Disabling ipv6 in Linux

Make the following modifications to disable ipv6 in CentOS (Redhat) Linux:
/etc/modprobe.conf

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

/etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

IPV6INIT=no

Also check the otherl ifcfg-eth0…n and wan0…n scripts.

January 21, 2010 | In Software | No Comments

Managing Linux Services

Linux services or daemons are used to automatically start software that provide services such as web servers, database servers, FTP, SSH, Samba. This article is about how to manage linux services and to set them to start automatically. Note that Linux distributions are based on System V which have run levels [...]

January 21, 2010 | In Software | No Comments

Media Jukebox

Media Jukebox by J.River is perhaps the best music management/player out there for Microsoft Windows. First off, it has a great interface and doesn’t hog your PC like other media players *cough* Windows Media Player *cough*. It organises your music well, makes it easy to search, includes some nifty features including album cover art, visualisations, [...]

January 21, 2010 | In Software | No Comments

Getting back a lost window

Ever had a program that appears on the task bar, but when open you can’t see it? Well this has happened to me when connecting to a computer with dual monitors. The solution is to use Windows {ALT+SPACE} to move the window to your current screen.

Right-click on the task bar for the application that is [...]

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OpenDNS

OpenDNS is provides free domain name resolution (DNS) servers for you to use. These servers block a lot of bad content and are quite quick. The best way to get OpenDNS working is to configure your ADSL modem/router to use their nameserver IP addresses. Thes are:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

You can also create a free account with them to [...]

January 21, 2010 | In Software | No Comments
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