I work a lot at the console level, I even lauch some programs directly from there, and I know there are a lot of users like me.
Somtimes I also open two or even three terminals to monitor differente processes on the same machine or even on different PCs using ssh connection.
Read more »This guide shows how to install and configure Smokeping on Debian Etch to monitor network latency.
Read more »Ganeti is a cluster virtualization management system based on Xen. In this tutorial I will explain how to create one virtual Xen machine (called an instance) on a cluster of two physical nodes, and how to manage and failover this instance between the two physical nodes.
Read more »"After almost 8 months of working with Ruby, it still offers something new every day. Here’s a tricky part about overriding a constructor without any arguments..."
Read more »Packt is pleased to announce a new book on OSWorkflow, a guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open source Business Process Management.
Read more »PHP Oracle Web Development is a new book from Packt that helps users to combine the power, scalability, and reliability of the Oracle Database with the ease of use, short development time, and high performance of PHP.
Read more »Following on from the success of their first book on SugarCRM, Packt is pleased to announce its follow up. Written by CRM expert Dr Mark Alexander Bain, SugarCRM Developer's Manual focuses on customizing this open source CRM.
Read more »Packt is pleased to announce a new book on designing Joomla! templates. Written by Tessa Blakeley Silver, Joomla! Template Design is a complete guide for web designers to all aspects of designing unique website templates for the free Joomla! PHP Content Management System.
Read more »"In this short tutorial we will take a look at comparison operations, some arithmetic operations and modules..."
Read more »"Running the interactive erlang shell on a cellphone is pretty cool. Erlang’s built-in clustering support works fine: I’ve successfully connected an erlang node on my pc to a node on the phone using the USB ethernet support the phone provides."
Read more »Earlier this week, an intrepid Internet Tablet Talk forum member with the handle "Penguinbait" managed to get KDE running on the Nokia N800 web tablet. Yesterday, Penguinbait followed up with instructions for installing XFCE and then offered a script to automate the process.
Read more »Adopt Python to manage UNIX® systems while incorporating concepts of good program design. Python is an easy-to-learn, open source scripting language that lets system administrators do their job more quickly. It can also make tasks more fun.
Read more »Programmers are arguably some of the smartest people in the world. We solve complex problems all day, every day, and we’re always hungry for more. We strive to find simplicity in even the most complicated situations. If Eistein were alive today, he’d probably be hacking the Linux Kernel along side Alan Cox during his lunch break.
Read more »"...Most of these discussion threads belie complete misunderstanding of the Resource Oriented Architecture, which is very alarming, given that ROA is the native architecture of the web..."
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