Mar 20, 2013
How To setup FreeNX-Server on Fedora 18 x64
Admit it, sometimes you need to have the GUI when accessing your Linux system, most times SSH access is all you need. A good option is NoMachine’s NX server with FreeNX running on your Fedora system. Here is a way to successfully install. Become root $ sudo su – Now install freenx-server # yum install freenx-server This will install any dependent programs it needs. After the installation has... read more
Feb 28, 2013
Optimal Network Adaptor Settings for VMXNET3 and Windows 2008 R2
There is an ongoing debate between many admins on what are the best settings for the VMXNET3 driver on Windows 2008 R2 settings and I suppose there will be many more. In this postI will attempt to point out some of the options and recommended settings for the VMXNET3 adaptor. Â Global Settings Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) resolves the single-processor bottleneck by allowing the... read more
Feb 27, 2013
How To Change the default MySQL data directory on RHEL 6
You’ve been using MySQL for sometime now and the database has been growing and you are at the point where it is time to move to another location or to newly added storage that is in a different location. Stopping the MySQL server # service mysqld stop Create a new data diretory and move the content from the old one Creating a new data directory # mkdir /app/mysql/ # chown mysql:mysql /app/mysql... read more
Feb 26, 2013
Online Document Conversions with CometDocs
On past posts I have covered different ways to convert docs to PDF and other format’s on your Linux and Windows systems. One possible way that I have not discussed is the use of online convertors. Recently I was made aware of a site called CometDocs which is a free online document management service. Online convertors have been around for sometime and have many good uses for quick and easy drag and... read more
Feb 25, 2013
How To Install MySQL Community Edition on RHEL 6 x86_64
Recently had the need to install the latest Community edition of MySQL on a RHEL 6.3 x86_64 server. For most purposes the included version of MySQL works but if you want the latest version you will need to install the Community edition. First download the latest Community Edition MySQL from here. At the time of this post 5.6.10 is the current version. From the drop down select Oracle & RedHat Linux 6.... read more
