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Multimedia is media that utilizes a combination of different content forms.
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Ever wonder what makes a computer tick or how a UNIX server does what it does? Discover what happens when you push the power button on your computer. This article discusses the different boot types,...
One of the many enhancements of IBM DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is the ability to install multiple copies of the DB2 software on the same server. In this article, you'll follow step-by-step...
Some operating systems are better networking citizens than others. Depending on your network, you may want to prioritize traffic from certain machines over traffic from other operating...
This document describes the procedure for installing Perl modules, on Unix and NT. It covers CPAN.pm for Unix, the PPM for NT, and a variety of methods of installing 'manually'. Unless specifically...
GTK programming has almost never been this easy: IBM developer shares his skills, his enthusiasm, and his modified code for the SimpLIstic sKin interface (or SLIK). SLIK provides a great tool for...
If you're a database specialist interested in growing your DB2 Universal Database skills, there's a good chance that you've already developed database skills with another relational database product...
In this article, I will explain how it is possible to connect and query an MS SQL server (running under a Windows operating system) from php installed on a unix box. The same problem, in the case of...
I recently purchased a shiny new PC and decided to turn it into a multimedia desktop. I spend far too much time in research and networking; I figured it was time to delve deeper into the world of...
In the last article, we looked at using VNC for accessing other desktops in a network. This week, I'd like to continue in this vein by looking at running Windows applications from within your FreeBSD...
As a consultant, I'm required to be familiar with a variety of operating systems. Rather than keep three computers on hand, I just put a 12-gig hard drive in my laptop, split off a meager five gigs...
Printing on a UNIX-like operating system has traditionally given headaches to even experienced sysadmins. The FreeBSD Handbook has a big section on how printers work, and it's well worth reading if...
In today's article, I'd like to continue configuring a multimedia workstation by concentrating on sound. First, I'll quickly demonstrate how to get sound working, then I'll move on to some of the...
I discussed FreeBSD's SMB filesystem support well over a year
ago. At the time, it was highly experimental and suffered
occasional seizures. It has since improved to the point where
it is...
We've discussed sharing filesystems via SMB a few times. SMB
lets you access files shared by a Windows system after jumping
through only half a dozen loops. Sharing files with another
Unix...
Samba is an incredible tool for anyone who uses both Unix and Windows. By implementing the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix, Samba allows Unix systems to share their resources with standard Windows clients...
This tutorial provides a handy resource for everything you need
to know to make and keep cgi scripts running,using PERL, the
World's friendliest language. Cgi Scripting is one that is
widely...
This article by IBM focuses on the speed comparisons of pipes
in linux, windows XP and windows 2000. It is an indepth article
with code examples and extensive results. A pipe is an
interprocess...
