The Linux Shell
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Today I am going to step back a little bit and cover a subject that seems to be a pivotal make it or break it moment in most would be Linus users. For those of us who are long past the transition days between M$ and Linux, can still remember the day we [...]
Free Developer Resources
That’s right, I am giving away one of my secrets! I about to tell you where to get free stock resources for your next project. I know the importance of these resources and the impact that they can have on a web designer, graphic designer, bloggers or even photographers. I am also fully aware [...]
Using cron to run programs on a schedule
This guide is for the newbie more than the experienced Linux Pro, and maybe some of the users in between will also find it useful.
So you need to automate a task to run at preset intervals, well cron is what you are looking for.
cron is a Linux system process designed to execute a program/script [...]
Binding Multiple IP Addresses to a Single Network Interface Card (NIC)
In this tutorial I will be demonstrating how to bind multiple IP addresses to a single NIC. There are many different reasons for having multiple addresses binded to a single NIC; you could run a service under a specific IP while having another service running under a different one (for example, have HTTP on one [...]
Fedora 12 (Constantine) – Just Linux?
Fedora has always been one of the strongest distributions, I mean come on they are sponsored by RedHat. Once upon a time I used Fedora religiously and there was no-one anywhere which could change my mind. One day the Fedora Project people, I’ll just say there are many which know which version I refer to [...]
Recursive Directories/Files Only
Have you ever wanted to easily and recursively chmod, chown, or any other command and only have the command execute only on directories or files. Well I am going to show you just how to accomplish this right now.
Fedora Autologin Specified User
Here is a little trick to allow a specified user to Autologin at system boot for Fedora (Fedora 12 at the time of this writing):
I do suggest that if the system has curtial data or is in a somewhat public location (Dormroom, office, house with a lot of traffic through it ….) don’t do this.
Fedora T-6000U DigiPro or Aiptek Tablet
Apparent DigiPro tablets are using Aiptek hardware and you can see this by running the following two commands with the tablet plugged in, (When you run the commands without the tablet plugged in you will notice you will not find Aiptek in the list unless of coarse you have other Aiptek hardware).
Fedora RPM Fusion Repositories
For the sake of making a long story short, patent and copyright restrictions, complicates Fedora’s ability to distributing software to support proprietary formats such as DVD, MP3, Quicktime, Windows Media, aa well as other propietary formats. While Fedora has limitaions on including nonfree software by default meaning that proprietary media formats such as the ones [...]
ShopWiki Comparisons, Gift Ideas and More
OK, anybody who knows me knows that if I am going to buy something, be it a computer, new shoes, or simply a new shirt. I have a very difficult time buying it from the first store I see it at. I guess you could say I have a shopping complex, I could be called [...]
