Linux commands that prove useful for your day to day workflow.

The UNIX tail command is very useful for viewing the last number of lines of a logfile. As in this example. Showing the last 10 lines in the file /var/log/syslog. |{~}-{Thu Feb 16 21:36:44} -{john@deep-thought } $ tail -n 10 /var/log/syslog Feb 16 21:31:01 deep-thought cron[1480]: (*system*anacron) WRONG FILE OWNER (/etc/cron.d/anacron) Feb 16 21:31:29 deep-thought … Read more

Even more good KDE 4.8.0 themes. Useful themes to spice up your KDE.

These are some more good quality KDE 4.8.0 themes I have discovered. Androbit: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=123524. Celedonia: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=142424. Oxywin: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=112004. Wave: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=117875. These themes are easily installed with the system settings menu, just sort by rating and the themes list will be displayed. I gave Unity a fair trial yesterday with all of the latest updates and … Read more