Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Linux Commands Ebooks

These are 3 ebooks containing over 1000+ commands. one for Fedora/RHEL/CentOS, one for OpenSUSE and one for Ubuntu. ENJOY!!

Fedora/RHEL/CentOS Ebook - download

OpenSuSe Ebook - download

Ubuntu Ebook - download

How to Join a Linux Client to a Active Directory Domain


Now joining a Linux client to a Microsoft AD is easier than ever, you have to use a software call Likewise. The software come in two versions open and enterprise. You can download the open version where you have to buy the enterprise version.

Website - http://www.likewisesoftware.com/index.php

OpenSUSE 11 Installation Guide

OpenSUSE 11 is out. Like UBUNTU it's easy to install and configure as a Desktop OS to replace Windows. Hope these installation will help you.

Official Web site - http://www.opensuse.org

Official Live CD installation guide - http://en.opensuse.org/Installation/11.0_Live_CD

Official DVD installation guide - http://en.opensuse.org/Installation/11.0_DVD_Install

3rd party installation guide showing you how to install additional software also (recommended)

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-opensuse-11

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Learn about VI/VIM Text Editor

A nice tutorial about vi / vim text editor

http://www.linuxconfig.org/Vim_Tutorial

RedHat Extends Support for RHEL

Redhat extends full support for RHEL from another one year, that means Centos also will get the same benefit.



Read the full story.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Use OpenDNS as Your DNS

Your ISP's DNS is slow, use OpenDNS.

OpenDNS protects millions of people a day across hundreds of thousands of schools, businesses and homes. We block phishing sites, give you the power to filter out adult sites and proxies among more than 50 categories, and provide the precision to block individual domains. go to www.opendns.com


Use OpenDNS

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9

These tutorials will give you a idea how to install and configure Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 as both Desktops and Servers.

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 9

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server)

The Perfect Server - Fedora 9

All credits goes to the authors of the above tutorials Falko Timme and Oliver Meyer

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Formatting a Hard Disk Drive in Linux

This tutorial will explain how to format a HDD in Linux, You can use the method to format USB pens & HDDs also. The tutorial only explains how to format the HDD in EXT3 file system, Read the manual of the mkfs command to learn more.

# man mkfs

http://tiny.cc/MkV3n

Redirecting Your Emails from One Account to Another

This tutorial explains a simple method to redirect your emails to another account.

http://www.go2linux.org/how-to-use-the-.forward-file

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Linux Unerace Undelete Command

This is a tutorial explaining how to undelete data in Linux

http://tiny.cc/tMJGW

As explained above, We can't undelete or unerace files in Linux, But try out the following live Linux distributions, These are used for system rescue operations.

Trinity Rescue Kit - Website
SystemRescueCd - Website

26/03/2008 - I found this article on how to undelete files form ext3 file system, interesting..