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May
30
mySQL command line tips
May 30, 2007 | 11 Comments
Running mySQL quries via shell prompt or shell script is quite easy. It can become very handy for script automation such as backups, log audit, system stats, user creations and so on. You can simply embed a mySQL command in your shell prompt or shell script to get things done faster. All […]
May
29
The previous article I wrote was The Ultimate Linux Network Reference Guide for Newbies and many of our readers seem to have liked it. We received many feedbacks on how useful it was specially for the users that are new to the Unix/Linux scene. For this reason, to further spread the knowledge, We’ve put […]
May
17
The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies
May 17, 2007 | 29 Comments
In this article, we’ve put together an ultimate linux reference guide for newbies. The most used and basic commands has been listed in a nicely formatted table which you can print out or bookmark for quick reference. Unfortunately, I was not able to fit it into this blog template so I’ve created a […]
May
15
Being Nice
May 15, 2007 | 6 Comments
Most people don’t even know that running processes at a different priority is an option. Many have never even heard of the nice command. In this article, I will discuss what the nice command can do for your processes.
Every process needs some time on the CPU regardless of its priority. Some get […]
May
14
amazon.com & the dpreview.com acquisition
May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
According to this. DPreview.com has been acquired by Amazon.com. So, my question is how did a camera review website that got started in 1998 get acquired by the largest online retailer. I just happened to be searching for “digital camera review” on Google and dpreview.com was #1 and #2 on the results. Their front page […]
May
11
Great CSS Editors for Linux
May 11, 2007 | 8 Comments
For CSS editing, you basically need a text editor that’ll perform syntax highlighting for a cleaner and more organized look. By default on Linux, there aren’t that many editrors that are CSS friendly. In this article, I’ll list some of the great CSS editors available for Linux and at the bottom for Windows.
Cream […]
May
10
Neat crontab tricks
May 10, 2007 | 7 Comments
There are several special entries, some which are just shortcuts, that you can use instead of specifying the full cron entry. The most useful of these is probably @reboot which allows you to run a command each time the computer gets reboot. You can alert yourself when server is back online after a reboot. Also […]
May
8
The underrated split command
May 8, 2007 | 3 Comments
Many of us deal with large files from time to time such as apache logs and system logs such as wtmp/utmpx file but at times we deal with files that stretch the limits of our tools. File systems today allow files as large as 2 terabyte. While files of this size are rarely […]
May
8
Quick .htaccess File Reference List
May 8, 2007 | 1 Comment
Here’s a quick reference list to configure the .htaccess file.
Turn off magic_quotes_gpc
# Only if you use PHP
<ifmodule mod_php4.c>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
</ifmodule>
Save Bandwidth
# Only if you use PHP
<ifmodule mod_php4.c>
php_value zlib.output_compression 16386
</ifmodule>
The ContentDigest Directive
As the Apache core features documentation says: “This directive enables the generation of Content-MD5 headers as defined in RFC1864 respectively RFC2068. The Content-MD5 header provides an […]
May
7
21 Honey based Remedies
May 7, 2007 | 7 Comments
“And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in the mountains and in the trees and in what they build: Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your Lord submissively. There comes forth from within it a beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for mankind; […]