How-to setup VNC server and VNC viewer between two Linux systems
I had some trouble setting up VNC so me and my friend could connect our computers. We both run Fedora 9 and we are not behind a router either. It’s very simple to set VNC up actually so I will jump straight to the main point.
first you need to install some packages, to do so, type this into terminal:
$ su -c ‘yum install vino vnc vnc-server’
now, run the firewall configurations ( System > Administration > Firewall ) and go to ‘other ports’ and click on Add. open port 5900 tcp. Apply and close the window.
Now go to terminal and run
$ vncserver
and it will ask you to set up a password and verify it.
Now go to System > Preferences > Internet and Network > Remote Desktop and check ‘Allow others to view my desktop’
On any other computer, install vnc and in the terminal, type:
$ vncviewer ipaddress
and the ipaddress stands for the remote computer’s ip!!
have fun 
Don’t compare GNU/Linux to Windows and Mac OS X
and yet another great post I saw today. Essentially this article talks about why we can’t compare Linux distributions with other operating systems such as Windows and MacOSX!
The true face of iPhone 3G
I saw it today, the first days of its coming to Canada. Played with it a little bit and of course, it looks nice. But there is more to iPhone than just looks. There is more not-so-good-to-hear stuff. And here is 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G, an article published by Free Software Foundation. And well, I do agree with it completely!
And those 5 reasons in short are:
“The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G:
- iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can’t be on everyone’s phones.
- iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology.
- iPhone exposes your whereabouts and provides ways for others to track you without your knowledge.
- iPhone won’t play patent- and DRM-free formats like Ogg Vorbis and Theora.
- iPhone is not the only option. There are better alternatives on the horizon that respect your freedom, don’t spy on you, play free media formats, and let you use free software — like the FreeRunner.”
Why Linux doesn’t need defragmentation!
thanks to my friend, today he sent me a link on why Linux doesn’t need defragmentation. It’s a very simple and straight forward explanation. Although not a very technical explanation but it gives you a very good idea about the subject!
Linux Life-saver(tm)
I recovered yet another fatally crashed computer with a linux live cd and yet the term Linux Life-saver(tm) given to that Fedora live-cd!! and the credit goes to that specific cd!! My friend called me, worried about his just-uploaded video files. And he didn’t have any other copy. Using some weird program he wanted to optimize his computer, and his computer crashed with the next restart. So he called me, and I told him put your fedora live cd in and boot your computer with that. Then we recovered his files with ntfs-3g (now the credit goes to developers of this utility). So I thought I would post it here on how we did it, very simple.
1) restart your computer with any linux live cd ( really, all of them would work )
2) install ntfs-3g and ntfs-config. In fedora:
$ su -c ‘yum install ntfs-3g ntfs-config’
3) GNOME: go to System > Administration > ntfs configuration tool
KDE 3.5: Kmenu > System > ntfs configuration tool
KDE 4: Alt+F2 ( run command ) and search for ntfs and click on ntfs configuration tool
4) it gives you some choices of HDDs. check the one you want to enable and click on Auto configure
5) fire up a file manager and put into your computer a cd, or even better, a USB disk and start moving your files and backing up your windows drive!
Installing KDE 4 on Windows XP/Vista
today I ran across this very nice walk-through for installing KDE 4 on Windows XP/Vista. Nothing to note here, you can run usual KDE applications on Windows too!!
a step a little ahead, gui with python/Tk
I just started to write a very very VERY simple phonebook for my own use. This is just a quick note, and I will keep you posted with snippets here and there. this link helped me get through understanding how I would go about doing it. Anyway, I’ll get started now, will post snippets whenever possible!
