This is right from NAS4Free’s site. A gem. Description This tutorial is meant for the Windows user who wants to install NAS4Free embedded/LiveUSB to USB stick / CF card. Before we start, we will need the following utilities : – …

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Warning! This is a destructive test! Badblock utility writes a value to the drive, reads it back, and compares the two. Where X is the drive letter: a,b,c,d sudo badblocks -wvs /dev/sdX To test a particular partition, X is the …

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Install git and required packages yum -y install git gettext python-mako python-lxml python-mutagen python-requests Download cover art providers and install git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-search-providers.git cd coverart-search-providers sh ./install.sh Download cover art Browser Add-on git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.git cd coverart-browser sh ./install.sh Fire …

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Install and run Lightscribe for linux. sudo yum -y install http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.rpm http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm http://www.lacie.com/download/drivers/LaCie%20LightScribe%20Labeler%201.0%20Linux.rpm Password: xxxxx The 4L-gui MUST run as root. sudo 4L-gui & Post created by: David Gregory Medina

If the keyboard backlight keys fail to work, here’s a solution. Append acpi_backlight=vendor to grub’s bootloader strings and to the grub’s default file so new kernel’s will also have the correct parameter. Switch up to root su – Password: xxxxx …

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Switch up to root su – Password: xxxxx Add the Adobe repository to yum vi /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-x86_64.repo Add & save the following to the file [adobe-linux-x86_64] name=Adobe Systems Incorporated baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Add livna.org repository rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm You may …

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One line: sudo yum -y install http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2.i386.rpm http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.rpm Take note that Brother misnamed the HL-2270DW drivers so they will not appear where there supposed to in the list. Look for HL2270DW, just past the conventionally named drivers. Post created by: …

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Open Evoluton’s Account Editor Identity Enter Name, Full Name, and Email Address Receiving Email Server: imap.1and1.com Port: 993 Username: <your email address> Encryption Method: SSL on a dedicated port Authentication: Password Sending Email Server: smtp.1and1.com Port: 587 Check Server Requires …

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