As part of the contest that was conducted a while back, I got around 200 responses from the geeky readers who choose their favorite Linux distributions. Based on this data, the top spot in the best Linux distribution list goes to… Ubuntu My personal favorite was Ubuntu for desktop (#1 in this list) and Red [...]
Ramesh Natarajan
Nagios is one of the best open source server and network monitoring solutions available. Using the flexible nagios framework, you can monitor pretty much anything (including database and custom application). This article, using 4 simple steps, explains how to setup contact definitions who will get notification when a host or service has any issues. [...]
If you own a Linksys Wireless router, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade the firmware to a latest version, which may resolve lot of bugs including random dropping of wireless connections. This article explains how to upgrade to the latest firmware on your Linksys wireless router. Also, make sure you’ve secured your wireless [...]
On some of the Linux distribution SELinux is enabled by default, which may cause some unwanted issues, if you don’t understand how SELinux works and the fundamental details on how to configure it. I strongly recommend that you understand SELinux and implement it on your environment. But, until you understand the implementation details of SELinux [...]
Photo courtesy of sean dreilinger I’m happy to announce the winners of the 3 books giveaway contest. that was conducted on behalf of 1st Birthday of the blog. Following three winners are randomly selected and will receive the corresponding PDF version of the book. Hacking Vim Book Winner: Pedro Parra (comment#37) Lighttpd Book Winner: [...]
On the 1st Birthday of the blog, I would like to sincerely appreciate all the support provided by you to keep this blog going. Exactly a year ago on this day (May 27th, 2008), I posted my first article 5 Basic Linux SSH Commands on the blog. Now the blog has over 120 high [...]
Starting up and shutting down the oracle listener is a routine task for a database administrator. However a Linux system administrator or programmer may end-up doing some basic DBA operations on development database. It is critical for non-DBAs to understand the basic database admin activities. In this article, let us review how to start, stop, [...]
I’m happy to announce book giveaway contest, where you can win PDF version of one of 3 books mentioned below. All you have to do is leave a comment and let us know your favorite Linux distribution and why you like it. The winners will be announced on May 27th (the first birthday of this [...]