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How to Forward an X11 Session to Windows over SSH?


How to Forward an X11 Session to Windows over SSH?

This article is also your answer to: How to access a Linux system GUI remotely via SSH from Windows? Accessing the GUI in Linux remotely from another Linux box via SSH is very simple. But if you are at your workplace (where you most probably run windows) and want to access the Linux GUI at…

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By Debjit
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Interesting stats about your tumblr blog


Interesting stats about your tumblr blog

Tumblrstats is an interesting web application built on the Tumblr API which shows you information about your tumblelog in a nice format. You just need to key in your tumblelog`s name and the Tumblrstats will present you with all the data like when did you start your tumblelog and the number of posts you have…

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By Debjit

GMail adds progress bar and multiple-select for attachment uploads


GMail adds progress bar and multiple-select for attachment uploads

Google has made some modifications to the way Gmail handles attachments. Untill now attachments were added individually and there was no indication of how much of a large file has been uploaded. Now Google has made multiple-select of attachments possible. To do this just click on attachments and a new window will open where you…

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By Ricky

How-To add multiple IP addresses on your network card in Linux?


How-To add multiple IP addresses on your network card in Linux?

As Network technology advances and we have newer forms of connection methods coming up everyday, the need for a workstation to participate in or connect to more than one network is becoming more and more common. For example, a computer can access internet from two different computers say from one having an IP 192.168.*.* and…

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By Debjit
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Gmail Down? Time to Backup your mails!


Gmail Down? Time to Backup your mails!

Recently, Gmail was down! And all of us panicked, didn’t we. Though we were sure that all our messages were safe, but going by the way things are happening at Google these days, you never know! I know I’m exaggerating, something like this happening is 99.9% impossible, but this gives rise to my QoTD.

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By Debjit

Make your own customised Windows installer disk


Make your own customised Windows installer disk

Have you ever thought of having your applications such as VLC, Winamp, Microsoft Office, Google Talk, extra drivers installed automatically with your default Windows installation? Or, may be you are the Systems Manager for your organisation and you are required to install, say WIndows XP, on your organisations`s systems. Or, may be your organisation wants…

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By Debjit

How-To use Facebook Chat without a browser?


How-To use Facebook Chat without a browser?

Facebook`s Chat feature really makes Facebook an all-in-one social networking website. People have started using the Facebook Chat much as they use the Google Chat. The only only downside to Facebook`s chat is that you donont have a client for the chat feature. But, now you can have your favourite Facebook Chat right on a…

 Facebook   Hacks   How-To   Linux   Social Media   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

‘Show Current Music Track’ Google Talk workaround for winamp


‘Show Current Music Track’ Google Talk workaround for winamp

Updated your Winamp Player to version 5.5?  Want to ‘Show your current track’ in Google Talk?  Can’t?  Read On!! It’s a small bug, Google Talk has a unique way of working with the Winamp player, considering the rest of the messengers work quite flawlessly with Winamp. Google Talk uses the ‘winamp.m3u’ file to ‘get’ the…

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By Debjit

How-To stop Firefox (linux) from starting in Offline Mode ?


How-To stop Firefox (linux) from starting in Offline Mode ?

This particular problem of Firefox starting in Offline Mode is particularly because of a network unavailability problem. And is common when you have your NetworkManager turned on along with the network service.

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By Debjit

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