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Sometimes you may need to backup a 1GB file and all you have are two 700MB CDs . This article will tell you how to split the file in parts and merge them back.

Revamp your GRUB boot loader using a custom image of your choice.

I began by surveying user communities. Who is active? Who is viable? Sure, I can get support directly from the company involved, but everybody knows it's often a lot faster to search online for the solution and those solutions usually come from the user communities.

After eliminating distributions that contain risks like a lack of support, I was left with 10 potential winners.

SLED 10 Service Pack 2 introduced read/write support for NTFS volumes via the inclusion of ntfs-3g, however even with ntfs-3g installed NTFS volumes still mount read-only by default. This tip explains how to enable use of ntfs-3g on multiple machines with ease and how to change the overly permissive permissions ntfs-3g sets for volumes it mounts.

Hardik Dalwadi shares a tip on how to use the ifplugstatus utility to help with diagnosing Network related issues.

dhardik shares some tips on how to take a Screenshot of a Menu in SLED/SLES.