Archive for the ‘GNU/Linux’ tag
Linux File System Summary (0)
January 19th, 2008 by Emil in Linux
As you probably know in Ubuntu everything is under the root or /. All drives that you will ever use will start with /. That doesn’t mean that they’re not segregated from your OS and application stuff.
Let’s say you have 3 drives. You have one drive house the / paritition. Within that, you can have another drive house the /home partition, and yet another the /media/files partition. If your / drive somehow dies, you still have the /home and /media/files housing drives intact! You can simply reinstall the OS and get back to work. The point I’m trying to make is that while it seems that everything in Ubuntu is a single drive, is may only seem this way. continue reading »
Linux Partitions — They Make Sense! (0)
90% of computer users use Windows. In Windows the command line is largely foregone in favour of GUI (graphical user interface) tools like ‘Computer Management’ and just right-clicking on everything and selecting ‘Properties.’ While Linux (a.k.a. GNU/Linux) has about as many GUI tools intended for administration, it is much more convenient and consistent to use a single tool–the command line interface (CLI). continue reading »
IPCop — Fun For The Casual Hacker (O’Reilly Definition) (0)
Would you like a corporate grade firewall and IDS for your SOHO network? Do you have an old spare PC sitting around? If you answered yes to both questions then you’re in luck because IPCop is there for you. IPCop is a Linux firewall distribution which is configured to allow even new users to configure and use it. continue reading »
