Recent Posts Tagged With 'Linux'

• Google Chrome for Linux is Ready

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 06:00 in Software, google, download, Linux, open source, chrome, web browser, 2009

  Google Chrome for Linux is finally out!! It’s in BETA for now so expect to run into a few bugs here and there. 23 developer builds 2,713 Linux-specific bugs fixed 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Linux code base, ...

• Is Linus Torvalds digging Windows 7?

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 04:29 in funny, windows, Linux, windows 7, linus torvalds

  What ya think? Is Linus Torvalds digging Windows 7? The Japanese dude behind has no clue what going on…!! Source: LinuxInsight Similar Posts:Linus Torvalds feels the security scene is over glorified 10 Things a Linux person will not tell you ...

• Ubuntu 9.10 released

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 10:51 in malaysia, download, Linux, ubuntu, open source, operating system, cd, release, canonical, 2009, iso, karmic koala

  Ubuntu 9.10 codenamed “Karmic Koala” was released 2 days back. Grab a copy from a local Malaysian mirror listed below or from the official download page. OSCC MMU ByteCraft alternatively if you’re a Kubuntu user, grab your copy he...

• Surgery on a Linux guy

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 00:53 in Linux, comic, cartoon, cool stuff

  Is this how we Linux people think? I think maybe not all the time. What do you think? Similar Posts:Linux is like religion Torrents: ISO Hunt shutdown by MPAA!! How to run IE in openSUSE 10.3 Linux market share gone up! Good collection of Linux ...

• How to enable presto in Fedora 11

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 18:00 in Linux, howto, update, fedora, presto, rpm, repositories, fedora project, fedora 11

  Delta RPMs is a bandwidth saver. Instead of downloading full rpm files on updates, delta rpms (.drpm) hold only the changes in binary form. The size of the packages is now significantly reduced thus saving bandwidth. Once downloaded the drpm file get...

• How to setup an OpenSSH Server on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 in Linux, ubuntu, tutorials, howto, install, ssh, openssh, hardening, jaunty

  Here’s a simple walkthrough to setup an OpenSSH server on Jaunty together with 2 basic hardening options you should apply. 1. Install the OpenSSH server. Fire up a console and run the command below. This will install the required binaries and p...

• Launchpad is now open source

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 13:00 in Software, Linux, ubuntu, community, hosting, code, open source, opensource, canonical, launchpad, ppa

  This surely comes as good news to all Ubuntu fans out there. Canonical today made Launchpad open source under the GPLv3 license. As promised. If you didn’t already know, Launchpad is a project hosting and collaboration platform for software whi...

• Microsoft submits GPLv2 code to the Linux Kernel

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 19:00 in windows, Tech, Microsoft, Linux, community, source code, open source, opensource, kernel, release, drivers, 2009

  Yup, you read that right. Big boy Microsoft  submitted 20,000 lines of code to the Linux kernel community for review and inclusion into the Linux kernel tree. All under the GPLv2 license. The code, made up of 3 Linux drivers will  enable all flavo...

• How to install Adobe AIR on Fedora 11

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 12:24 in Linux, tutorials, howto, fedora, install, console, adobe air, fedora 11

  1. Pull up a console and su as root. [danesh@jackal ~]$ su - 2. Install these packages first. [root@jackal ~]# yum -y install xterm gtk2-devel gnome-keyring libxml2-devel libxslt rpm-devel nss 3. Grab the latest vesion of Adobe AIR from Adobe’s...

• 2 job openings, Linux admin and PeopleSoft admin

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 11:58 in Linux, jobs, General, oracle

  My former employer has 2 positions open in IT that need to be filled urgently. The 2 positions and their responsibility; Linux Engineer infrastructure patching some oracle stuff install deploy maintain support hardening PeopleSoft Administrator ...

• Installing ps3mediaserver on Fedora 11

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 19:00 in ps3, Linux, tutorials, howto, fedora, media servers, fedora 11, ps3mediaserver

  Most of my movie and audio files are on my Linux box.  Currently, I use ps3mediaserver to get all my media across to my PS3 which is my media center. Aaaaa… the simplicity is just amazing. PS3mediaserver is Java based and getting it set-up is ...

• Linux Tip #9: Create multiple folder or files

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 19:00 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux commands, linux tip

  Sometime it’s necessary for you to create multiple folders or files. This is normally the case for me when I’m working with the clusters at my work place. Fortunately, In Linux this is easy. Using the “for loop”, one could easily put together...

• Linux Tip #8: grep with color

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 19:00 in environment, Linux, howto, grep, linux tips, linux commands, linux tip

  If you’re running grep on a large file with multipled results, highlighting your results would really easy on your eyes. Here’s how; Export the “GREP_OPTIONS” environment variable to include “–color=auto”. Ru...

• Good collection of Linux Tutorials

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 05:43 in training, Linux, Unix, tutorials, howto, pdf, document, commands

  EduChoices published an excellent list of Linux tutorials. The list includes tutorials for Linux newbies and experts alike. Check it out, a must have if you into Linux The list below was taken from EduChoices. Linux and UNIX Training for Beginners Fr...

• Red Hat updated RCHT and RCHE exams

  Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 in training, Linux, update, redhat, certification, 2009

  Thinking about getting your RHCT/RHCE certification soon? read up. Red Hat has started rolling out new exam structures for the RHCE and RCHT certifications starting 1st May 2009. RHCE is now a single session lasting 3,5 hours. The old exam sturcture ...

