Yaourt is yet another user repository tool. It is, not co-incidentally, an acronym for Yet AnOther User Repository Tool. It is a community contributed repository for pacman, which is the package manager of [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org) and a few other minor Linux distributions. It adds seamless access to the Arch User Repository. It allows the user to automate package […]
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I’m Darryl. I’m a 3D Artist, Programmer and Linux enthusiast. On this site I share my insights, tips and tricks, tutorials, methods and best practices.
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Kernel 3.10 Stable for Linux: Install it on your system…
Update: Kernel 3.10.1 is out and you can get it here by following the steps on the tutorial here. Linux has been, for quite a long time, the base to most open-source consumer operating systems like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. The key is its kernel that like Linux itself is forever getting better. The […]
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Kernel 3.9.7: Upgrade to the latest Linux Kernel…
Linux has been ever changing, ever evolving with its Kernel 3.9 series. **Linux Kernel 3.9.7** brings in more updates and improvements. The following are what we could understand from the official change-log. If you wish to read the whole thing here it is. USB: spcp8x5: fix device initialisation at open powerpc: Fix missing/delayed calls to irq_work x86: Fix […]
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nVIDIA drivers installation for Spherical Cow
This guide will help you in install nVIDIA drivers. The drivers are proprietary and officially supported ones. Installing these on Fedora 18 “Spherical Cow” disables the generic Nouveau driver. It works with nVIDIA GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500 series graphic cards. It also supports nVIDIA GeForce 6/7. Newer drivers might appear in the future for GeForce 6/7 cards, […]
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Kernel 3.9.5: Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.9.5 now…
Linux kernel 3.9.5 has arrived. And you all can have it provided you’re running a Debian based system. This will include Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and every other distribution based on them. [](http://revryl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/3.9.5.png)Because a picture is worth a thousand words, and kernels are abstract quantities, this is the closest we could come to a picture… […]