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This is a page of locally contributed HOWTO's. Loosely based on questions found on the clug-tech mailing list.
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General
Every day Tips
Networking
How do connect to my LAN with Linux?
Wireless Roaming (or how do I easily and automatically connect to all my common hotspots, passwords and all)
Roaming between wireless and wired (or how do I just plug into my LAN and automatically use the faster link, instead of WiFi)
Sharing an Internet Connection
Creating a wireless Node from a linux box
How do I share my drives like I did in Windows?
Defending Against Brute Force SSH Attacks
Talking text-based protocols (i.e. HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, etc)
Firewall your Debian/Ubuntu host
Filesystems
How do I clone my disks with Linux?
How do I convert a filesystem from ext2 to ext3?
How do I create a swap file after installation?
RAID-1 in a hurry with grub and mdadm
How do I monitor my Hard Disks for errors?
Passwords
How do I reset my root password?
Servers
Security
Maintenance
How do I keep my computer time synced?
How do I keep an eye on my computer's logs without reading them?
Multimedia
Making DVD/SVCD/VCD's under Linux
Hardware
Installing Linux on a ThinkPad -may be recatorgorized
Distribution specific
Automatic winmail.dat decoding (the curse of MS-TNEF)
Debian
How do I install a .deb file I downloaded without compromising dependencies?
