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Easily Change your Network IP Address with Easy IP Changer

MiLaN — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:30:20 +0000

A computer or Laptop should be configured with right IP address and DNS server for internet to work properly. There are many configurations involved when we set a new wired or wireless network. Starting with I.P address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS server.

Usually all these settings are found in ‘Network and Sharing Center’ of Windows Operating System.You will have to click on many options to finally arrive at the exact configuration window.

The Entire work has now been made easier with Easy IP Changer.

Easy IP Changer has easy to use interface with options to select Wireless adapter and assign exact IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS server. Whenever you want to make any of the following changes you can easily do so with Easy IP Changer, instead of clicking on multiple options.

Download Easy IP Changer

Transfer and Download Files via WAP to your Cell Phone

MiLaN — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:06:55 +0000

When a new cell phone is purchased, it is a common practice to get latest ringtone, apply themes and wallpapers. You will find whole lot of websites that offer ringtones, themes and wallpapers for free download.

Once a theme or ringtone is downloaded, all we have to do is connect pc to the cell phone through USB wire and then transfer the files one by one.

Of course, this is time consuming. To get your work done faster try new way of transferring files i.e. through CellGrab.

CellGrab is a website that will help you transfer files via WAP. Just upload any mp3, 3gp or jad file from your desktop. Once the file gets uploaded you will receive a unique ID.

All you have to do is go to wap.cellgrab.com from your mobile browser and paste the ID number. The file will be available for download and can be saved directly to your cell phone. The maximum file size limit for wap upload is 2MB.

SSH Linux Server from Firefox Browser with FireSSH Addon

MiLaN — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:25:43 +0000

Secure Shell or SSH is network protocol that allows exchange of data through secure channel between two networked devices, usually Linux or Unix Systems.

SSH to any device is done through Client Software like Putty or Secure CRT.Anymore, users can SSH any device from Firefox Browser with addon known as FireSSH.

FireSSH is a free, cross-platform SSH Terminal Client for Mozilla Firefox. One installed you will find an option named ‘FireSSH‘ under ‘Tools‘. Click on it, this will open Account Manager. Add Hostname, Port number, Passwords and even Private Key if there is any.

When you are done with configuration, click on connect. SSH terminal client will open and you can start working on your Linux server just like any other SSH Client.

FireSSH is compatible with latest version of Firefox Browser and since it is an addon, users need not worry about Operating System compatibility.

How to Change Default SSH Port 22 in Ubuntu or Debian?

MiLaN — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:54:20 +0000

Hackers always scan for servers running with default SSH port and try to connect using brute-force dictionary attack. Hackers make list of common used words and use them as password. These attacks are random and automated. If your password is weak and dictionary word, hacker might be lucky. By changing the default Port 22 you can prevent your system from being targeted.

One more scenario is sometimes work place, school or college default port will be blocked. To get ride of these issues it is better to change the default Port 22 to some random port number that is not currently in use.

Example: Port 80 will be used by Web server and Port 25 is used by Mail server. So make sure that port number which you assigned is not used by any other application in your server.

To change the port edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config with vi or nano.

sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Port 22 – Change to default port 22 to some random number that is not currently in use.
After changing the port, save the changes and restart sshd service:

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

You should now be able to SSH into your server using the new port number. If you have iptables or firewall configured in your server make sure to update the new port number.

Browse Websites within Thunderbird Email Client with ThunderBrowse Addon

MiLaN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:00:05 +0000

Thunderbird is an Open Source Desktop Email Client developed by Mozilla Foundation. It is well known for its Themes and Addons developed by huge community of Open Source Developers.

When users are tired of using Microsoft Outlook and are in search of Alternative Desktop Email Client, they choose Thunderbird. Apart from receiving and sending mails users can do whole lot of work like create Folders, Filters, Apply Themes and use Thunderbird Addons to make work easier.

If in case you are moving from one PC to another, then you can easily transfer existing filters to new Desktop with Thunderbird Addon named Thunderbird Message Filter.

When you receive any important mail, an Image Alert can be displayed using Mailbox Alert Addon.

And now you can even browse websites within Thunderbird Email Client with addon named ThunderBrowse.

ThunderBrowse will add browsing features to Email Client, making it easier to open website links without using any third party application. Any website link sent via email can be opened right within Thunderbird saving time and Memory usage.

ThunderBrowse will completely transform Thunderbird Email Client to Web Browser with support for any standard website.

Once you download the .xpi file. Go to ‘Tools’ and select ‘Addon’s. Here click on ‘Install’ button and select the addon file. Within a second Thunderbrowse addon will be installed and you will be free to browse right from the Thunderbird Email Client.

Install ThunderBrowse Addon

Damn Small Linux – Smallest Linux O.S with FileSize of 50 MB

MiLaN — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:45:26 +0000

Linux is free operating system with many flavors to choose from like Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint etc. Each flavor has its own importance from elegant design to low memory consumption.

Now, here is another Linux Distro which is well known for its small size. DSL or Damn Small Linux has a file-size of just 50 MB.

