I recently ran into a problem where I was unable to successfully burn a DVD (Digital Video Disk) .ISO file. (NOTE: Some documentation may refer to a DVD as a Digital Versatile Disk instead of a Digital Video Disk. Both are correct. The term Digital Video Disk is more commonly used because it is the format for watching movies.) For those who may not be aware, an .ISO file is an image of a data CD (Compact Disk) or DVD.

There are times you want to enter a single-line command to unzip all the files in a directory.  If the current directory is:

/home/timb/download/files

the command would be:

There are times when you need to route all your web traffic (http) and file transfer (ftp) traffic through a proxy.  This may be because you're in a business environment and all traffic is "inspected" prior to going to the destination site or it may be at home where you've installed proxy software to monitor the kids or block them from some web sites / ftp sites.

Setting up the information in Linux to use the proxy is as simple as adding the following lines in one of several files.

I had to install my compiler and make with the commands:

# apt-get install gcc
# apt-get install make

I had to install a current kernel with the command:

# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

I recently converted my system from SuSE 10.1 to OpenSuSE 10.2. When I upgraded VMware to v5.5.2, I was no longer able to change which ISO file I was using for Knoppix (that's how I discovered it at any rate). Turns out the issue was a little larger than that as something broke the virtual file system (VFS). From the VMware web site (
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=545298) noticed that other people were having the same issue.