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Selective import of SVN branches into a git/git-svn repository

Use Case You are using Git and git-svn on a big project which has lots of branches and tags but you only need to work with a small selection of those and you don’t want to import all of the …

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Nokia E71 as a USB or Bluetooth 3G Data Modem on Linux

1.) Install wvdial 2.) Add the following to /etc/wvdial.conf and adjust it for your operator settings: [Dialer nokia-usb] Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Baud = 3600000 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 Init3 = Modem Type = …

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Apple Mac Triple Boot HowTo

Introduction In this HowTo I will cover how to configure a triple boot Apple Mac machine to boot openSUSE, Windows Vista and Mac OS X. The Problems Apple Macs are EFI systems and as such they do not have BIOS. …

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openSUSE 10.2 Network Boot and Installation HOWTO

Introduction The Preboot Execution Environment (in short PXE) is a protocol that enables a computer to be booted on the network. PXE is saved in ROM on newer network cards and, depending on the boot sequence configured in the computer’s …

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Compile Mono SVN Head on Windows

Download and install a recent Mono from http://mono-project.com/Downloads. Install it in C:\mono (instead of C:\Program Files\Mono) in order to avoid problems with whitespace in path during build). This mono will be used to compile mono from source. It will also …

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