How to create your own Linux live CD easy way!

A LiveCD is an operating system along with useful apps stored on a bootable CD-ROM / DVD disk. You can run complete operating system without installation on a hard disk. I often use Knoppix Live CD for troubleshooting, fixing computers and testing new hardware.
This article talks about generating your customized Linux distribution using NimbleX Live [...]

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 [...]

Access Linux partitions (ext2, ext3) from Windows Vista

This is a guide to access your Linux partitions (ext2 or ext3) from your windows Vista, if you are using XP read this.
First Download the FS-Driver from its webpage.
Read the Full Article:
Access Linux partitions (ext2, ext3) from Windows Vista

Howto: Prevent a Linux kernel module from auto loading

In some situation you may want to avoid loading a Linux driver module automatically . For example:
[a] You would like to use proprietary device driver (I’m against any sort of proprietary drivers) and not inbuilt (reverse engineer) kernel driver.
[b] If your server system connected without a diskette / floppy drive; kernel will try to [...]

HowTo Create CD / DVD Database Labels in OpenOffice.Org

If you’re serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross the threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The box full of index cards has served its purpose; it’s time to move on to storing information about your CDs and DVDs in a database.This might seem like more of [...]

Understanding UNIX Multitasks operations and process command

Yet another good article from Martin Streicher , Editor-in-Chief, Linux Magazine that explains UNIX Multitasks (many concepts applies to Linux as well).
From the article:
On UNIX systems, each system and end-user task is contained within a process. The system creates new processes all the time and processes die when a task finishes or something unexpected happens. [...]

Quick Tip: Use remote Linux GUI system, admin tools locally

Technology has changed dramatically in the last decade. OpenSSH is one the best project. It allows you to control remote Linux / UNIX server using command line or GUI tools.
Do you miss GUI configuration server management tools such as Debian network-admin or Redhat/Cent os system-config-* tools/utilities while administrating a Linux server? Do you want [...]

Firefox Extension: Save Page as Image

While we wait for the option to save a web page as a PDF, due by Firefox 3 final release, there is another option for sharing and archiving web pages. Save As Image, is a simple yet useful Firefox extension developed by Rowan Lewis that adds an option to Save Page as Image to the [...]

Open Source Web Designs

This is a really great site from a quick review of it. It offers a number of design tips and techniques and actually provides open source web designs that you can obtain and use, as well as encouraging you to share yours with others.
Open Source Web Design is a site to download free web [...]

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