Damn Small Linux has got every software available in any other operating system like a pdf viewer named Xpdf, Light weight web browser named Dillo, Word processor and many more.

You can also run DSL O.S right from the USB pen drive, making it more handy and portable.

To run Damn Small Linux from pen drive, you will have to first download DSL-embedded.zip file and Universal USB Installer.

Once you finish downloading required files. Just copy the Universal-USB-Installer-v1.6.5 file to pen drive and Double click on it.

Select the DSL-embedded.zip file and click on ‘Create‘ option. This will create files required to run Damn Small Linux from Pendrive.

When the entire process of extraction is done, just click on file named dsl-base.bat.

This will start Damn Small Linux and you can now enjoy using Tiny Operating System right from USB pen drive.

Capture Desktop Screenshot with Rumshot

MiLaN — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:55:15 +0000

You might have come across many software’s that capture screenshot of desktop. Each one has its own feature like image editing plugin or options to upload image directly to photo sharing website like Flickr.

And here is another SnapShot taking software that will not only capture a screenshot of any desktop area, but will also add borders.

The screenshot will be stored within a photoframe with attractive background and borders. There are plenty of photoframes to choose like CinemaDisplay, Postage, Aero Border etc.

RumShot

Download Wallpapers for Fedora 13

MiLaN — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:45:34 +0000

Make your desktop more attractive with impressive Fedora wallpapers. Just click on image to download the wallpaper.

This wallpaper is available for download in many different resolution, so you will be downloading the entire collection in zipped format. If you wish to download only one wallpaper which is being displayed below then click on the image, this will redirect to the source, right click on it and select save.

Resume Download of Files in Linux Terminal

MiLaN — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:40:27 +0000

After the installation of latest Fedora 13, i had to download and install Thunderbird within Linux. Like always i preferred using wget command to download files.

But due to disconnection from internet i could only download 70% of the file. Instead of starting a fresh download of files, thought of continuing the file download, which was possible by adding a simple ‘-c‘ option to wget.

wget -c http://ftp.up.pt/mozilla/thunderbird/releases/3.0.4/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-3.0.4.tar.bz2

Adding ‘-c‘ option to wget will Resume Download of Files in Linux Terminal.

How to Install Flash in Fedora 13

MiLaN — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:59:29 +0000

If you had problems playing YouTube videos in Fedora Linux, then one of the main reason is missing Flash Plugin.

When you click on play button you will be prompted with a message to ‘Install Missing Flash Plugin‘. Once you choose to install, the installation will end with ‘Error Message’ due to mismatch of Flash Software.

I have found a simplest and easiest way to Install Flash in Fedora Linux Distro.

1. First Download Flash Plugin for Linux Operating System from Adobe.

The file named ‘install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz’ will be saved in default download location /home/USERNAME/Downloads ( Here, ‘john’ should be replaced by your login username ).

2. Extract ‘libflashplayer.so‘ from the downloaded file

3. Now, click on Applications > Accesories > Terminal. Type ‘su’ and your su password

4. Type the below command and press enter

cd /home/john/Downloads

( Here, ‘john’ should be replaced by your login username ) and press enter

5. Type the below command and press enter

mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

This will move ‘libflashplayer.so’ to default location of mozilla in linux

Just restart Firefox Browser. Flash player will be installed in Fedora Linux Distro and you will able to watch YouTube videos or do any other task possible with Flash.

How to Upgrade from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13

MiLaN — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:59:47 +0000

After the launch of Fedora 13, you must be waiting to upgrade from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13. The Fedora 13 is codenamed Goddard and has got many features and improvements from previous version Fedora 12 ( Constantine ).

Here are simple steps on How to Upgrade from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13

1. Go Applications > System Tools > Terminal

2. Type ‘su‘ and enter your password

3. First Upgrade the rpm package
yum update rpm

4. Install latest updates
yum -y update

5. Clean the yum cache
yum clean all

6. During yum -y update, if in case new kernel gets installed you will have to reboot the entire system
reboot

7. Type ‘su’ and enter password

8. Install Pre-Upgrade
yum install preupgrade

9.preupgrade

This will start preupgrade wizard in Desktop. You will need to wait from sometime, once the entire process is done click on ‘Reboot
Now‘ button.

This will Upgrade your system from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13.

Fedora 13 – Latest Version of Fedora Linux Released

MiLaN — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:28:34 +0000

Fedora – One of the most popular Linux Distro is now available for download with its latest Version Fedora 13.

Fedora 13 includes certain features that were not included in Fedora 12.

Main Features of Fedora 13 are :

Anaconda Storage : Anaconda Storage System has been rewritten with improved Stability.

ColorManagment : One of the most important feature missing in Fedora has been included.

Gnome 2.30 : Latest version of Gnome Desktop Environment

NTFS : NTFS Protocol Version 4

Zarafa : Fedora’s Replacement for Microsoft Exchange

Download Fedora 13 to try advanced features in Latest Version of Fedora Linux.