• Linux market share gone up!

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 00:56 in Stats, Linux, ubuntu, open source, release, opensuse, 2009, market share

  Based on W3Counter’s April report, Linux’s market share has grown over the past year to a steady 2.16%. At around the same time last year that value stood at 1.89%. The number’s surely to go up as the Linux desktop environment conti...

• Linux Tip #7: Disable auto logout in C Shell (csh)

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 13:24 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux commands, linux tip

  Run the “set autologout=[n]” command to enable or disable the autologout feature in C Shell (csh) Setting autologout to “0″ will disable the autologout feature. set autologout=0 The first line below will set the autologout per...

• Install Amarok 1.4 on Ubuntu 9.04

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 12:42 in Linux, ubuntu, howto, update, install, media players, upgrade, launchpad, amarok, jaunty

  Been using Jaunty since it came out. Loving the speed, simplicity and estatics!! Everything works well except for Amarok 2 which ships default with Jaunty. I’ve been an Amarok 1.4 user for a long time now, moving to Amarok 2 is not something I ...

• Disable the “beep” in Ubuntu 9.04

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 22:43 in Linux, ubuntu, howto

  Hate the beep? Here’s how to get rid of it. Login as “root” and run the command below. echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf Output; root@pandora:/etc/modprobe.d# echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blackl...

• Ubuntu Wallpaper

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 14:38 in cool, Linux, ubuntu, wallpaper, desktop, cool stuff

  Running Ubuntu 9.04? Need a cool new wallpaper to go with it? Hong Kiat published a good selection of Ubuntu Wallpapers a few days back. The selection’s pretty good actually. Quite sure took them some time to put the collection together.  Chec...

• How to install Adobe AIR on Ubuntu 9.04

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 01:32 in download, Linux, ubuntu, tutorials, howto, desktop, install, adobe air

  1. Download the Adobe AIR installer ” AdobeAIRInstaller.bin ” from http://get.adobe.com/air/ . [direct download] 2. Give the installer execute rights by running ” chmod +x “. danesh@jackal:/Desktop$ chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller....

• Grab Ubuntu 9.04 whilst it’s still hot!!

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 00:24 in Software, malaysia, download, Linux, ubuntu, open source, operating system, release, mirrors, foss, repositories

  Bet you already know that Ubuntu 9.04 got released today. If you didn’t,then go here. Being in Malaysia, great internet speed is something we only hope for. Fortunately, through the love off FOSS, multiple local Malaysian based miirors have bee...

• Linux Tip #6: Download with cURL

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 20:00 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux tip

  Here’s how to download a file using cURL. curl -O [full url to file] curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip Sample Output; [root@kmon01 bin]# curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip % ...

• Linux Tip #5: Reload you /etc/inittab file

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 06:19 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux tip

  You made changes to your /etc/inittab file but can’t effort any downtime. There’s a simple trick to reload and apply changes in your /etc/inittab file without a reboot. Run “init q” or “init Q” [root@snoopy ~]# in...

• 20 free Linux eBooks by Linux Links

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 23:19 in books, programming, Free, ebooks, Linux, ubuntu, ebook, pdf, open source, opensource, document, gnu

  Linux Links published a list of their top 20 favorite free Linux Ebooks. Ranging from books for the newcomer, graphic designers and right up to the advanced programmer. There’s something for everyone. The list of books; 1. Ubuntu Pocket Guide 2...

• How to restart RSH in Linux

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 00:07 in Linux, Services, howto, command line, commands, daemon, cli

  The rsh service is controlled by the “xinetd” super daemon. If your rsh service stops working simply run the “service xinetd restart” service to restart rsh. Sample output; [root@pilon~]# service xinetd restart Stopping xinetd...

• Installing Novell Moonlight on openSUSE 11.1

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 07:48 in Software, download, Linux, novell, howto, plugin, open source, install, moonlight, opensuse, silverlight, repository

  First, make sure you have the PackMan repo added. Bring up a console and su to root or use sudo. Run the commands below; zypper -v search moonlight zypper -v install moonlight-plugin Sample output; pandora:~ # zypper -v search moonlight S | Name...

• Full Circle Magazine Issue 23

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 14:17 in magazine, ebooks, download, Linux, ubuntu, pdf, open source, scribd, foss

  Full Circle Magazine Issue 23 is out. What’s in it; Command and Conquer - Troubleshooting. How-To : Program in C - Part 7, Web Development - Part 4, and Spreading Ubuntu - Part 2. My Story - Becoming An Ubuntu User Book Review - How To Be A Ge...

• Linux Tip #4: Simple sort with the sort command

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 03:41 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux commands, linux tip

  You can easily sort your outputs in Linux using the “sort” command. Simply pipe “|” your output to a “sort” command and you should see the sorted results. See sample usage below. This is just to start off, I&#...

• Linux Tip #3: System uptime with uptime

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 08:03 in Linux, command line, commands, linux tips, linux commands, linux tip

  Want to know how long your Linux box has been up for? Simple, just run the “uptime” command and you will be rewarded with the answer plus a bit more. 8:58pm  up  19:54,  1 user,  load average: 0.47, 0.62, 0.35 Above is the typical rep...