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Installing ps3mediaserver on Fedora 11

posted on July 6, 2009 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 8 Comments

Most of my movie and audio files are on my Linux box. Currently, I use ps3mediaserver to get all my media across to my PS3 which is my media center. Aaaaa… the simplicity is just amazing. PS3mediaserver is Java based and getting it set-up is a breeze. Here’s how, 1. Download the tar package. Remember [...]

Linux Tip #9: Create multiple folder or files

posted on July 2, 2009 in Linux, Linux Tips with 3 Comments

Sometime it’s necessary for you to create multiple folders or files. This is normally the case for me when I’m working with the clusters at my work place. Fortunately, In Linux this is easy. Using the “for loop”, one could easily put together a one-liner to see results. See sample below. The initial “ls” shows [...]

Linux Tip #8: grep with color

posted on June 23, 2009 in Linux, Linux Tips with 0 Comments

If you’re running grep on a large file with multipled results, highlighting your results would really easy on your eyes. Here’s how; Export the “GREP_OPTIONS” environment variable to include “–color=auto”. Run the export command below. export GREP_OPTIONS=’–color=auto’ Once you’ve executed the command, run a simple grep to see the highlights in action. Red is the [...]

Good collection of Linux Tutorials

posted on June 15, 2009 in HowTo, Linux with 3 Comments

EduChoices published an excellent list of Linux tutorials. The list includes tutorials for Linux newbies and experts alike. Check it out, a must have if you into Linux The list below was taken from EduChoices. Linux and UNIX Training for Beginners Free Linux Tutorials for Beginners Introduction to Linux – This IBM tutorial is designed [...]

Linux market share gone up!

posted on May 26, 2009 in Linux, Open Source with 2 Comments

Based on W3Counter’s April report, Linux’s market share has grown over the past year to a steady 2.16%. At around the same time last year that value stood at 1.89%. The number’s surely to go up as the Linux desktop environment continues to improve with every new release. I’m 100% Linux at home now running [...]

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