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We at Go2guy have found the greatest barrier to opensource is the perception of difficulty. It is a common misconception that it takes a "Linux Guru" to setup or maintain anything opensource. We're here to tell you otherwise. We want you to become more familiar and comfortable with the solutions we provide and help you begin to understand the true value of "free". We are firm believers in knowledge transfer. That is why we periodically post how-tos, white-papers, tips and tricks, reviews and other useful items in our blog. We hope this information is useful to you. Let us know if there is anything specific you would like to learn more about.

  • Free Secure DNS servers

    For those of you who don't know what DNS is, think of it as a phone book that uses IP addresses rather than phone numbers. Anytime you type a website into your browser, DNS is what looks up that name and converts it to an IP address. There are quite a few freely available DNS servers out there, but I am simply going to share a few that I recommend.

  • How to install Linux Kernel 3.0 on Ubuntu

    Linus Torvalds just announced the official release of version 3.0 of the Linux Kernel on his Google+ page. Time to try it out! It's a piece of cake on Ubuntu. I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal for this, but the instructions should work for other versions...

  • How to use a Linux machine as a SOCKS proxy

    What's a SOCKS proxy? Basically it's just like HTTP proxies, but it operates below HTTP at the TCP level, which means it can be used for more than just web surfing. That's all we're going to use it for here, but just know that it is more powerful than this. :-)

  • How to backup and restore a MySQL database

    I'm keeping it short and sweet today. I recently used MySQLDump to move some MySQL databases from one server to another. These are the commands needed to accomplish such a task. This is very useful in a script to be used as a regular backup...

  • How to setup a Debian LAMP stack in under 10 minutes

    What is a LAMP stack you ask? LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP. It's a basic web server and very easy to setup on Debian. Here's how...

  • Some quick Bash scripting tips using SED and AWK

    Have you ever worked with configuration files that are loaded with so many comments that you can't even find the actual configuration? How about logs or other files that are filled with duplicate lines? Here are a couple real short commands you can use to solve these problems...

  • How to enable SNMP on Debian Squeeze

    It seems like there are hundreds of options when configuring SNMP on Debian 6 (Squeeze). Here is the fastest way to get it working with the least amount of configuration...

  • How to install VMWare tools on Debian Squeeze

    Installing VMWare tools is a piece of cake when you are using a GUI. But what about a CLI-only server? It's still pretty easy. Here's how...