Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
Get your free ORACLE Unbreakable Linux DVD kit.
Oracle got into the Linux playing field with it’s Oracle Enterprise Linux which is based on Redhat’s Enterprise Linux. Oracle then put together the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program to provide full Linux support to their customers. Oracle Unbreakable Linux support is not limited to only Oracle products. Customers can switch any of their current [...]
How to send a process to the background
Sending a process to the background in Linux is quite easy. All you need is bg, fg, &, and ctrl+Z ( ^Z ). For this example I will use a simple bash script test.sh I put together to print “Test” every 5 seconds. #!/bin/bash #This script will print “Test” every 5 seconds # while [ [...]
Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron cds in the mail today. Who doesn’t like to receive internatioanl packages with goodies? The best part is when I tell my non OSS friends that the cds were shipped free of charge. You will be suprised to know that many people don’t believe that there are people [...]
Twitter clients for Linux
Know someone who’s never heard of twitter? I don’t. There are loads of twitter desktop clients out there for Windows. I’m a Linux person so twittering from my command line is just one of the many was I twitter. Linux and OpenSource Blog has published a list for desktop clients for Linux. Might come in [...]
Don’t leave a X-Box in the DC
When forced to work within a limited budget you are normally forced to come up with alternative cost saving solutions. This was the case for a University which desided to use a Linux powered X-Box to host it’s students web projects. As time passed so did the personnel who knew about the X-Box web server. [...]
