One of the things you may find you want to do often from your command line is to view the contents of a text file. This could be to view the contents of some startup script or just one of your own basic configuration files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases. The command is simple to use.
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Command Line Basics: View Text Files with more
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The best anti-virus.
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The way Linux is created makes it difficult for a virus to function.
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Hacking and Network Troubleshooting tools for Ubuntu 9.04
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Linux supports tons of tools and utilities for scanning network vulnerabilities, cracking passwords and possibility of intrusions. Please always keep in mind that these tools are not for harm a system, but for protect them.
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When is it GNU/Linux and when is it not?
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Of the many controversies in free software, this is one that I have long found to be interesting. People seem to define things in different ways, which leads to confusion (and arguing) when one person calls a system a "GNU/Linux" system and the next calls it just the "Linux" system.
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The Rubygame Book Part 1 - 6 Rewrite
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It is my pleasure to announce the complete rewrite of part 1 through part 6 of The Rubygame Book. This rewrite of the book restart the tutorial to focus immensely more on the foundation. While this mean some of the most immediate gratifying parts are gone, the new tutorial include some new tricks and tips that help developers write Rubygame application faster and with shaper focus.
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How to Create and Modify ISO Images in Ubuntu 9.04
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You can create and Modify ISO9660 files (iso images) graphicaly in ubuntu by using an open source Linux applicatio
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Boot Linux Over HTTP With boot.kernel.org (BKO)
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This tutorial shows how you can boot Linux over HTTP with boot.kernel.org (BKO). All that users need is Internet connectivity and a small program (gpxe) to boot the machine. This gpxe program provides network booting facility. BKO allows you to boot into the following distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, Damn Small Linux, Knoppix, Fedora.
Read more »Importance of Labs in Linux Training
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Labs are step-by-step exercises that students can perform to learn how to perform a task. Labs can also provide the aspect of experience if it is repeatedly done, which creates confidence.
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Remote X
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Over at The Complete Geek my friend Jered posted a really nice howto on remote X11 forwarding the other day.
Like uses of Synergy, remote X can be extremely useful when you’re working with multiple machines, or even if you’re working with a virtual machine and need to run some of the applications on the host without constantly flipping windows back and forth.
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Slackware Package Management
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If you haven't played with Slackware within the past couple of years, you may still believe that the word “easy” doesn't go well with the words “update” and “package management”. But, two fairly new utilities, “slackpkg” and “sbopkg”, may help to change your mind.
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Check your Gmail's unread messages from terminal
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Using the following command, you can check your unread messages in gmail, from terminal:
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7 Things You Didn’t Know You can Do With KRunner in kDE 4.3
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KRunner is one of those KDE applications that people generally take for granted. Since it has the same shortcut key, Alt+F2, as Gnome’s Run Application terminal, those who have just started using KDE generally assume that it is just another version of Gnome’s Run Application terminal. However, it cannot be farther from the truth. In reality KRunner is one of KDE 4.3’s most useful application.
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Disable NTP sync during boot (USplash) in Ubuntu Linux
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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency.
NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple code...
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A Tip for Software companies.
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The Linux platform is an emerging market with a lot of growth potential. Software companies should definitely get on board to get a competitive advantage.
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How to use a swapfile to increase the swap space of your linux system
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You you have alloted a low space while installing, or you have upgraded your RAM, or you think you need some more swap space then what will you do. You can go to the partion table make make changes, but this can cause many problems.
Instead you can just make a file and assign it to the swap.
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