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Update the package list – do this after you change the source in /etc/apt/sources.list . apt-get update

Get the version of the kernal cat /proc/version OR uname -r

Show hardware system components – (SMBIOS / DMI) dmidecode -q

Creating a tag in SVN means that you copy the entire trunk to another folder in the ‘tags’ folder… svn…

Check bad blocks in disk hda1 badblocks -v /dev/hda1

If you are getting a ‘Can’t locate CPAN.pm in @INC’ error while opening cpan, you have not installed Bundle::Cpan. You…

This will install an RPM, and try to resolve all the dependencies for you using your repositories. yum localinstall package_name.rpm

If you have a debian system and the XMMS in that has a bug that hides the fonts in dailog,…

First install the ‘unrar’ package – then run this command… unrar x file.rar

Use this command to remove a rpm package. yum remove package_name