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In most corporate environments web proxies are implemented as part of an overall security requirement. When implementing a SLES server it is just as important, from a security standpoint, to keep the server patched up to date. Being able to set the server to register and update from the command line did not seem possible until I discovered the following method. Read on to see how it's done.

When I ordered my Thinkpad laptop I specified the best video card that was available thinking that it would be the best choice with SLED or OpenSuSE. That turned out to be a bad idea until now.

Do you ever find yourself running a command, pressing the up-arrow, then [Enter], then the up-arrow, then [Enter], then the up-arrow.... this is a great exercise that will get your fingers used to typing random odd key sequences without your eyes paying attention, but otherwise it's a complete waste of time. A command I have come to love helps me point my OCD tendencies to other pointless tasks while running commands over and over for me. Introducing 'watch', because Linux Just Does That.

My company needed a way that users at the different branches could still function and perform their duties, even when the local branch server was down. The following should at least let you begin thinking about how this could be handled.

The Slab, aka GNOME Main Menu, (http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Slab) and its associated Application Browser and Control Centre have some good points and some bad points. This article describes tips for customisation, the aspects I dislike and what I have done about them. It is largely written with a view to a scenario where the users of a SLED 11 machine do not have root.

Domnic shows you how to enable Designer in PHPMyAdmin and save the DB design in PDF format.