Configure Sarg for Squid logs

Sarg – Squid Analysis Report Generator is a tool that allow you to view “where” your users are going to on the Internet. Sarg provides many informations about Squid users activities: times, bytes, sites, etc…

You can download; install latest version of sarg.

You need to update sarg.conf for your proxy logs details.

/usr/local/sarg/sarg.conf

You can generate sarg report just [...]

Ubuntu team is announce the R C for Ubuntu 9.10

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

We consider this release candidate [...]

Why hack a calculator?

Why hack a calculator?

So you’re a programmer deciding where to invest your energy. What’s a better idea: the latest Apple device, where hot new games can mean big bucks and millions of users, or a calculator introduced 10 years ago?

Most go for iPhones and iPods. But another community thrives in its own way. These are the [...]

Ubuntu-AutoCAD Alternative: BRL-CAD

Ubuntu-AutoCAD Alternative: BRL-CAD

AutoCAD is one of the most expensive applications, but also indispensable for many types of jobs. Being so expensive, it’s a good reason to look for free alternatives. QCad is one of the alternatives but sometimes it’s just not enough.
BRL-CAD is a free, open-source alternative to AutoCAD, developed by the U.S. military in collaboration [...]

How to remove a deb package manually

How to remove a deb package manually

Some times when you install a new deb package, the system will be broken. We may have to remove the package.
For this , you can try the following. ( Assuming pidgin is the broken package)

# apt-get remove pidgin

#dpkg -P pidgin

#dpkg -force-all -r pidgin

These methods can also fail some time. Your [...]

Dhcp client configuration to change the default DNS servers to Open DNS

Dhcp client configuration to change the default DNS servers to Open DNS

The DNS servers of my ISP is always behaving erratically. The DNS look up times are abysmally large and some times I get an address not found error while browsing. On ubuntu/debian systems the DNS servers are specified in /etc/resolv.conf. I tried to edit /etc/resolv.conf [...]

Firefox- Google Chrome Extensions Directory

Google Chrome Extensions Directory

A Google Chrome extensions directory has been created, similar to the one for Firefox addons (addons.mozilla.org):

http://www.chromeextensions.org/

Each extension has a description and download link and that’s about it. The idea is good, but people probably expect Google to take this into it’s own hands and make it’s own extensions directory. Or just acquire this [...]

ubuntu/debian –Setting up DNS

Setting up DNS

When it comes to DNS setup Debian doesn’t differ from other distributions. You can add hostname and IP addresses to the file /etc/hosts for static lokups.

To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups you simply add their addresses to

/etc/resolv.conf.

For example a machine which should perform lookups from the DNS [...]

ubuntu -How to recover gnome-panel

How to recover gnome-panel
i Was new to ubuntu .i was did something the tool bar was gone . i was search and search finally found on bing gave me the answe

Reseting Gnome Settings

If your gnome-panel corrupt , Application Menu, Places Menu and System Menu and some other menu items
will disappear.
How to recover it

Boot the system upto [...]

MultiGet – GUI download manager for ubuntu

MultiGet is an easy-to-use GUI download manager for ubuntu .It is Look and work like famous windows download manager flashget.

It supports resuming downloads, It supports HTTP/FTP protocols . It supports multi-task with multi-thread on multi-server. You can reconfigure the thread number without stopping the current task.

MultiGet runs natively on Linux, and it supports multiple operating system [...]