The kernel is the one that makes your computer work. It makes you get things done. Your tasks could be printing out that report due in ten minutes or sending email when your client demands your reply. The kernel would be the key to the efficient use of your computer’s resources.
Sometimes you […]
I’ve been wondering why my friends told me to use the ext3 filesystem when I installed Linux. At the time, I didn’t really understand. Why should I choose ext3? And why should you?
ext3 is stable
ext3 is sufficient for most desktop computing needs
ext3 is well-supported
I think that by default, most installaions of distributions […]
No need to hate building apps from the source tarball! Mitch Meyran’s article on How to love free software in 3 steps is really good read.
Compiling a kernel or an app that you need might feel daunting but he does give helpful hints:
Read the manual.
Check out the compile options carefully.
Don’t forget to create backups!
Keep […]
For those who are using Linux, new users are getting accustomed with the terms and it might not be easy to remember all the time. Take for example the term repository.
Repositories are where users could get packages of software they want to install. Hmmm. Maybe one could say it’s a place of installers — […]
Customizing the desktop is one of the fun things you could do. I usually make sure that mine has a nice inspirational background image or something cute to brighten up my day. Aside from that, I also set the number of workspaces I have to what is relevant for me. (If […]
For someone new to Linux, hearing tales of people compiling apps is scary. “WHOA! Command line. Text-only interface. Ack! Ack! Ack!” There were only two instances thus far that made me compile a custom kernel. One time I had to compile a custom kernel so that sleep will work on my laptop. […]
I am not quite sure yet how LDAP really works, but I am sure that all sys admins out there have an idea. In any case, I am currently logged on to one of the desktops in the office and it’s because of LDAP that I can log in here and do my work. […]
Sometimes we need to control the version of the files we’re working with. It could be because of work, but there are times we just need to because of a personal project. In any case, there’s a need for a system that would help us for that kind of task. For this […]
Considering that my mom and sister were mainly Windows users and I’ve had a similar experience with my former co-workers, I’d share a list of some of essentials. These things might actually be installed already (depending on the distro you are using). You might look for them in the dvd installer or cd […]
Sometimes you want to read online novels or fanfiction and it’s quite annoying to save the pages one by one, especially when there’s a lot. Thankfully though, there’s wget which would fetch the files for you. ;) Recently, I got hooked on to a Korean tv series which happens to be based on a […]
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