Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS Linux Enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) Repository

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Q. How do I enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repo and install the packages under RHEL / CentOS Linux?

A. EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement the Fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs, such as CentOS and Scientific Linux.
EPEL provide lots of packages for CentOS / RHEL, It is not part of RedHat or CentOS but is designed to work with these major distributions. Please note that EPEL only provides free and open source software unencumbered by patents or any legal issues. In short you will not find mp3, dvd and music / media player under EPEL. However, you will find many programs related to networking, monitoring, sys admin, programming and so on.
Packages are supplied in RPM format and in most cases are ready to use. Beware that some packages may break something and you should not blindly install those packages.

How do I enable EPEL?

Simply type the following command as root user:
# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
List new repo:
# yum repolist
Sample output:

Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
repo id              repo name                                 status
addons               CentOS-5 - Addons                         enabled
base                 CentOS-5 - Base                           enabled
epel                 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 -   enabled
extras               CentOS-5 - Extras                         enabled
updates              CentOS-5 - Updates                        enabled

Once installed use yum command to list, view and install the packages:
# yum search package-name
# yum install package-name
See how to use yum command for installing and searching packages using various repos.

RHEL / CentOS Linux: Mount and Access NTFS Partition

How to enable NTFS support on CentOS Linux version 5 or 6? How do I mount ntfs partition under RHEL 5 or 6?


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First, you need to install EPEL repo as described here. The following command will turn in EPEL repo on RHEL / CentOS version 6.x:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm

NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G is a stable, open source, GPL licensed, POSIX, read/write NTFS driver for Linux. It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems.

NTFS-3G can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams; it can read and write normal and transparently compressed files, including streams and sparse files; it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs, ACL, extended attributes; moreover it provides full file access right and ownership support.

How Do I Install NTFS-3G?

Type the following command as root user:
# yum install ntfs-3g
Sample outputs:

yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-3.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===============================================================================
 Package         Arch           Version                     Repository    Size
===============================================================================
Installing:
 ntfs-3g         x86_64         2:2011.4.12-3.el6           epel         247 k
Transaction Summary
===============================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Total download size: 247 k
Installed size: 624 k
Is this ok [y/N]:

How Do I Find Out NTFS Partition Name?

Simply type the following command:
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Sample outputs:

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf0000000
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              14       60802   488281089    5  Extended
/dev/sda5              14       59767   479970304   83  Linux
/dev/sda6           59767       60802     8309760   82  Linux swap / Solaris

How Do I Mount /dev/sda1 NTFS Partition at /mnt/ntfs?

First, load the fuse driver, enter:
# modprobe fuse
Create a mount point, enter:
# mkdir /mnt/ntfs
To mount the ntfs partition, enter:
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
You can use regular Unix commands to copy or access the files:
$ df -h
$ mount
$ cd /mnt/ntfs
$ cp foo /tmp


How Do I Unmount NTFS Partition?

Type the following command:
# umount /mnt/ntfs

StressLinux - HW testing Linux distribution

What is stresslinux

• stresslinux is a minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom, usb, vmware or via PXE (wip).
• stresslinux makes use of some utitlities available on the net like: stress, cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors ...
• stresslinux is dedicated to users who want to test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitoring the health.

Who needs it


Stresslinux is for people (system builders, overclockers) who want to test their hardware under high load and monitor stability and thermal environment.


Note: You should be familiar with linux console because stresslinux comes without a graphical user interface.

Where to start
Downloads
Docs: FAQ, Documentation, Software
Community: Forum, Reviews, Facebook, Google+

NetSpeedMonitor

Link: http://www.floriangilles.com/software/netspeedmonitor/



NetSpeedMonitor is a lightweight Network Monitoring Toolbar for your Windows Taskbar designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Windows 7. With NetSpeedMonitor you can monitor the current speed (up- and downstream) of your Network Interfaces and the amount of data transferred. In addition to the Connection Table with all TCP/UDP endpoints and the Toolbar Tooltip with a quick and short traffic overview, you can also see detailed daily and monthly Traffic Statistics. NetSpeedMonitor toolbar requires no additional drivers like other Network Monitoring tools do!

Fedora 16 Multimedia HOW-TO

Step 1: Add the livna Repo for DVD Playback

rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm

Step 2: Add the Adobe Flash Repo

rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Step 3: Install RpmFusion Repos

su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

Step 4: Install Multimedia Applications

yum -y install lsdvd libdvdnav libdvdread ffmpeg gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad-extras gstreamer-plugins-ugly libdvdcss flash-plugin

you should now have full multimedia and video support for all popular formats. If you experience any issue feel free to post a reply.

Top Android Apps For HTC Wildfire

1. UnrEVOked
2. Villian 1.0 aka WildPuzzleROM
3. Titan Backup
4. Chrome to Phone (2.2 only).
5. Google Reader
6. APNDroid (with 3G Watchdog)
7. Barcode Scanner
8. ASTRO
9. ES File Explorer (Samba Network client)
10. PicSay
11. ThickButtons
12. SleepyTime
13. Dolphin Browser HD
14. ConnectBot
15. SpeedTest.net
16. Reddit is fun

Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host (ESX 4.1 & 5.0)

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017910