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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/linux-unified-kernel-claims-to-allow.html
blogspot.com Linux Unified Kernel claims to allow you to run Windows application native under Linux (I haven't tested it yet though). The installation is quite simple from what I saw, simply download the version called "Linux Unified Kernel 0.2.3 with wine and linux kernel" and then all you have to do is run this (make it executable and double click it):

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http://www.susegeek.com/networking/network-performance-fine-tuning-in-opensuse-suse/
susegeek.com openSUSE and SUSE Linux sets default values for some of the network related Kernel parameters. With Kernel 2.6 (default in recent releases of openSUSE & SuSE Linux), there are some fine tuning you can do to improve Network performance and get that extra out of your system.

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http://www.susegeek.com/virtualization/howto-install-configure-kvm-virtualization-run-guest-oses-in-opensuse/
susegeek.com Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure. KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions Intel VT (vmx) or AMD-V (svm). KVM also requires a modified QEMU although work is underway to get the required changes upstream.

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http://www.susegeek.com/general/linux-kernel-magic-sysrq-keys-in-opensuse-for-crash-recovery/
susegeek.com The Linux Kernel offers you something that allows you to recover your system from a crash or at the least lets you to perform a proper shutdown using the Magic SysRq Keys. The magic SysRq key is a select key combination in the Linux kernel which allows the user to perform various low level commands regardless of the system’s state using the SysRq key. It is often used to recover from freezes, o...

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http://www.susegeek.com/general/linux-kernel-magic-sysrq-keys-in-opensuse-for-crash-recovery/
susegeek.com The Linux Kernel offers you something that allows you to recover your system from a crash or at the least lets you to perform a proper shutdown using the Magic SysRq Keys. The magic SysRq key is a select key combination in the Linux kernel which allows the user to perform various low level commands regardless of the system’s state using the SysRq key. It is often used to recover from freezes, o...

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HowFlow — Quite a while ago, VMware Inc. released an OpenSource version of their VMware-Tools, called open-vm-tools. While they're quite easy to install on Gentoo (emerge open-vm-tools), it's not that easy having them installed on a Debian Etch (4.0) if you want to go the proper way. But if you follow just this steps, it won't be that hard...

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HowFlow — You can teach GRUB to boot an entry only at next boot time. Suppose that your have an old kernel old_kernel and a new kernel new_kernel. You know that old_kernel can boot your system correctly, and you want to test new_kernel.

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http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/devices-power-management/pcie.php
lesswatts.org PCI Express (PCIe) Active State Power Management (ASPM)

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HowFlow — The current official phc patches do not work with kernel 2.6.26. Here you can find a working patch file.

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HowFlow — If you upgrade your Linux kernel to version 2.6.25 and experience problems with your LVM volumes, try this trick.

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