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How to install FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE with ZFS root Filesystem

–> I realize there are a number of articles and stories around about how to install FreeBSD with a ZFS root (and subsequently the complete filesystem is ZFS, of course). Since not all articles are about FreeBSD 8.2 but older … Continue reading

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How to get rid of Unity in Ubuntu 11.10

–> Arghh…and again my beautiful setup was smashed by the Ubuntu 11.10 upgrade today. I hate it when they do that. And I hate Unity. The Canonical people just don’t see that Unity is just not that userfriendly. Here’s how … Continue reading

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FAQ: Color Popping in The Gimp

Color Popping is the art of accentuation by selective colorization In the FAQ I will show you how to use this technique to create the below picture. Before Final Result Step 1 – Duplicate the picture and make it black&white … Continue reading

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FAQ: Using the Flickr::API in Perl

This FAQ describes how to use the Flickr API to read data from Flickr using Perl. Step 1: Installing the API Download the API from cpan. Install the perl module using the manual Test the api using a simple script. … Continue reading

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Multiple ipaddresses on one device in FreeBSD

How To configure multiple ipaddresses on one ethernet device FreeBSD (7.x, 8.x) As it is possible to configure multiple host-/domain names for 1 ipaddress, it is also possible to configure multiple ipaddresses for one ethernet device. Physical ethernet card configuration … Continue reading

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