If you are a Linux user and located in Windows Workgroups, sometime you want to access Windows machines to copy some files from them through network. In windows, you can simply open windows explorer and type \\hostname or \\ipaddress of the target that you want to access.
In Linux, you need to activate samba file system (smbfs) to be able to access or see windows workgroups. In Slackware Linux distro (I am using Slackware 13.0_64bit) the smbfs module is not loaded by default. So first thing you have to do is load the smbfs module.
My email server is using Postfix as the MTA and ClamAV as the anti-virus software running on CentOS 5.4. Today I check the version of Clamav installed on it and it is already out-dated so I need to upgrade to the latest stable version. The installed version of clamav is ClamAV 0.94 whereas the latest stable version is ClamAV 0.95.2.
Upgrading clamav installed on CentOS is easy. You just first backup the current configuration of clamav (/etc/clamd.conf and /etc/freshclam.conf).
I use Slackware Linux as the main operating system. Today I wanna upgrade some softwares installed on my system like Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and etc. Currently the firefox version installed in my system is version 3.0.8. The latest version of firefox is 3.5 so I wanna upgrade it and other softwares too. To update/upgrade Slackware I use ‘slapt-get’, an apt-get like tool to upgrade software in debian families.
Huawei E220 USB Modem is a powerfull device to be used as a modem to access internet. Currently the max speed can reach 7.2 Mbps (much more than enough for me to browse webs and download some files from internet). The speed you get will depend on your network cellular operator, whether you get the GPRS, 3G or HSDPA networks.
If you are a junior network administrator managing small office or home office, Linux is the best choice for you to build it as a router because it is easy to configure.
You need to have a PC with two network interface cards (NIC), 1 card is connected to ISP router and the other one connect to LAN via a switch or hub.
