A color terminal on Linux can print a wide variety of colors. But how many colors can it print? The colortest utility can show this. Install it like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest Then run it to get a display table for 16-color terminal … Read more
The iperf utility is used to transfer data from one machine to another over the Internet. This is a client-server utility and is the go-to utility to test a Wide Area Network connection. To use this, type sudo apt-get install iperf. Then open port 5001 in your router and/or firewall to allow the incoming connection … Read more
The shellshock bug for Linux is a wake up call for all Linux administrators and home users, but this is not the end of the world. The Linux distribution developers will issue patches very soon after a leak of a bug like this. There is not going to be a massive catastrophe that the media … Read more
I have downloaded the FreeBSD 9.0 CURRENT ISO and I am planning to install that UNIX distribution to get more practice using a UNIX based operating system instead of always using Debian based Linux distributions. I want to try out the Intel KMS patch that is available for the FreeBSD 9.0 and later releases, therefore … Read more