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Enable Automatic Login in Ubuntu Server

Ashik — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:03 +0000

Ubuntu makes it easy to enable automatic login if you’re using a login manager such as GDM. But what to do in case you don't have GDM. Here’s how to enable automatic login.

How to Keep Your Ubuntu System Clean

Ashik — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:49:09 +0000

If you are an geeky user who keeps installing various software and updates then with the passage of time you will feel that your system is messed up. Ubucleaner is a shell script which lets you clean your Ubuntu system by removing the following:

apt cache
Config file for Uninstalled .deb packages
Unused Kernels

How to retain changes in Backtrack 4 installed on USB

Ashik — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:37:31 +0000

In this article we will describe how we can create a bootable Backtrack 4 USB Drive that will save all the changes we make on the USB itself. In this scenario we will use 2 USB Drives. One USB drive of 1GB and the 2GB USB drive which will hold our changes.

Converting ext3 to ext4 Filesystem

Ashik — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:45:51 +0000

Some time ago ext4 was released and available for Linux kernel. ext4 provides some additional benefits and perforce over ext3 file system. You can easily convert ext3 to ext4 file system. The next release of Fedora, 11, will default to the ext4 file system unless serious regressions are seen. In this quick tutorial you will learn about converting ext3 to ext4 file system.

Increase Swap Memory in Linux

Ashik — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:25:57 +0000

In Linux, as in most other Unix-like operating systems, it is common to use a whole partition of a hard disk for swapping. However, with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast as swap partitions, although Red Hat recommends using a swap partition. The administrative flexibility of swap files outweighs that of partitions; since modern high capacity hard drives can remap physical sectors, no partition is guaranteed to be contiguous. You can add swap file as a dedicated partition or use following instructions to create a swap file.