Ubuntu 11.10 related stuff.

How to create a SSH tunnel

You can connect to a remote host [remote-host] using another machine [proxy-host]. This can be accomplished if the [proxy-host] as an SSH server running. To do so, logon to the

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How to replace LibreOffice by OpenOffice in Ubuntu 11

If you prefer using OpenOffice than LibreOffice in Ubuntu 11, you can replace it using these few steps: Download OpenOffice from http://download.openoffice.org/other.html. Download either Linux Intel DEB or Linux x86-64 DEB depending

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Very slow connection to a SSH server

A problem with the DNS configuration on a server can cause the login to the ssh server very slow. I can be fixed by adding the following line UseDNS no

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VPN connection times out under Ubuntu 11.10

After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), some VPN connection using Shrew (2.1.7) times out. Nevertheless, Shrew 2.1.5 still works under Ubuntu 11.10. The challenge is to uninstall version 2.1.7

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