Unpacking a Live CD on Linux is very easy, if the user wants the files within the Live disc and is running Linux. Firstly, install the 7zip software. sudo apt-get install p7zip-fullsudo apt-get install p7zip-full Now copy a Live CD ISO to an empty directory and run this command. 7z x Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso7z x Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso This … Read more
There are many Linux distributions in the world, but are there Linux distros created in India? Yes there are. Hamara Linux is an Indian developed Linux distribution, with good language support. Supported languages in Linux: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Tamil and Telugu. Website: https://www.hamaralinux.org/blog/. Hamara Linux is based upon … Read more
Reading a large text file and then finding all words that contain between 5 and 7 vowels. Notice I am not using cat. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ egrep ‘^([^aieou]*[aieou]){5,7}[^aieou]*$’ < pg768.txt | wc -l 284jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ egrep ‘^([^aieou]*[aieou]){5,7}[^aieou]*$’ < pg768.txt | wc -l 284 Count the number of times a single word appears in a text file. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ egrep … Read more
Installing BeOS on a modern computer. This is a very cool alternative operating system. The screenshot below, shows an Apple II machine connecting to a Debian server over a network connection. This allows the more powerful machine to be administered easily over a remote connection. I wonder if you could use an Apple II as … Read more
There are good places in India to learn networking and gain a Cisco certification. The CCNA cert is very important in today`s world, and this is a very good organization to attain this cert. Network Bulls. https://www.networkbulls.com/. This facility offers a fully featured 24/7 lab environment to allow physical labs to practice Cisco networking and … Read more
To get information about Linux users with the shell, give these examples a go. Get a listing of all /home folders on Linux. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ sudo gawk -F: ‘{ print $6 }’ /etc/passwd | grep /home /home/syslog /home/jason /home/justin /home/danieljason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents$ sudo gawk -F: ‘{ print $6 }’ /etc/passwd | grep /home /home/syslog /home/jason /home/justin /home/daniel Count … Read more
Computer repair shops in India Some very friendly and prompt computer repair shops in India for anyone in India with computer or mobile phone/tablet issues. DigiMAN India. Address: 312, Aggarwal Arcade, C Block,, Pitampura, Delhi, 110088, India. Phone: +91 1800 103 4551 Nestech India. Address: D-139, Sector 20, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India. Phone: +91 … Read more
Linux configuration files Here are a few useful Linux configuration files to get your installation setup and working just fine. ~/.vimrc. This is to setup the VIM editor and make it easier to use for the average Linux user. " ~/.vimrc (configuration file for vim only) " skeletons function! SKEL_spec() 0r /usr/share/vim/current/skeletons/skeleton.spec language time en_US … Read more
The humble Internet cafe is still going strong in India, despite the growth of mobile Internet coverage. They are still worthwhile places for tourists to use the Internet, as the cost of mobile roaming is a trap for unwary tourists, and having an Internet connected desktop PC is a godsend to upload photos and/or documents … Read more
Emulate a Polaroid photo with the imagemagik package on Linux. convert lifeinCanberra_bg.jpg -polaroid 0 house.jpgconvert lifeinCanberra_bg.jpg -polaroid 0 house.jpg This is the original image. https://www.asis.gov.au/media/Images/Rebrand/lifeinCanberra_bg.jpg. And this is the image after manipulation. Double the size of an image, while retaining relatively good image quality. convert missile.jpg -magnify missilebig.jpgconvert missile.jpg -magnify missilebig.jpg Take a screenshot of … Read more
How to change your Ubuntu password as a normal user. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ passwd Changing password for jason. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password:jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ passwd Changing password for jason. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Just enter you current password and then enter a new one twice. It is that simple. To install required updates, … Read more
If you are interested in how the Linux filesystem works, then this is a posting you really need to read: http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting. This is a posting explaining how the Linux filesystem stores file and why it does not need to defragment the filesystem as it stores files more efficiently. I have never wanted to defragment a … Read more
This is how to have a custom lecture appear each time a user executes the sudo command to remind them to be careful with it. Run the visudo command as root and add these lines to the /etc/sudoers file. Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/home/jason/lecture"Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/home/jason/lecture" Then create the /home/jason/lecture file and put this in … Read more
Linux User Groups India There are many Linux user groups, (LUG) in India. They meetup and discuss various open-source software topics. This is a great way to meet other Linux users and learn from others. One large Linux User Group in India is the Indian Linux Users Group. http://linux-delhi.org/. Their website hosts many tips and … Read more
How to list password files on a Macintosh OSX machine This is how to list the password files on a Macintosh OSX Mountain Lion machine. Newer Macintosh OSX machines do not use the /etc/shadow file link Linux does, so this is how the account passwords are stored. Homers-iMac:~ homer$ sudo ls -lah /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/ Password: total … Read more
Get ahold of the Mac OSX Sierra password files This is how to list the password files on a Macintosh machine, but the folder is only readable by the superuser. deusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo ls -l /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/usersdeusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo ls -l /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users This will return a listing of many files that contain passwords. But these are … Read more
A lovely GTK theme that emulates the look of Windows 7. I have just found a very good Windows 7 GTK theme: https://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Pack?content=113264. This is a lovely GTK theme that makes your MATE or Gnome 2.32.2 interface look just like the Windows 7 Basic theme. Windows Vista icon theme: http://www.securitronlinux.com/files/Vista.tar.gz. Install this alongside the Windows … Read more
This code will spawn you in a jet flying over the AO, this will pick a random jet and spawn you a long way up, so you will not crash before orienting yourself. Put this script in initPlayerLocal.sqf. private "_jet"; _jet = createVehicle [selectRandom ["O_Plane_Fighter_02_Stealth_F", "I_Plane_Fighter_04_F", "B_Plane_Fighter_01_Stealth_F", "O_Plane_CAS_02_dynamicLoadout_F"], getArray (configFile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> … Read more
The gvfs service on your system records metadata about your computing activity, I will be showing you how to stop the system recording your recently used files and applications. The file in question is in the ~/.local/share/ directory. Here is a snippet. ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel This is an XML files that contains information about your recently opened … Read more
How to stop and remove the gvfs-metadata service on your Ubuntu system The gvfs system that comes with the Gnome and MATE desktops also saves metadata about the users web download history. This is interesting, I thought only Firefox saved your download history, but gvfs saves this too. Use this command to see the saved … Read more