Category Archives: Linux distributions

DNS Server Installation Step by Step Using CentOS 6.3

Written by SK on . Posted in CentOS, Fedora, Linux tutorials, Suse

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DNS, Domain Name System, translates hostnames or URLs into IP addresses. For example if we type www.unixmen.com in browser, the DNS server translates the domain name into its associated ip address. Since the IP addresses are hard to remember, DNS … Continue reading

What About E17 on OpenSUSE 12.3!

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, Releases, Reviews, Software, Suse

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It’s no great secret that I have been a long time user and supporter of OpenSUSE. And I am also a huge fan of Bodhi Linux. And between the two of them, they remain among my favorite Linux distributions. One … Continue reading

Enable Logout Option In Fedora18

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Fedora, Frequently Asked Questions, Linux distributions

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Fedora18   is  coming  with this  strange  option that the  Log Out is  standard   disabled. How to enable Log Out  in fedora 18  ?

NFS Server installation and configuration in CentOS 6.3, RHEL 6.3 and Scientific Linux 6.3

Written by SK on . Posted in CentOS, Fedora, Linux distributions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

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NFS, Network File System, is a server-client protocol used for sharing files between linux/unix to unix/linux systems. NFS enables you to mount a remote share locally. You can then directly access any of the files on that remote share.

Canonical replaces X Server with Mir

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

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Some may say “X is totally the UNIX way”, while Unix says “Do one thing and do it well”. But what is the one thing that X does and does it well? That’s hard for me to answer, since I … Continue reading

Zpanel- A good opensource alternative to Cpanel

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in CentOS, Linux distributions

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For every paid software, always you can find an opensource alternative, sometimes the alternative is better and complete like (Gimp vs Photoshop) sometimes not. Today we will see a good alternative to Cpanel, the well known paid hosting / server … Continue reading

Fedora 18: Graphical Installer Horror

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Fedora, Linux distributions, News, Releases, Software

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I am usually quick to write an article or something on the latest Ubuntu or Fedora release. But for Red Hat’s new Fedora 18 operating system, I thought I’d hold off a little and read some other users opinions before … Continue reading

How to install Skype on Fedora 18 64bit

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Fedora, Frequently Asked Questions, Linux distributions, Linux tutorials

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You  have to  know  that Skype is  32  bit application.  that  means   that  you need some  32   libs required  for this  setup, In this quick tip i will show you how to install skype on Fedora 18 64bit.

GnomishBeige Theme (GTK+ 3.6.X) Under Ubuntu 12.10

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in eyecandy, Ubuntu, Unix Tutorials

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GnomishBeige is a clean beige theme for GTK3, based on the Adwaita engine, plus a matching GNOME-Shell theme. Its dark variant is almost identical to GnomishDark.

How to upgrade to Fedora 18

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Fedora, Frequently Asked Questions

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How  to upgrade  from Fedora 17 to to Fedora 18?