Make your internet faster: Faster DNS & Free Fast DNS

To find the fastest Internet around you area:

namebench is a google project that will find the fastest DNS around your area. It takes a while.


Free Fast DNS:

Free Public DNS Server

Service provider: Google

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

Service provider: ScrubIt
Public dns server address:

• 67.138.54.100
• 207.225.209.66

Service provider:dnsadvantage
Dnsadvantage free dns server list:

• 156.154.70.1
• 156.154.71.1

Service provider:OpenDNS
OpenDNS free dns server list:

• 208.67.222.222
• 208.67.220.220

Service provider: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Public Name server IP address:

• 4.2.2.1
• 4.2.2.2
• 4.2.2.3
• 4.2.2.4
• 4.2.2.5
• 4.2.2.6

Fast DNS made possible thanks to this site.

Change timezone Debian Lenny

Needed to change timezone on a server to match our client.

Run this command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata 

And it'll come up with a GUI like command line and you just select with space
bar and tab through options and enter to confirm. Real simple.
Thanks to:
http://www.zeitoun.net/articles/timezone-change-debian-lenny/start