Synaptic is a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing software packages on Debian-based distributions. If you are using Debian or Ubuntu you will easily find Synaptic in the System Tools menu or in the Administration menu. Synaptic uses the GTK graphic libraries . So, if you are using GNOME on your debian-based distro you will probably have Synaptic installed as well. Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.
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Simple Package management with Synaptic Package Manager
Submitted by david23 on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 09:57Recover Data From a dead hard drive using ddrescue
Submitted by david23 on Tue, 11/28/2006 - 06:52Like dd, dd_rescue does copy data from one file or block device to another.dd_rescue is a tool to help you to save data from crashed partition. It tries to read and if it fails, it will go on with the next sectors where tools like dd will fail. If the copying process is interrupted by the user it is possible to continue at any position later. It can copy backwards.
Remotely Manage Machines Using VNC
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 11/01/2006 - 11:26VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop’ environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
Install .rpm Files in Debian and Ubuntu
Submitted by david23 on Thu, 10/05/2006 - 03:27Some time you might find some applications are having only .rpm files but you want a .deb package for your debian,Ubuntu and other debian derived ditributions.If you can’t find .deb debian package in any of the debian,ubuntu repositories or elsewhere, you can use the alien package converter to install the .rpm file.
Running Internet Explorer in Debian and ubuntu Linux
Submitted by david23 on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 10:58No clicks needed. No boring setup processes. No Wine complications. Just one easy script and you’ll get three IE versions to test your Sites. And it’s free and open source.This may be very helpful for software developers and web developers to test their applications.
Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Installation Walkthrough with Screenshots
Submitted by david23 on Tue, 09/26/2006 - 04:41Kubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.
Debian Network Utilities and tools With Examples and man pages
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 09/18/2006 - 03:40This is the list of debian network utilities and tools for administrators and users to check the network related traffic, monitor network.This includes installation of each package with man pages.This full list devided in to two parts which is part1 network tools and part2 network tools
Debian etch beta 3 graphical mode installation with screenshots
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 09/11/2006 - 03:56Debian etch beta3 installation using graphical interface this is really nice installation walkthrough with each step
screenshots.This is new feature in debian upcoming release version called etch.This article contains nearly 50 images of this installation process.
Opensource Bandwidth,Network and Servers Monitoring tools with Tutorials
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 03:45This is very good tutorials for bandwidth monitoring,network monitoring and servers monitoring tools with clear step by step installation guides this includes Nagios,MRTG,RTG,Netmrg,Darkstat,monit,munin,mon,oreon,Saidar ,Cacti,Bigsister,ibmonitor,zabbix.This resouce is Very useful for Users and Administrators to monitor their networks,bandwidth and servers.
Nagios 2.5 and Oreon 1.3 (Nagios web front end) installation With screenshots
Submitted by david23 on Thu, 08/17/2006 - 03:46Oreon© is an Open Source monitoring solution based on Nagios. It offers to this monitoring standard a new front end and brings it a panel of new functionalities.
