Author Archives: Mel Kham

About Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

How To: Properly Backup a VirtualBox Machine (.VDI)

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

Question : How To Properly Backup a VirtualBox Machine (.VDI)

How to install phpBB in Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

1.) Install all of the required software for phpBB3 forums: sudo yum install mysql-server mysql-administrator mysql mysql-gui-common php-mysql

Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Hardware Linux

Below we will show you how to get your drivers For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 & 200 series cards from RPM Fusion.

Howto install Proftpd on CentOS/RHEL/Fedora

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Proftpd is anyone applications for transfer file using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Proftpd using for download or upload file in to server. Before installation make sure gcc package have installed, for installation follow this posting.

Install ITune in Linux in 6 steps

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

This tutorial will help you to install iTune in linux in 6 steps, there are others ways to install ITune in linux like using for example PlayOnLinux for this one see this tutorial.

install webcam drivers with EasyCam 2

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Hardware Linux

Installation on 32 bit systems Installation on 32 bit systems You need to add the following repository to your source list Adding Repositories deb http://blognux.free.fr/ubuntu hardy maindeb-src http://blognux.free.fr/ubuntu hardy main

How to Use RPM to Effectively Manage Your Computer

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in linux command

  RPM Package Manager (originally Red Hat Package Manager, abbreviated RPM) is a package management system. The name RPM refers to two things: a software

How to use rsync

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

So what is unique about rsync? It can perform differential uploads and downloads (synchronization) of files across the network, transferring only data that has changed. The rsync remote-update protocol allows rsync to transfer just the differences between two sets of … Continue reading

Ubuntu forgotten password

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Ubuntu

What to do when you forgot your password for your ubuntu machine?? Here are some simple steps on how to change the password using single user mode. 

Allowing user to run root commands

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

  To allow normal user to run root privileged commands, you have to use sudo. Sudo allows a user to run commands as superuser or another user. To set your user to be able to use sudo to act as … Continue reading