How to open winrar files on Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu)

January 4, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Open Office, Ubuntu, Unix · Comment 

I just downloaded .rar file. But i can’t open it under my Fedora operating systems. How to open it?

RAR is a proprietary compression format widely used today. By default, Fedora unable to open RAR files. So, you need to install a software called unrar.

How to install unrar on Fedora?

Just use yum command as follows : Read more

How to Change, set or change MySQL root Password

October 26, 2009 · Posted in Fedora, Open Source, Ubuntu, Unix, centos · Comment 

Once you installed MySQL, you might need to set the MySQL root password to protect your DB. Actually how to do that?

Just type the following command on your terminal

[root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

However, if you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use following command

 [root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root -p 'oldpassword' password newpass

Eg:

[root@techkaki] # mysqladmin -u root -p 'abcdef' password '123456'

How to use Windows Live Messanger in Linux

October 21, 2009 · Posted in Fedora, Open Source, Ubuntu · 3 Comments 

Is it possible to use Windows Live Messenger on Linux? The answer is yes. You can try to install aMSN to run the Windows Live Messenger. aMSN is a free Windows Live Messenger clone. aMSN attempts to emulate the look and feel of Windows Live Messenger, and supports many of its features.

The features of aMSN include:-

  • Offline Messaging
  • Voice Clips
  • Display pictures
  • Custom emoticons
  • Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
  • Webcam support
  • Sign in to more than one account at once
  • Full-speed File transfers
  • Group support
  • Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
  • Chat logs
  • Timestamping
  • Event alarms
  • Conferencing support
  • Tabbed chat windows Read more

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