From h-online.com The SystemRescueCd developers have released the fourth update to the 1.5.x branch of their Linux distribution. Based on the Gentoo LiveCD, the SystemRescueCd is configured as a tool kit for administering or repairing an operating system and recovering data after a system crash. Supported file systems include Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS,…

Quick tip from lockergnome.com It’s frustrating, you did everything right. Yet after running a few new programs, you find that your brand new install of Ubuntu 10.04 is not playing ball when you go to shut it down. What gives? Let me ask you this — did you run Open Office with the quick starter…

ok… just wow… 600 posts. I seen this and thought to myself, I had no idea that this much info would be needed to just get by sometimes. Alot of the info here has come in handy many times and I hope that something I have posted here has helped someone else. I’ll continue posting…

HOWTO: set up ssh keys (this is old but it puts the idea across very well) From pkeck.myweb.uga.edu Paul Keck, 2001 Getting Started First, install OpenSSH on two UNIX machines, hurly and burly. This works best using DSA keys and SSH2 by default as far as I can tell. All the other HOWTOs I’ve seen…

From stackp.online.fr Droopy: easy file receiving What is it ? Droopy is a mini Web server whose sole purpose is to let others upload files to your computer. Why ? Say you’re chatting with a friend on MSN Messenger (perhaps with the excellent pidgin ?). She wants to send you amazing photos she took last week-end, so…

From article.gmane.org From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh <at> centos.org> Subject: Release for CentOS-5.5 i386 and x86_64 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.centos.announce Date: 2010-05-14 22:32:30 GMT (7 hours and 57 minutes ago) We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.5 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.5 is based on the upstream release EL 5.5 and includes packages from all variants…

For sh1tz & gigg13z… Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User’s Notes By Lucy A. Snyder From strangehorizons.com Let’s face it: any script kiddie with a pair of pliers can put Red Hat on a Compaq, his mom’s toaster, or even the family dog. But nothing earns you geek points like installing Linux on a…

If you ever recursively chmod public_html to something terrible, this script will restore files back to their typical/default permissions. cd to the public_html directory, and run the command: perl Hit enter, and then paste this code: #!/usr/bin/perl -w sub scanDir { my $dir = shift; opendir (DIR, $dir); foreach my $file (readdir(DIR)) { next if…

From smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com Getting hacked sucks, plain and simple. It can affect your rankings, cause your readership to be exposed to virus and trojan attacks, make you an unwilling promoter to subject material you may not actually endorse, and in many cases cause the loss of valuable content. However, once it happens it is usually best…

Hummingbird lets you see how visitors are interacting with your website in real time. And by “real time” we don’t mean it refreshes every 5 minutes—WebSockets enable Hummingbird to update 20 times per second. Hummingbird is built on top of Node.js, a new javascript web toolkit that can handle large amounts of traffic and many…