LearnByDoingIT

Author: John

  • Configuring NFS Server on Fedora 18

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    I find that I often need to remember the steps to configuring NFSv4 on Fedora.  Note that under Fedora 18, nfs-utils may already installed depending on the options you select. [root@master ~]# yum -y install nfs-utils [root@master ~]# vi /etc/idmapd.conf # line 5: uncomment and change to your domain name Domain = server.world [root@master ~]#…

  • Open source computing started with the bicycle

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    Derived from ComputerWeekly.com A new video on the origins of OpenSource explaining the suggestion tht OpenSource existed prior to the Industrial Revolution has been hosted on OSS Watch, an advisory service for issues relating to free and open source software in the Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) sectors. Open source and the bicycle…

  • XDA-Developers Noob Video Spot On

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    Pretty lively and accurate.  

  • Use LPD to Share a Windows 7 Printer With an Apple

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    I was having the usual sharing difficulty getting my OS/X Macs to use a Windows shared Printer.  I had it working rather pathetically on an older computer running Windows XP but it required logging in everytime you printed.  Windows 7, despite the setting designed to allow sharing printers with users who did not have accounts…

  • Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again?

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    If you work anywhere in IT and have friends, relatives, or co-workers, then you have used this phrase. From The IT Crowd, you have Netflix, watch it!