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How To Install Setup L2TP over IPsec VPN in Debian Lenny

Jan 11

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In this how to, I am going to share how to install setup L2TP over IPsec VPN in Debian Lenny using openswan and xl2tpd package. I am going to use Pre-Shared Key (PSK) in IPsec and CHAP as an authentication mechanism. This how to has been tested on iPad 2, Mac OS X Lion and Windows 7. However, if you tested this how to with other OSes and smartphones, I would like to hear from you in the comments.

I am using Hostigation KVM (affiliate link) for this how to. Let’s get started and I am using root.

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Yum Install Google Chrome on Fedora 16

Dec 16

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This post will cover a simple installation guide to yum install Google Chrome on Fedora 16. Please make sure you login as root.

1. Add Google Chrome Yum Repository
Add the below to /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo file: -

[google-chrome-32]
name=google-chrome - 32-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

[google-chrome-64]
name=google-chrome - 64-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

2. Yum Install Google Chrome
You can choose to install one of the following: -

# Yum install Google Chrome Stable 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-stable.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Beta 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-beta.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Unstable 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-unstable.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Stable 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-stable.i386

# Yum install Google Chrome Beta 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-beta.i386

# Yum install Google Chrome Unstable 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-unstable.i386

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Yum Install Adobe Flash Player 11 on Fedora 16

Dec 16

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This post will cover a simple installation guide to yum install Adobe Flash Player 11 on Fedora 16. Please make sure you login as root.

1. RPM Install Adobe Yum Repository (choose either 32-bit or 64-bit)
# Adobe Repository x86 32-bit
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

# Adobe Repository x86_64 64-bit
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

2. Yum Install Adobe Flash Player 11
yum instal flash-plugin

3. Verify Adobe Flash Player version
Run Mozilla Firefox and enter about:plugins in address bar. You should look for the similar result as below: -

Shockwave Flash
File: libflashplayer.so
Version: Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102

Then, you can browse to www.ipvee.com and verify Adobe Flash Player version by clicking Web Browser.

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Installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0

Sep 21

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This post will cover an installation guide for VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0 only. The VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0 is completely free. Download the installation VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0 ISO from VMware website and get a free license.

Let’s start. Power up your server and insert the VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0 installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation process starts automatically. You will see the screen as below.

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How To Shrink a VMDK File in ESX 4 and Windows

Jun 09

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Today, I would like to share a howto reduce or shrink a VMware VMDK file (aka hard disk) for a Windows VM . Bare in mind that this is not reducing or shrinking a volume in Windows and leaving a free partition space. For this howto, I will be reducing or shrinking the Hard Disk 2 for a Windows VM from 30GB to 5GB whereby the example VMDK file name will be sourcedisk_1.vmdk which is D:\ drive. Logon to your Windows VM and shrink the target disk 30GB to 5GB. In the Disk Management, right click on the partition that you want to shrink and select “Shrink Volume” from the menu.

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