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Monthly Archives: March 2009

How to install OpenOffice.org in SLES from a SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop ISO file

March 30, 2009 – 7:41 pm

After installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES 11), there are some packages that may be required that’s not on the SLES 11 DVD but is available from the SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLED 11) DVD. One such example is OpenOffice.org. If you already have the SLED DVD, you can install from it by [...]

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Novell Launches SuSE 11

March 23, 2009 – 7:35 pm

Novell on Wednesday (24th March 2009) launched SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, with the capability for policy-driven system management and enhancements to its high-availability clustering. SLES 11 also will soon be certified to run in the Amazon EC2 cloud, Novell officials said.

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How to remove corrupted .gvfs directory

March 13, 2009 – 12:45 am

The .gvfs directory found in home directories of users is actually the GnomeVFS (Gnome Virtual File System).  This provides seamless and uniform access for the Nautilus file manager to  users data no matter where and how it is stored. Data can be stored on a remote mounted file system, the local disk, a USB drive [...]

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Compiling C++ code using iostream in G++ version 4.3 and above

March 12, 2009 – 2:07 am

In the past, prior to G++ version 4.3, a code like #include <iostream.h> int main() {   cout << “hello world” << endl;   return 0; } would probably compile  (g++ <filename.cpp>) with the possibility of some warning messages.  With version 4.3 and newer, it will give you an error message stating that iostream.h: No [...]

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What’s the difference between “su” and “su –”?

March 6, 2009 – 4:54 am

We get asked this question quite often and maybe it is good to give a simple explanation.  “su” by itself means that you would like to assume the super user identity.  You can also assume the identity of another user using “su <userid>”.

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