Category: Linux

Junior Hackers Unite!

The Stamford Innovation Center has a new Meetup on Tuesday nights 6-8pm called “Junior Hacker Night” directed to children 5-15 years old. Bring a laptop and watch the children program right in front of you. Windows, MAC or Linux laptops welcome, the application they use is available on all platforms: Scratch. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group… Read more →

15 Things I Did After Installing New Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot | Tech Drive-in

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is scheduled to arrive on Oct 13, 2011. A lot of things have changed with Ubuntu in the mean time. This Ubuntu 11.10 screenshot tour will give you a quick preview of important changes in the upcoming Ubuntu Oneiric release. I have been using Ubuntu 11.10 as my netbook’s primary OS ever since the second alpha… Read more →

20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know

Posted By Vivek Gite On June 27, 2009 @ 2:26 am In CentOS, Debian Linux, FreeBSD, Linux, Linux Scalability, Monitoring, Networking, RedHat/Fedora Linux, Security, Storage, Sys admin, Troubleshooting, Tuning, UNIX, fedora linux | Original [1] Need to monitor Linux server performance? Try these built-in command and a few add-on tools. Most Linux distributions are equipped with tons of monitoring. These… Read more →

WordPress Training and Information Links

Below are just a few of the resources, outside of WordPress.org, that I use to maintain my 20+ WordPress web sites. Simple widgets. Widgets 101. http://wpbits.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/simple-widgets-widgets-101/ WordPress Plugin/ Template list http://mashable.com/2007/08/16/wordpress-god300-tools-for-running-your-wordpress-blog/ Top 10 Tricks to Master Your WordPress Blog Empire! http://top10tricks.com/report/wordpress-setup/ How to Easily Manage Multiple WordPress Sites With One Database and One Code Base http://sitening.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/ WordPress MU, or multi-user,… Read more →

Life with SmoothWall

Well it has been 6 months since I installed the SmoothWall Firewall and I must say it is one of the best linux installations i have ever used. Simple to modify, easy to restore (I will get into that shortly), rock steady and reliable. It all started back in January of 2008, I was having trouble with my Linksys firewall… Read more →