Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam preparation | RHCE dumps | Exam questions, guide | RHCE free resource | Verify RHCE certificate

April 13th, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in Linux

rhce | free resource | exam structure | exam guideThis article is a pointer for those who are planning to take a Red Hat certification. This includes , books to refer , Jobs for Red Hat Certified Engineer ,  Prerequisites, Exam structure, Free resource, Paid brain dumps to make your exam easy. (more…)

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Basic unix commands for day to day use

April 13th, 2009 by Giridhar | 6 Comments | Filed in Linux

man cmd #display how to for a commandlinux-penguin

grep pattern  filename #searches a text file for a pattern
grep onwer *jil #search all jil files for owner

ps -auxwww | grep j2se #display if process is running

echo $SHELL #dispplay your current shell
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How to secure and harden Linux | 7 topics to take care while hardening unix

March 31st, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Linux

How to secure and harden Linux

linux hardening and securing stepsOnce Linux installation is over and planing to move it to a production environment, following are the quick checks which we may need to perform to harden and secure your linux boxes.This article is been written for newbies and also to  remind experienced administrators about the simple steps which may be left unnoticed. (more…)

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Interview (with myself) for a successful blogging

March 5th, 2009 by Giridhar | 8 Comments | Filed in Interviews, Reviews

I was thinking about starting interviews where  some successful bloggers  can  share  experience with my readers, So to start with; I  managed to get few minutes from myself for this interview. So enjoy the interview with myself. :) (more…)

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Linutop – mini PC with Linux OS

March 3rd, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Linux, Reviews

linutop mini pcA Linux Powered mini PC

Did you ever dreamed about a PC which can be hidden in your hands , placed behind your monitor or carry it in your pocket. If so your dream came true now.  Linutop is a tiny or mini PC with Ubuntu OS , 512 MB Memory , 500+ gr in weight. Amazing part of it is; Its been preloaded with GAIM Instant messenger, Firefox Browser, (more…)

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5 Great Linux Tutorials

March 3rd, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Linux, Reviews

In continuation to my effort of bringing new users closer to Linux , here are the few good websites which you may need to refer for quick Linux help.
Are you still confused why you need to switch to Linux then you may need to read this
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs
For a experienced user , it would be a great resource where it explains about step-by-step instructions for building your custom Linux system. (more…)

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7 reasons for switching to Ubuntu

March 2nd, 2009 by Giridhar | 7 Comments | Filed in Linux

This time I am trying to convince you with some reasons for switching to Ubuntu.

1.Support – You would be provided with a long term support (3 Years) for Desktop from Ubuntu. We have a very wide supporting community for your each and every problems.

2. Install Ubuntu within Windows - The BIG pain is no more .. It was always a pain to have a separate partition for Linux, and that (more…)

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Karmic Koala ; Ubuntu 9.10 release

February 27th, 2009 by Giridhar | 5 Comments | Filed in Howtos, Linux

After Ubuntu , yet another cranky name for its 9.10 release – Its called Karmic Koala,

Why Ubuntu 9.10 is named as Karmic Koala

karmic koala ubuntuThe koala is a small bear-like  creature living on trees which  is about 9kg (20lb) in weight. Its fur is thick and usually ash grey. The koala gets its name from an ancient word meaning “no drink” because it receives most of its water required from the Eucalyptus leaves (also known as gum leaves) it eats, and only drinks when ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. (more…)

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Gazelle- New Browser from Microsoft , more secure , and stable

February 27th, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Howtos, Windows

Gazelle – Browser from Microsoft , more secure , more stable

Again a browser story…

microsoft researchAs per the latest news release Microsoft Research team is actively working on a new browser called Gazelle. Gazelle would be mainly focused on the security flaws and stability which is always a concern in IE 7.

Gazelle works on a independent browser kernel which can be considered as a separate OS which manages resource protection.
Google Chrome treat each website opened as a separate process, (more…)

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Antivirus for Ubuntu | clamtk

February 23rd, 2009 by Giridhar | 5 Comments | Filed in Howtos, Linux

clamtk1We all know that there are a lot of anti virus packages available for windows ,but are you looking for a anti virus for your Ubuntu installation? As I mentioned in my earlier post, Linux is less virus infected but still it is good to have an anti virus with you, which will protect your valuable data. (more…)

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