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Tethering BlackBerry with Linux on AT&T

Posted on February 14, 2011 by jimloco

Tethering your Linux box with your AT&T BlackBerry is actually pretty simple. Requirements on your plan is just the basic BlackBerry plan, no special tethering plan is needed. Software Requirements PPP – http://www.samba.org/ppp Barry (for USB) – http://www.netdirect.ca/software/packages/barry/ After installing … Continue reading →

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Setting up SMTP-AUTH in Gentoo

Posted on February 1, 2011 by jimloco

The following sets up SMTP-AUTH for sendmail on a sendmail system using SASL. To start with, I found this bug on gentoo.org which discussing a few missing steps I included in here. I presume this issue will eventually be fixed … Continue reading →

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Keeping a Gentoo Install Up-To-Date

Posted on February 1, 2011 by jimloco

There is probably a better method to do this, but this is what I do to keep my various Gentoo boxes up to date. Basics emerge –sync when you need to, but don’t cron it. when you require a keyword … Continue reading →

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