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How To Increase SSH Connection timeout

Do you get annoyed when you have a SSH session open, visit your browser for a while, and then return only to find you were disconnected? So, to avoid this ...

Open /etc/ssh/ssh_config on your (client) computer. Add the following line:

ServerAliveInterval 180

Just remember this -- if you leave SSH open accidentally, anyone else can get on it. Remember to close your session when finished.

Remote Control your PC with bluetooth cell phone

anyremote is a Console application which allows to control PC with bluetooth cell phone

The overall goal of this project is to provide wireless remote control service on Linux through Bluetooth, InfraRed, Wi-Fi or just TCP/IP connection.

anyRemote supports wide range of modern cell phones line Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola and others.

anyRemote was developed as thin "communication" layer between Buetooth (IR, Wi-Fi)-capabled phone
and Linux, and in principle could be configured to manage almost any software.

anyRemote could be used with:
* bluetooth connection with java client if cell phone is JSR82 compatible
* Wi-Fi connection with java client if phone supports Wi-Fi
* IR connection with java client if java realization in phone supports access to IR port
* ordinary TCP/IP connection with java client, if PC is connectable from internet
* bluetooth, infrared or cable connection using AT "modem" commands
* web interface
* it supports some of IR remotes supplied with TV tuner cards (like LIRC)
* it has limited support for Bemused clients

Download anyRemote : Here

Ubuntu Tips, Tricks and tutorials

Tune/Configure your Ubuntu with Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak is a tool for Ubuntu that makes it easy to configure your system and desktop settings.

It provided many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn't provided.

Features of Ubuntu Tweak:

* View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
* GNOME Session Control
* Auto Start Program Control
* Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
* Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
* Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
* Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s Style and Behavior
* Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings, Menu Effect Settins
* GNOME Panel Settings
* Nautilus Settings
* Advanced Power Management Settings
* System Security Settings

Installation:
Open your terminal, type the command to run gedit(or other editor in your opinion) to modify the sources.list:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
And put the two line into it:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main

Then update the source and install or upgrade Ubuntu Tweak:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

if you have installed, just type:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Download: Here

Reiser FS is dead (RIP)

Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won’t go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would like to talk a little bit about how this verdict will impact the technology in play for file system dominance in our favorite Open Source operating system, Linux.

Suse and Debian use ReiserFS version 3, a stable and proven version of the code that has been sitting mostly fallow for some time, and is maintained with bug and security fixes on a best effort basis.

From the SuSE and Debian perspective, this is an obviously unacceptable state of affairs. The OpenSuSE project has already moved its distribution to use the ext3 file system

Reiser found guilty of first degree murder