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- Adobe Flash v11.2 and Above Will Only Be Available For Chrome Browser on Linux February 22, 2012Adobe announced that the Flash player for Linux will only be available for Google Chrome browser on Linux and has announced their plans to abandon future updates of Flash player for Linux. From the blog post:For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the "Pepper" API as part of the Goo […]Vivek Gite
- 30 Best Sources For Linux / *BSD / Unix Documentation On the Web December 21, 2011Man pages are written by sys-admin and developers for IT techs, and are intended more as a reference than as a how to. Man pages are very useful for people who are already familiar with Linux, Unix, and BSD operating systems. Use man pages when you just need to know the syntax for particular commands or configuration file, but they are not helpful for new Li […]Vivek Gite
- FAQ Updates: Dec/22/2011 December 21, 2011Our FAQ section is updated in last few days with new howto:Linux: Find Out What Partition a File Belongs ToLinux: Neighbour Table Overflow Error and SolutionLinux: Run fsck On LUKS (dm-crypt) Based LVM Physical VolumeHowTo Run a Script In LinuxHowTo Install firefox-8.0.tar.bz2 in LinuxLinux / Unix curl: Pass HTTP RefererCentOS / RHEL: Remove Routes 169.254.0 […]Vivek Gite
- Linux / UNIX Desktop Fun: Let it Snow On Your Desktop December 20, 2011Feeling lonely this holiday season? Try Xsnow. This little app will let is snow on the desktop. Santa and his reindeer will complete your festive season feeling with moving snowflakes on your desktop, with Santa Claus running all over the screen.Vivek Gite
- Linux: 20 Iptables Examples For New SysAdmins December 13, 2011Linux comes with a host based firewall called Netfilter. According to the official project site:netfilter is a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the network stack. A registered callback function is then called back for every packet that traverses the respective hook within the network stack. T […]Vivek Gite
- Download CentOS 6.1 CD / DVD ISO December 12, 2011CentOS Linux version 6.1 has been released and available for the download. It is a community-supported operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.1. CentOS Linux is considered as the most popular Linux distribution for web servers and general purposes usage.Vivek Gite
- Quick Tip: Find Hidden Processes and Ports [ Linux / Unix / Windows ] November 24, 2011Unhide is a little handy forensic tool to find hidden processes and TCP/UDP ports by rootkits / LKMs or by another hidden technique. This tools works under both Linux / Unix, and MS-Windows operating systems. From the man page:It detects hidden processes using three techniques:The proc technique consists of comparing /proc with the output of /bin/ps.The sys […]Vivek Gite
- HowTo: Linux Update the Adobe Flash Player [ Firefox and Chrome Plugin ] November 24, 2011The Adobe Flash Player plugin is use for viewing multimedia, and streaming video and audio, on a Firefox web browser. The same plugin is used by Google chrome and other browsers. Keeping your third-party plugins such as flash player up to date helps Firefox run safely and smoothly.Vivek Gite
- Linux: 25 PHP Security Best Practices For Sys Admins November 23, 2011PHP is an open-source server-side scripting language and it is a widely used. The Apache web server provides access to files and content via the HTTP OR HTTPS protocol. A misconfigured server-side scripting language can create all sorts of problems. So, PHP should be used with caution. Here are twenty-five php security best practices for sysadmins for config […]Vivek Gite
- Download Fedora 16 CD / DVD ISO November 9, 2011Fedora Linux version 16 (code name "Verne") has been released and available for download ( jump to download link ). Fedora Linux is a community-based Linux distribution which is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. This release is dedicated to Dennis Ritchie, who co-invented Unix and the C language. Fedora is considered as the third most popular cutting edge […]Vivek Gite
- Download Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) CD ISO / DVD Images October 13, 2011Ubuntu Linux (a GNU/Linux-based computer operating system) version 11.10 has been released and available for download. The new release includes some enhancements to make your experience even more enjoyable. The Default user interface is set to unity shell on top of GNOME 3.x. However, you will get a 2D version of Unity as a fallback for systems that lack the […]Vivek Gite
- RIP: Dennis Ritchie Dead At 70 October 13, 2011Dennis Ritchie died at home this weekend after a long illness. I'm sure every "Unix" and "C" user will miss him.He was the key developer of the Unix and original developer of the C programming language.Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist notable for developing C and for having influence on other programming […]Vivek Gite
- FAQ Updates: Oct/13/2011 October 13, 2011Our FAQ section is updated in last few days with new howtos:Lighttpd: network.c:483: error: ‘EC_KEY’ undeclared (first use in this function) Error and Solutionmemcached: Failed To Set rlimit For Open Files Error and SolutionMplayer Shuffle Command: Play Files In Random OrderBash Shell: Find Out If a Variable Is Set or NotLinux: Mount Disk Partition Using LAB […]Vivek Gite
- FAQ Updates: Sep/05/2011 September 5, 2011Our FAQ section is updated in last few days with new howtos:RHEL / CentOS Linux: Mount and Access NTFS PartitionJBD: Barrier-based Sync Failed On md0-8 – Disabling Barriers Error and SolutionMac OS X: Move the Dock and Menu Bar To External DisplayCentOS / RHEL: Install gpass Password Manager For GNOME2 DesktopRHEL 6 / CentOS 6: Install Adobe Flash Player For […]Vivek Gite
- Debian / Ubuntu Linux: Configure Network Bonding [ Teaming / Aggregating NIC ] September 4, 2011NIC teaming is nothing but combining or aggregating multiple network connections in parallel. This is done to increase throughput, and to provide redundancy in case one of the links fails or Ethernet card fails. The Linux kernel comes with the bounding driver for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single logical interface called bond0. In this tu […]Vivek Gite
- Linux Desktop Fun: Summon Swarms Of Penguins To Waddle About The Desktop July 12, 2011XPenguins is a program for animating cute cartoons animals in your root window. By default it will be penguins they drop in from the top of the screen, walk along the tops of your windows, up the side of your windows, levitate, skateboard, and do other similarly exciting things. Now you can send an army of cute little penguins to invade the screen of someone […]Vivek Gite
- FAQ Updates: July/12/2011 July 12, 2011Our FAQ section is updated in last few days with new howtos:Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large Error and SolutioTCSH / CSH / C Shell Check Whether a Directory is Empty or NotSlow DNS on Linux with IPv4 and IPV6 Configured FirewallLinux: Dell Server / Desktop / Laptop Find Out Service Tag Commandyum Command Hangs on Running Transaction Test Message Error and […]Vivek Gite
- Download CentOS 6 CD / DVD ISO July 11, 2011CentOS Linux version 6 has been released. It is a community-supported operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6. CentOS Linux is considered as the most popular Linux distribution for web servers with almost 30% of all Linux servers using it.Vivek Gite
- VMWare Image Clone Problem: eth0 Renamed As eth1 July 11, 2011After cloning a VMWare image I had noticed that my CentOS Linux server renamed eth0 as eth1, eth1 as eth2 and so on. This is due to wrong or duplicate mac address. To fix this problem login to your CentOS Linux server using console and type the following commands:Vivek Gite
- FAQ Updates – June/26/2011 June 26, 2011Our FAQ section is updated in last few days with new howtos:Linux / UNIX: Smartctl Check Hard Disk Behind 3Ware RAID CardBash Shell Count Number of Characters In a String or WordHowTo: Find Out KSH ( Korn Shell ) VersionLinux: Delete / Remove User AccountNo xauth Program; Cannot Forward With Spoofing Error and SolutionRHEL Warning: RPMDB altered outside of y […]Vivek Gite
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