Linux Distros for Beginners in 2012
There is wide variety of Linux Distros in the market. Each one differs in size, design, support and layout, although the basic function is the same. Each distros offers several unique features apart from...
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Linux Directory Structure
Linux directory structure is not very complex but is different from the directory structure one comes across in other operating systems. The structure is so built that the different kinds of files with varied...
Raspberry Pi to get camera add-on by October
The 5-megapixel camera module for the cheap credit card-size Linux computer is expected to cost between $20 and $25. If you’re one of the 200,000 owners of the ultra-low-cost Raspberry Pi computer, you’ll soon...
Change Ubuntu Desktop from DHCP to a Static IP Address
If you’ve installed your Ubuntu installation with DHCP, it’s really easy to reconfigure your system to use a static IP address with the GUI based Network Settings dialog. To open the utility, go to System...
Change SSH Welcome Banner on Ubuntu
Every time I connect to my Ubuntu development server through my ssh client, I receive the same message and I’m getting tired of seeing it, so I decided to change the message to something...
Backup MySQL Database to a file
Backing up your database is a very important system administration task, and should generally be run from a cron job at scheduled intervals. We will use the mysqldump utility included with mysql to dump...
Giada’s i53 mini-PC is book-sized, without all the paper cuts
We’d have gone with “smaller than a breadbox,” but book-sized seems to work just as well, when describing Giada’s new mini-PC. The i53 packs an Ivy Bridge Core i5 processor standard (i3 and and...
Howto: Change timezone in Linux
If you get your web hosting services from foreign country and you might want to change the server time zone to your location in Linux server, use the following script. To set your time...
