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Linux Links for 2006-12-26

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

Linux keyboard shortcuts you should know about » Pio’s Blog » Linux has many keyboard shortcuts. Knowing them makes using Linux much easier. Netcat - a couple of useful examples » One of the Linux command line tools I had initially under-estimated is netcat or just nc. By default, netcat creates ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-25

Monday, December 25th, 2006

A Christmas Toy for your Desktop | Linux App Finder » With the Christmas holiday season coming up, I decided to do a little computer decorating and went looking for the right software. What I found is a program called Xsnow. Xsnow is a simple app that turns your desktop ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-24

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Deadman.org: SSH-Agent Forwarding and GNU Screen » GNU Screen and OpenSSH are two incredibly useful tools. In this tutorial, I hope to help users to work around a small, but annoying, problem that can arise when using SSH-Agent forwarding and Screen. This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of SSH, SSH-Ag Catch ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-23

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Linux Firewall - the Traffic Shaper » The time that an 'always-on' Internet link was only for the very rich or the very nerdy is finally behind us. Nowadays, for less then $100 per month, home computers and small business computers can be connected to the Net without having to ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-22

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

The Rootkit Hunter project - main page » Rootkit Hunter (RKH) is an easy-to-use tool which checks computers running UNIX clones) for the presence of rootkits and other unwanted tools. Pulling The Covers Off Linux PAM » A hidden jewel -- or pain in the rear, depending on your perspective -- ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-21

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

All about Linux: Humor - Get your ABC's of Linux right » Recently, one of my friends shared with me this rather funny ode to Linux which was passed on to him by a friend of his, which I am in turn sharing with you. So without much ado, here ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-20

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

MacLibre » MacLibre is an Open Source Software Distribution for Mac OS X. It's simple, intuitive with applications you need. It brings a new way of software installation on your Mac. Socialtext Open Source Wiki » Welcome to the Socialtext Open Source Workspace. You'll find the source code, documentation, news, and ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-19

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Ubuntu Edgy under Parallels Desktop for mac | Muffin Research Labs by Stuart Colville » As Ubuntu Edgy has not long been released I thought I would see how it runs on parallels desktop for mac. I downloaded the standard .iso and followed pretty much the same instructions as when ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-18

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Stunnel.org » Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) available on both Unix and Windows. Stunnel can allow you to secure non-SSL aware daemons and protocols (like POP, IMAP, LDAP, etc) by having Stunn Embedded linux Primer: Bootloaders > 7.1 Role ...

Linux Links for 2006-12-16

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Monitor your Linux computer with machine-generated music » Use Perl and FluidSynth to create a real-time musical composition of your system status. Learn how to integrate various system monitoring data into a harmony-producing, MIDI-controlled audio synthesis. Explore audible information methods and configuration The cut command » The cut command uses delimiters ...