#summary Random tips and tricks relating to CORE, FreeBSD, and OpenVZ Here we're collecting tips for CORE, FreeBSD, and OpenVZ. Please add your tips here. = CORE tips = tips for CORE that are not OS-specific * if you are drawing a wired topology where a router is connected to a hub/switch and PCs/hosts are connected to that, first draw the link from the router to the switch; this way the PCs/hosts will automatically have a default route to the router * the periodic Widgets may consume a lot of CPU cycles, pay attention to the CPU usage in the bottom right of the GUI, especially when running on VMware == Python tips == To run CORE from your home directory: # mkdir ~/mycore # when building CORE, use `DESTDIR=~/mycore make install` # run cored.py or your Python script with: `PATH=~/mycore/usr/local/sbin:$PATH PYTHONPATH=~/mycore/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ python ~/mycore/usr/local/sbin/cored.py`