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How to fix "diff: can't stat '/dev/fd/63': No such file or directory" error: As root, simply run this command in yo...

Check out the following files by the NSA: RedHat Distros Mac OS X Windows http://www.nsa.gov/ia/mitigation_guidance/security_...

How to Restart Mac OSX sound system? Run this in Terminal: sudo killall coreaudiod

How to setup Raspberry PI First, order your Raspberry PI here: http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi Read the quick start guide: http...

How to install httrack to download websites To install: sudo apt-get install httrack

How to install system monitoring tools To install them: sudo apt-get install sysstat Only some of the helpful tools that come with ...

How to run 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit architecture Most of the times on a fresh install of Ubuntu, it will be missing packages to be ab...

How to install GNUTLS I an ran into this problem the other day while compiling GNU tools. Some require GNU TLS. To install them: su...

How to install the D compiler Install command: sudo apt-get install gdc

How to compile Assembly inline with C Make sure you have 32-bit libraries, install them: apt-get install gcc-multilib #include ...

How to install Sublime Text 2 for Ubuntu To install them: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2 sudo apt-get updat...

How to install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu: To install them: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get...

How to completely remove Unity from Ubuntu: Make sure to have another Desktop installed! Remove the packages for Unity: sudo apt-...

How to install subversion To install the packages: sudo apt-get install subversion Then you can download copies of svns: svn che...

How to install Python WX for creating Python GUIs WX is a cross-platform GUI kit for Python. To install the packages: sudo apt-get...

How to install Objective C packages: To install them: sudo apt-get install gobjc gnustep gnustep-make gnustep-common To compile file...

How to play .mp4 files Simply install these packages: sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

How to disabled IPV6 First, check to see if you are running IPV6(there is more than just one way to check): ip a | grep inet netstat ...

How to burn ISO files to CD-RW/DVD-RW in Linux List the devices to write with: cdrecord -scanbus After running this command, match t...

How to wipe a CD-RW/DVD-RW on linux Run this command to make sure that the cd is unmounted: umount /dev/cdrom Use the "cdrecord...