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Thursday, May 7, 2009

how to download nzb free with ubuntu linux ipv6


Download Sabnzbd, I currently use a premade deb from http://www.mbastiaan.nl/sabnzbd.php

install with :
sudo dpkg -i sanzb...

run as application :
sabnzbd -b 0 -s 0.0.0.0:8080
run as daemon :
sabnzbd -b 0 -s 0.0.0.0:8080 -d

Add news servers :
News Host Size Retention Connections Speed
-----------------------------------------------------------
news.ipv6.eweka.nl 400+Tb 120 days 4 20mbit/s
newszilla6.xs4all.nl 40+Tb 18 days 3 150kb/s
reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl 107 days 10 20mbit/s
signup at IPv6 Test

Get more servers @ http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/howto-easily-get-free-newsgroup-access.html

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

How to setup tspc ipv6-ipv4 tunnel thru NAT on ubuntu linux


sudo apt-get install tspc
sudo vim /etc/tsp/tspc.conf

#Find the userid line and enter your useid for freenet6, then find the passwd line and enter your #password you set, then set the server as broker.freenet6.net
#Like this:
userid=your-name
server=broker.freenet6.net
passwd=your-password

server=montreal.freenet6.net
#or
server=amsterdam.freenet6.net

try :
tunnel_mode=v6anyv4
#or
tunnel_mode=v6udpv4

retry_delay=3
keepalive=yes
keepalive_interval=1
if_prefix=eth0
----- 8< ----- 8< -----

sudo /etc/init.d/tspc stop
sudo /etc/init.d/tspc start

check ipv6 connection :
ping6 -n ipv6.google.com

Monday, May 4, 2009

How to install TTF fonts in ubuntu 9.04


# Download the font from http://www.dafont.com
cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts
cd /usr/local/share/fonts
sudo chown root:root *.ttf
sudo fc-cache

# if the application that needs to use the font (like gimp ) is open it needs to be restarted

Sunday, May 3, 2009

how to install conky on ubuntu 9.04


sudo apt-get install conky
zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conky.conf.gz > ~/.conkyrc

vim ~/.conkyrc
# change background to :
background yes
# change own_window_type to :
own_window_type override
# change alignment to :
alignment bottom_right

# on laptop
:%s/eth0/wlan0/g

# if there are MPD errors delete all the liles with MPD

Friday, May 1, 2009

squid : configure to cache dynamic content & large files

from : http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/DynamicContent

vi /etc/squid/squid.conf
change :

acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
cache deny QUERY
to :
refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
------
Change :
maximum_object_size 4096 KB
to
maximum_object_size 40960 KB
------
Change :
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256
to (2 gigabyte with multithreaded access)
cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 2000 16 256

ubuntu : free kernel cache memory

sudo sh -c "sync && echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"

RTMP downloading

linux :
http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/download/

windows :
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/