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Configuring DHCP address for your network card

If you want to configure DHCP address you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network interface card

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

# The primary network interface: DHCP address assignment
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

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Besides its success on the desktop, Ubuntu has become a popular server distribution as well. With the release of Hardy Heron 8.04, Canonical is making this release a Long Term Support (LTS) version, with 5 years support on servers. Read more »

I just used this tool to reset a Vista password - it is a Linux boot CD very simple and effective. So if you've forgotten your Windows XP or VISTA password, don't despair - this tool will get you back in business FAST.

See: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

A very good walk-through is provided here:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ss/ontpre-screenshot-guide...

Oh, and yes, it's completely FREE.

I have often wondered when Google would begin to develop an alternative to the windows platform - something for the rest of us...

But it is already out there in plain sight - just smuggled under the radar in the form of a "phone operating system".

Take a look at this post from Engadget - there is a video clip of a "smartbook" - an ASUS Eee PC prototype running google's "Android" on a 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. It is incredible, and the power use is so low that they didn't need to include a fan...

http://tinyurl.com/nqye48 Read more »

I myself use this low-level-we-need-the-command-line-for-this method:
http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3969

Or:
Take a look here .... the backup tool they discuss there is called "hubackup" and you can install it via "Synaptic":
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...89#post3795689