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This article was first written in February 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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GZIP="--rsyncable" tar zcvf toto.tar.gz /toto

Why do you need this special option ? Because if you compress your files before synchronising them with rsync, a very small change in one original file may force rsync to re-transmit the whole compressed tar.gz file, instead of just the changed portion. The basic reason is that rsync works at the byte level : very roughly, it compares the old copy of the file with the latest source, and transmits every by

This article was first written in February 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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If you encounter the following error while trying to execute a shell script with Bash, it is probably a carriage return problem: bad interpreter: No such file or directory To fix it, see HOWTO Convert carriage returns between UNIX and DOS on Debian.

This article was first written in February 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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The convert carriage returns between UNIX- and DOS-kind of CR, use the tools dos2unix and unix2dos from the sysutils package. Usage is really simple:

$ dos2unix filename

or

$ unix2dos filename

where filename is the name of the file to convert. To convert a hierarchy of files starting from current directory:

$ find . -type f -exec dos2unix {} ;

For more information see the manpages.

This article was first written in January 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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Solaris supports journalization (aka logging) on UFS filesystems which allows for shorter reboot times after a crash. To activate it, it is really simple: Go edit /etc/vfstab and add the term logging in the last column (mount options) for the UFS filesystems you want.

This article was first written in January 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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On a Linux server, to scan files on access using ClamAV, you can use Clamuko or, if using Samba to access it, use samba-vscan.

This article was first written in January 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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On 2.4 kernels on Debian, there is a driver that enables better powersavings for AMD760MP and AMD-760MPX (usually found on multi-processors mainboards such as Tyan S2460, S2462 and S2469) chipsets: amd76x_pm.

This article was first written in January 2005 for the BeezNest technical
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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ - Chapter 6 - Basics of the Debian package management system Tips on working with Packaging Commands on Debian Linux Debian package management, distributions and the /etc/apt/

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Warning: This article is still work in progress. You have to keep in mind that speed is somewhat relative. It is often just a question of personal feeling, especially for a desktop machine. There are many ways to speed your Linux installation. Here, we will show how to do it on Debian Sarge+, but most tips should also improve performances on other distributions. We will focus on a desktop install.

This article was first written in December 2004 for the BeezNest technical
website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/194).

Introduction

All in all, the basic Debian Sarge install (using Netinst CD) does a lot of work and the laptop is usable as is (network, graphical display, sound, …). However, some things need a bit of tuning to get the best of your laptop. This article is intended to help those people who want to get the best out of it or, so to speak, to make everything work.

This article was first written in December 2004 for the BeezNest technical
website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/192).

To rename a Debian system, it is not enough to change the /etc/hostname file, you probably need to change some references to the old name elsewhere. This article tries to pinpoint the files where it would be needed to change it.