Archive for the 'Linux' Category

28th January Comments

What Does It Take to Be a Linux Guru?

Posted on January 28th, 2010 at 7:47 am

 
It’s a well-known fact that humans love lists, and the media are generally all too happy to oblige. Recently, however, mixed in among the many “Top 10″ lists and “10 Ways to …” articles out there was one that seemed worthy of attention. “10 Characteristics of a Linux Guru?” was the title of the [...]

10th January Comments

Can You Top This? 15 Practical Linux Top Command Examples

Posted on January 10th, 2010 at 6:38 am

 
This article is part of the on-going 15 example series where 15 examples will be provided for a specific command or functionality. In this series, earlier we discussed about find command, crontab examples, grep command, history command, ping command, and wget examples. In this article, let us review 15 examples for Linux top command that [...]

2nd January Comments

Getting Started with Arch Linux

Posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 9:06 am

 
We recently asked readers for requests on new articles you’d like to see (and thanks for all the great ideas!). One such request was a beginner’s guide to Arch Linux. As a Linux distro addict, I’ve heard of Arch many times over the years but for some reason, I’d never actually given it a shot. [...]

4th December Comments

13 Linux lethal commands

Posted on December 4th, 2009 at 7:13 am

 
In this post I will collect all commands which SHOULD NEVER be executed in Linux. Any of them will cause data loss or corruption, can freeze or hang up running system. NEVER RUN THESE COMMANDS IN LINUX BOX CLI! Even if somebody advises you in forum/im to do it.
This is a must read for [...]

25th November Comments

Would You Accept Google’s Free Netbook?

Posted on November 25th, 2009 at 7:15 am

 
People seem underwhelmed by Chromium OS, but maybe Google has a bigger plan: how about producing a netbook running Chromium OS, and giving it away? The small hardware costs would be covered by advertising *in the Web apps*. Would you use one?
Like there is no ad’s on Google to start with? Of course I [...]

20th November Comments

Debian Linux-based Google Chrome OS debuts, goes open source

Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 5:22 am

 
Google unveiled its Debian Linux- and Chrome browser based “Chrome OS” today and announced the open-sourcing of the project. Due to ship on netbooks in late 2010, the lightweight, cloud-oriented Chrome OS offers seven-second boot-ups, works only with flash storage, and borrows from projects including Moblin. No beta release of Chrome OS was made available [...]

25th October Comments

WhiteHouse.gov switches to Drupal

Posted on October 25th, 2009 at 5:58 am

 
Under the open-source model, thousands of people pick it apart simultaneously and increase security. It comes more cheaply than computer coding designed for a single client, such as the Executive Office of the President. It gives programmers around the world a chance to offer upgrades, additions or tweaks to existing programs that the White House [...]

23rd October Comments

Simple KDE Trick #2: using remote desktops with avahi, krfb and krdc (with video)

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:27 am

 
Most people nowadays have more than one computer. Often, you are using one, and would like to do something in another. In this video, I will explain how trivial it is to do that without leaving your seat in a modern Linux using KDE.
Darn and after reading this you are going to say, “That’s [...]

23rd October Comments

Windows 7 Review (Not Linux but interesting read)

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:22 am

 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,…est=latestnewsNotice how W7 is copying features of Linux/Mac. Also, the author states their is no real reason to switch to W7. Without saying it, he could be summarized as stating W7 is a polished Vista.
Darn it is cute they way they have “found” so many new features to add in now, humm Linux has had [...]

23rd October Comments

Choosing a Desktop Linux Distro, Part 2: Installation and Support

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:19 am

 
With more than 200 Linux distributions currently listed at Linux Online, it’s perhaps an understatement to say that newcomers to the field face a broad array of choices. In addition to considering their own goals for Linux, however, potential users may also need to take other factors into account. Hardware considerations are often foremost [...]