Archive for the ‘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 »
Clearing Out Your Bash History (0)
Sometimes you’re forced to write passwords directly into your CLI of choice due to poor programming practices, poor user practices (if you’re me), or simply because you don’t have time to be the James Bond of the CLI. In such cases you need to make sure that the password doesn’t stay logged on your system. continue reading »
Switching to Linux 2 (0)
My laptop is 100% “Linux-sized” now. Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon it is. I’ve been using it for a couple of days now and I have to say that I really enjoy the compiz effects. My Intel graphics card was on the compiz black list, but the fix for that was easy.
I’m currently sitting on my tower computer, which happens to be my main computing location. I have 2 USB hard drives attached to it, trying to extract all the valuable data off the NTFS volumes. There are thousands of duplicate files from years of reinstalling, a few months of running a Mac Mini, and them getting back to Windows. The situation is a mess. continue reading »
Switching to Linux (0)
Ever since 1995 I have been a user of Windows. It all started with my mother bringing a Windows 95 computer into the house. Long story short: I know Windows inside out. I wasn’t satisfied with this. I wanted more toys. There is only so deep you can go with Windows. The innards of the operating system are always hidden from you; you cannot change them in any sensible and easy way. What’s in the NT kernel? Can I read the source code? Legally? Nope, I cannot. continue reading »
IPCop vs Router vs Electicity (0)
November 30th, 2007 by Emil in General
I love IPCop. It’s great! And yet, I’m not using it because electricity bills tend to come around and show me the value of a dollar. It’s this sort of lose-lose situation where you can’t run a distro like IPCop on a proper tower machine and at the same time, you can’t buy a smaller machine because the truly small ones cost a fortune.
So I’m back to my trusty old [insert brand] router. I don’t love it, but I have to use it.
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 »
