Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
Wal-Mart drops gPC from it’s stores
Wal-Mart have decided to drop the “Green gPC” Linux based low cost desktops from it’s stores. However the gPC will still be available through walmart.com “This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien. Consumers today are not into low end PCs which was the whole idea behind [...]
Webinar: Control a World of Computers from Your Linux PC
A new O’Reilly webinar is coming soon. Carla Schroder, author of the book “Linux Cookbook” will be presenting. She will be talking about GUI based secure remote administration via the Linux desktop. Some of the key points covered will be; 1. Running remote graphical applications. For example the Oracle installer which requires X. 2. Common [...]
How to set default session timeout in Linux
My DC operation guys access Linux servers on a daily basis but somehow they never remember to log out. This is a security risk as anyone could gain access to the open console and create caos. Today, yet again I’m forced to play the bad guy by dummy proofing my Linux servers by implementing default [...]
How to increase file descriptors max limit on Linux
Today my DBA reported that the server she was working on was spitting out “too many open files” errors and no new processes could be started. This is a common problem with DB servers with heavy transactions. In my environment there are 6 DB instances running on the server. No quite the optimized setup I [...]
How to install Microsoft Core Fonts on Linux
Most Linux desktop users don’t fancy the default fonts which ship default with Linux. Luckily there are a few ways you could easy enjoy Microsoft fonts on your Linux desktop. The simplest way would be to use the package manager to add distro specific packages to install the fonts. openSUSE, Ubuntu and many other distros [...]
