This is the second of a three part series on how to use different applications to monitor some system functions. I’ve already discussed how to use GKrellm, and in this article I will discuss Superkaramba. Superkaramba is a ‘widget’ application that supports the display of various small applications on your desktop. The vast majority of […]
I recently posted an entry calling for ideas on what readers would like to know. I received several requests and am now starting to work my way through them. First off, I’m going to answer Kevin Humphrey’s request on how to monitor things like hardware temperature and fan speeds.
There are three applications that I’ve used […]
I’ve been spending some time kicking around the other b5 Media blogs and have come to a conclusion. This place needs more fun!
Now that I’m a couple of months into New Linux User, I have the luxury of sitting back and taking a look at how things are turning out compared to my mastah plan. […]
Just a quick note: I stumbled across a link to Wikipedia’s List of Open-Source software on Lifehacker today.
It’s really a BIG list and will only become bigger as the community adds to it.
While not specifically GNU/Linux related, this is probably still quite useful. For instance - did you know there are 11 accounting packages and […]
I had a great chat this morning with Robin “Roblimo” Miller, the editor in chief of the Open Source Technology Group, this morning. You may remember Robin from such books as Point & Click Linux and The Online Rules of Successful Companies.
We teed up primarily to talk about Robin’s new book, Point & Click OpenOffice.org, […]
I use Flickr reasonably heavily as a blogging tool. It’s a great place to store pictures for use on other sites, and it offers a lot of useful services like multiple image sizes. Oh, and the basic account (which has worked just fine for me so far) is free.
There are a lot of […]
Sometimes you need or want to execute a command as another user. While the standard su command works well for ‘becoming’ another user, sudo offers the ability to do things as another user without that user’s password.
The system admin (that’s you!) can set sudo up to allow specific users to run specific applications. I’m not […]
Here we are at 81 posts. That’s 81 posts that pretty much came off the top of my head dealing with all the stupid little things that stopped me dead when I moved over to GNU/Linux.
It was always my intent to get the basic building blocks in place (understanding the file system, file permissions, untarring […]
I know this sounds like a stupid topic, but I use it all the time. The problem isn’t so much remembering which account you used to log into your box, but remembering which account you may have su’d to. As well, if you haven’t customized your command prompt at all, then it’s likely that you […]
While I had absolutely nothing to do with the events that led up today being Remembrance Day, I am a retired member of the Canadian Forces.
This day has great meaning to me.
Please take the time to thank a Veteran today.
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