PuTTY connection error in Linux, Debian Lenny (solved)

April 3, 2009No comments yet

In my Windows machines I use PuTTY SSH client to connect to my Linux server. I know there are other SSH clients available in Linux, but I like PuTTY, so I wanted to use it on my newly installed Debian Lenny desktop.
I installed PuTTY with this command:
apt-get install putty putty-tools
Okay, Putty was installed.
I copied my public and [...]

Windows Fonts in Linux

April 2, 2009No comments yet

I always had problems with fonts in Linux both on the desktop and in the web browsers. The fonts were always crappy. So I wanted to get a few Windows fonts to my Linux desktop. You can follow me.
In Debian (I use Debian Lenny) the “ttf-mscorefonts-installer” package will install the following fonts:
Andale Mono
Arial Black
Arial (Bold, Italic, [...]

How to change a password in Thunderbird?

March 4, 2009No comments yet

I always forget how can I change a password in Thunderbird, and you?
1, Delete your old, saved password
a, In Thunderbird 2
Go to Tools>Options>Privacy>Passwords>Edit Saved Passwords
Select the password what you want to change and press the Remove button.
b, In Thunderbird 3
Go to Tools>Options>Security>Passwords>Saved Passwords…
Select the password what you want to change and press the Remove button.
2, [...]

How to check MD5 hash and create checksum file in Windows and Linux?

February 19, 2009No comments yet

MD5 is a widely used cryptographic hash function with a 128-bit hash value. It is commonly used to check the integrity of files.
If you downloaded a file from the web and the file owner provided a MD5 hash (checksum) then you can compare the hash of the downloaded file with the hash provided by file [...]

Determine BIOS version from Linux command line

July 28, 2008No comments yet

You don’t need to reboot your sytem and press the pause key during boot just to find out what BIOS version you are running. You can determine the BIOS version and other BOIS related datas from Linux command line.
Please consider I use Debian.
You need  the dmidecode package installed in your system, so first check the [...]

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