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September 28th, 2005

HOWTO: Automatically Start a Program When KDE Starts

Want a certain application to start automatically once KDE has started?

Open Konqueror
Go to the Go -> Autostart menu option
Right click in the right windowpane and select Create New -> File-> Link to Application
Click on the Application tab and enter the name of the application to run

You can replace steps 3 and 4. Rather than typing […]

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September 28th, 2005

EXPLANATION: What Does ‘./’ Mean in GNU/Linux?

In Windows or DOS the current directory is included in the path search. In GNU/Linux, it is not implicity included.
For example, if you are in the directory C:\TEMP on a Windows machine, and the path is C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and you attempted to run an application in the C:\TEMP directory - it would succeed. This is because […]

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September 27th, 2005

EXPLAIN: What are GNU/Linux Runlevels?

When GNU/Linux starts, it doesn’t just power up and go. It actually runs through a series of runlevels until it gets to a user specified runlevel and then stops. The different runlevels are used to allow services to start and stop, and to generally control exactly how the box is booting. Most of this is […]

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September 27th, 2005

Launch Countdown - 1 Day!

Big launch day tomorrow!
I have a bunch of HOWTOs and Explanations ready to go, the new template is underway, and very shortly there’s gonne be some Newlinuxuser swag available.
Want to write a HOWTO or Explanation? Stay tuned for more details on how to get your name in lights!
1 day…

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September 27th, 2005

EXPLAIN: What Does “Free as in Beer” and “Free as in Speech” Mean?

The word ‘free’ in the English language has some ambiguity. Does it mean free as in ‘no cost’, or does it mean free as in ‘you can do what you want’? In order to alleviate any confusion when talking about Free software, the phrases “Free as in Beer’ and ‘Free as in Speech’ are frequently […]

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September 26th, 2005

HOWTO: User NdisWrapper to Install my Wifi Card

NdisWrapper may allow you to use your Windows wifi drivers on your GNU/Linux box. Here’s how:

Install NdisWrapper: either use your package manger or download the package from the NdisWrapper site.
Locate the *.inf and *.sys files on your Windows driver CD (we’ll use d:\winXP\driver.inf and d:\winXP\driver.sys for the example)
Install the drivers. Type:

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/cdrom/driver.inf […]

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September 26th, 2005

Launch Countdown - 2 Days!

2 days until launch!
Templates are coming…more entries are being written (and hidden!)…images are being cropped…it’s all very exciting.
Hang on until Wednesday!

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September 25th, 2005

HOWTO: Find Out if Linux Recognizes my PCI Device.

This is an almost verbatim copy of the post on how to determine whether your GNU/Linux box recognizes your USB device.
First understand that ‘recognize’ is different from ’supports’. Your GNU/Linux box may recognize your PCI device, but that doesn’t mean it has the drivers to run it.
But don’t despair, recognizing a device is the first […]

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September 25th, 2005

HOWTO: Find Out if Linux Recognizes my USB Device.

First understand that ‘recognize’ is different from ’supports’. Your GNU/Linux box may recognize your USB device, but that doesn’t mean it has the drivers to run it.
But don’t despair, recognizing a device is the first step to determining whether you can use said device.
Plug the device in and then in a terminal window, type:

lsusb

The terminal […]

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September 25th, 2005

Ignore This Theme!

Welcome visitors!
We’re just getting up and running now with newlinuxuser.com, and one of the things that we need to do is get the proper template up and running. The powers that be thought the Slashdot theme would be funny…now I’m stuck with it. Just wait.
It’ll get prettier :)
Well, Kubrick might not be prettier, but it’s […]

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