Linux - Part 22

Posts Tagged ‘Linux’

100 opensource applications

posted on April 22, 2008 in Linux, Open Source, Software with 0 Comments

Here‘s a list of 100 popular opensource applications. From audio editing to 3d graphics, there’s an application out there for everyone. The list comes in handy for those new to Linux. Moving to Linux has never been easy for Windows users. The major reason being applications. Hopefully the list will make that transition smoother ans [...]

How to change the system date in Linux

posted on April 7, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 1 Comment

A friend needed help changing the system date on his Linux box today. This is usually a simple task for Linux users but newbies tend to get confused by the “date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]” line in the man page. To simplify, this is how you do it. Set the current date to April 7 2008 8:42:45pm. [...]

Send mail through SMTP using Telnet

posted on April 3, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 11 Comments

Developers in my office constantly complain that the SMTP server is down and no mails are being sent out. We come back saying that their application is buggy. Most often after hours of troubleshooting the problem will turn out to be the application itself. Here’s a simple way to test your SMTP server over port [...]

Get your Linux counted

posted on March 29, 2008 in Linux, Surveys with 4 Comments

Just how many Linux are out there today? No one knows for sure but it’s pretty obvious that the number keeps increasing as the Linux is gaining audience from all over. The Linux Counter Project was stated back in 1999. The project’a goal was and still is to count how many Linux users and Linux [...]

Linux Commands: tee

posted on March 26, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 1 Comment

Not many people I know use the tee command but I find it quite useful. I tend to use it quite often in my scripts actually. So what does it do? The tee command has the ability to take the standard input and redirected it to multiple outputs. For example, the ls command would normally [...]

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