Saturday, July 5, 2008

Compare Directories using Diff in Linux

"To compare 2 files, we use the diff command. How do we compare 2 directories?"

Linux Commando

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Alphabetical Directory of Linux Commands

"Click on any of the 687 commands below to get a description and list of available options."

O'Reilly

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Linux Administration Made Easy

"The "Linux Administration Made Easy" (LAME) guide attempts to describe day-to-day administration and maintenance issues commonly faced by Linux system administrators."

TLDP.org


Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A mini-tutorial on the Unix/Linux find command

"You can search for files by name, owner, group, type, permissions, date, and other criteria."

Hccfl.edu

Monday, June 30, 2008

Linux LILO and Runlevels

"LILO is a boot loader that resides on your hard disk that can boot several operating systems."

CompTechDoc.org

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Linux permissions

"Thus, Linux file permissions are nine bits of information (3 types x 3 type of users), each of them may have just one of two values: allowed or denied."

zzee.com

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Filesystem & file organization in Linux

"This great feature of Linux systems to enable on-the-fly mounting and un-mounting of various file systems without the need of fetching different drivers, makes them stand apart."

Brajeshwar.com

Kernel Rebuild Guide

"With modern hardware there is rarely a need to recompile unless there is a particular feature of a new kernel that you must have."

Digital Hermit

Friday, June 27, 2008

Overclock your EEE PC

"As you know, the EEE PC's processor is rated at 900MHz, but it's being underclocked to 630MHz, presumably to save battery life/reduce heat."

VR-Zone

Installing software from RPM packages in Linux

"Note that different Linux distros may keep their software and the files related to that software in different directories. That's why it's important to use the RPM package that was made for your distribution."

Tuxfiles.org

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

ubuntutrinux

"This new project (i.e. ubuntutrinux) seeks to integrate elements (and code, where appropriate) of Trinux with the Debian/Ubuntu mkinitramfs infrastructure"

Code.Google.com

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

How To Setup local repository for linux

"Repository server is a best solution when you have a LAN of linux machines and when you dont want to carry your CD/DVD to each machine to install new packages."

Happy FOSS

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Driver Installation on Linux Instructions

"This file describes the Linux driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5700 series 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network Controllers."

Mike-Devlin.com

Linux Compilation

"From time to time you may need to install the Linux (the kernel) manually, this may be to get some new feature you want, or just to see what it's like."

Libervis Wiki

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Comparing Linux/UNIX Binary Package Formats

"This is a comparison of the deb, rpm, tgz, slp, and pkg package formats, as used in the Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, and Stampede linux distributions respectively (pkg is the SVr4 package format, used in Solaris)."

Kitenet.net