Recently I wanted to control my computer from a remote location. Problem was that the destination computer was behind a NAT and a firewall. Almost all large networks (corporate and universities) including home routers are now using some sort of NAT (Network Address Translation). Read more »

Lost your Linux root password and need to do change it fast? Then this guide is for you. I recently had lost my Linux password and I needed to get it back right away after doing a bit of searching a ran into a few different ways of doing it. Some of them required nothing but changing the lilo/grub config to single user mode. Read more »

If you have a huge collection of DVDs you want to backup than this guide is for you. After burning about 600 DVDs I have come to learn the ins and outs of dvd burning. What works great, what media works in all dvd players, why labeling your DVDs will cause them to start skipping half way through watching, how to properly store your DVDs, and how to defeat the new evil copy protection that prevents dvdshrink and DVDDecrypter from successfully backing up your DVDs. Read more »