If your current domain registrar is not providing you with the service you need you should consider transferring your domain name to another company. Domain registrars like namecheap will add an extra year to your domain name if you transfer it to them. Transfering a domain name is easy once you know how.
Adding community repositories in YaST
YaST is the system configuration and software installation tool that comes with OpenSUSE Linux. You can use YaST to easily install, remove and update programs on your Linux system. YaST downloads software from various online repositories that keep collections of organized software. By default YaST only includes the official openSUSE repositories. But to install most software packages you will need to enable community repositories like the Packman repository. This is how you go about doing it.
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CPU load average history in Linux
CPU load average is a metric used to determine CPU usage in Linux. CPU load is a measure of the number of processes that are running as well processes that are waiting for CPU access. Tracking CPU load averages over a period of time can help system administrators diagnose the cause of server slowdowns.
Renewing your DHCP lease and IP address in Linux
DHCP is widely used to assign IP addresses to computers on a network. Most home Internet connections are assigned IPs via DHCP by the Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you are using Linux as your Operating System and want to force a renew of your DHCP lease/DHCP assigned IP address you can do so via the Linux command line.
Worldcall upgrades Internet connections
Worldcall provides broadband Internet services via a hybrid fibre optics and coaxial cable infrastructure. In recent years worldcall has lost a lot of customers to DSL providers like PTCL which offer cheaper rates and higher speeds. This increased competition has finally forced worldcall to upgrade its customers’ connections.
The new packages have not yet been officially announced but worldcall customers have already noticed the faster speeds. The new packages have twice the download speeds as the old ones for around the same price. Continue reading