Category Archives: Software

Handle sun’s java with fedora core

go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and download Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u2 (NOT the RPM). $ su – # yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 # cd dir_java_downloaded_to # mv jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin /opt # cd /opt # chmod +x jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ln -s … Continue reading

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Monitoring Disks with S.M.A.R.T

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Rsync server

Installing and running an rsync server Go and find a rsync-package for your distribution. Install it! (what else? 😉 Use these config files as a base: $ vi /etc/rsyncd.conf   uid = nobody gid = nobody use chroot = no read … Continue reading

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Bash Magic

Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear … Continue reading

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