentOS 5.5 PPTPD Server Packets Not Passing

Just installing a CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD server. Problem: Remotely connected using a pptp client and could connect and login but not do an ls on a directory of files. Solution Reduce the MTU edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whichever is your ethernet...

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UNetBootIn “Boot Error”

Just used unetbootin to copy a Ubuntu 10.10 x64 image to a 2GB STORE N GO USB Key making a bootable USB Key On reboot and selecting the USB Key from the BIOS Boot Menu (available by pressing ESC when rebooting) I get: "Boot Error" Tried re-installing the ISO using...

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CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD Server

This is just a copy and paste of some of the stuff whizzing past when I installed Poptop (PPTPD) server on CentOS release 5.5 (Final) Once you add the poptop yum repository. You can install the unstable or stable Install the poptop repository rpm -Uvh...

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