Linux How-tos

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Installing stuff

• Installing SuSE 11.4
• Installing SuSE 11.3
• Installing SuSE Kubuntu lucid
• Installing SuSE 11.1
• Installing SuSE 11.0 / Troubleshooting SuSE 11.0
• Installing SuSE 10.3
• Extra stuff for Experimental PCs - drivers (including comedi), module auto-loading, recompiling etc.
• Installing local programs (VPM)
• Installing MTEX for Matlab - open source EBSD/orientation software
• Printers and printing
• Scanners
• Getting Email Working
• Exchange Calendar Sync
• NX - remote graphical login to Linux PCs, from Windows, Linux or Mac
• Accessing your Z drive from Linux
• Adding new users
• Adding a new Linux PC
• Suse 11.0 on PPC Ti powerbook (minority interest!)

Other stuff

• Svn Properties
• Converting RCS to X
• Using bzr
• How to flush a file descriptor without blocking
• Notes on presentations using linux
• Running firefox on multiple machines sharing NFS disk space

Admin Things

• Licence servers
• Admin Fixes for Packages (for if you're the one making a new install of a certain package)
• Solaris Hints