Linux: Find out how many file descriptors are being used

While administrating a box, you may wanted to find out what a processes is doing and find out how many file descriptors (fd) are being used. You will surprised to find out that process does open all sort of files:
=> Actual log file
=> /dev files
=> UNIX Sockets
=> Network sockets
=> Library files /lib /lib64
=> Executables and [...]

Quick tip: Tell what hardware is connected via USB to my Linux desktop

USB devices are quite common these days. I’ve digital cam, Pen drive, external hard disk, mouse and other stuff. So how do I tell what hardware is connected via USB to my Linux desktop?
lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. To make use [...]

Identify Which Service or Driver Failed During System Startup

I often see this error message “At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer to examine the event log for details” in Windows NT and 2000 when I was working in a computer learning center where Windows 2000 Server are frequently being installed for students to use.
This usually happens [...]
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How To Identify Fonts Being Used In Images

Have you ever encountered problems in identifying what fonts is being used in an image? Of course fonts being used in popular movie banners can be found easily because you have the keyword but what if you found a free template and the font is not included? You either recreate the buttons with your own [...]

Identify Loaded SVCHOST.EXE in Windows Task List

Many times I’ve been asked what is svchost or svchost.exe that’s loaded in Windows?
Svchost as the name implies stands for “Service Host“. Many of components of the Windows operating system are implemented as what are called “services“, a fancy name for programs that run in the background and aren’t necessarily associated with whomever is logged [...]