Suse & OpenSuse : Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, How Tos and Troubleshooting

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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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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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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Open Special Locations in Nautilus with URI

February 25, 2009 – 7:51 pm

For Linux, the official file manager for the GNOME desktop is Nautilus. In case you wondering the origin for Nautilus, it is a play on words. By evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.

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How to recover OpenSuse Lost Root Password

February 16, 2009 – 11:19 pm

Hopefully not but from time to time, we may somehow forgot what our root password is.  This can happen in the case where you are managing a teaching laboratory, CAD/CAM workstations or your grandmother’s OpenSuSE PC!  These are situations where once the machine is setup, you rarely need to have system administration access.  So, the [...]

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