It is apparently possible to create a file named ., this will make the file unusable, but it is still very cool. I used this simple command. strace touch ‘.’strace touch ‘.’ Type a dot character “.”, then press Control-Shift-u and type 200b and then press ENTER, this will create a zero-width invisible character. Then … Read more
There are many ways to get networking information on your Linux computer. This is how to return the active network interface(s) on your Linux system. 4.4 Mon Jun 22 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ip addr | awk '/state UP/ {print $2}' | sed 's/.$//' enp0s25 Combining this command with another using backticks, it is possible to … Read more
Using Wireshark to get information about the servers visited and traffic on your network is not as much fun as it used to be, but you can still get quite a bit of info even with an SSL connection. It is possible to get the name of visited websites even though they are using SSL. … Read more
To change the full name and other information stored for a certain user, the chfn command will come in handy. This allows a system administrator to change the data with a simple command. In this example, I am changing the full name of a Linux user. root@darkstar:~# chfn -f "Jason Smith" jasonroot@darkstar:~# chfn -f "Jason … Read more
The next release of the Linux Mint 16 distribution code named “Petra” will be released in November. This will include the new KDE 4.11 desktop interface as well as many other enhancements and upgrades. I am looking forward to this release. This is the best desktop environment around and is well worth the time taken … Read more