Linux Shtuff

If you are new to linux and are looking to try it out, you can use this online utility to give you more information to make an informed decision. The Linux Distribution Chooser is an on line application where you have to answer series of questions related to your needs, which also includes questions on…

You can repair a corrupted filesystem with the program “fsck”.The system utility fsck (for “file system check” or “file system consistency check”) is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. Note:-File systems must be unmounted, you cannot repair them while they are running….

The vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) program will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian GNU/Linux system, and report all of the packages from the non-free tree which are currently installed. Future versions of vrms will include an option to also display text from the public writings of RMS and others that explain…

To remove all the unused Linux Kernel headers, images and modules, simply run this command: dpkg -l ‘linux-*’ | sed ‘/^ii/!d;/'”$(uname -r | sed “s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/”)”‘/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d’ | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge Show installed but unused linux headers, image, or modules: dpkg -l ‘linux-*’ | sed ‘/^ii/!d;/'”$(uname -r | sed “s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/”)”‘/d;s/^[^…

I just came across another blog and seen this; WTF????

Show the ethernet status ethtool eth0 Force 100Mbit Full duplex ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full Disable auto negotiation ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off Blink the ethernet led ethtool -p eth0 Display all interfaces (similar to ifconfig) ip link show Bring device up (or down). Same as “ifconfig eth0 up” ip link set eth0…

Digital certificates have become an essential part of Internet commerce, and are widely used to verify the identity of clients and servers. All digital certificates contain an expiration date which most client and server applications will check before using the certificates contents. If a client or server application detects that a certificate has expired, one…

From cyberciti.biz The netstat command and pipe feature can be used to dig out information about a particular IP address connection. You can find out total established connections, closing connection, SYN and FIN bits and much more. You can also display summary statistics for each protocol using netstat. This is useful to find out if…

From fsdaily.com In many articles they require you to add a PPA to get the latest version of programs. PPAs are very useful, but when missing PPA keys pile up, it’s not exactly the easiest of situations to take care of. To get a PPA key, you normally have to go the Terminal and type…

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