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.

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

or

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

yum clean all

yum update glibc\*

yum update yum\* rpm\* python\*

yum clean all

yum update

reboot

After restart CentOS 5.4 will be upgraded to the latest CentOS 5.5.

Other changes in CentOS 5.5 include upgrade to Openoffice.org version 3.1.1, wireless drivers suite, newer versionsath9k driver and the iwlwifi drivers, GNU Debugger gdb, Valgrind and SystemTap.

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If you are already using CentOS 5.4 and are planning to uprade to CentOS 5.5, then read my article on How to Upgrade from CentOS 5.4 to CentOS 5.5.

Main features of Linux Mint 9 includes:

1. Software Manager with 30,000 Packages and Visual Improvements

2. Backup Tool : With Backup Restoration and compression

3. Transparent menu and “Add to” shortcuts

4. Faster Boot and Improved Look

Linux Mint 9 RC is meant for Developers and beta-testers. You can try and help Linux Mint Community by reporting Bugs and errors.

Opera 10.53 Beta is well integrated with KDE and GNOME desktop and user interface is directly dependent on GNOME/GTK or KDE libraries.

Features:

Speed : Opera 10.5x is 8 times faster than Opera 10.10 with Carakan JavaScript Engine  and Vega graphics library

Private Browsing : Browse without leaving any trace with private browsing. Open Independent Private Browsing tab rather than Private Browsing Window.

Widgets for Desktop : Opera Widgets works like a traditional desktop software in linux

Turbo Charged Browsing : Browse 65 % faster and save bandwidth with compressed Turbo Charged Browsing

Download Opera Beta 10.53 for Linux and Free BSD

What is Mythbuntu ?

Mythbuntu is a media center operating system based on Ubuntu. It has integrated Media Center software MythTV which is a free alternative to Windows Media Center.

Mythbuntu is designed to simplify the installation of MythTV on a home theater PC. After the installation of MythTV a setup program will begin which can be configured to set media viewer and server or combination of both.

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