ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization, which has defined the format for a disk image. In simple terms iso file is a disk image. ISO files are typically used to distribute the operating system. Most of the linux operating system that you download will be on ISO format. If you have downloaded [...]
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Imagine the situation where you are working on a huge project and the project manager uses Windows and created a project document using Microsoft word 2007 document and send it to the whole team including you. You can call the project manager and ask him to convert it to txt or pdft and send it [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Renaming a single file is very simple task for Linux user. But renaming multiple files in group may not be a straight forward task. In this article, let us review 3 different methods to rename multiple files together. Method 1. Use Rename Linux Command Using rename command you can rename group of files. The syntax [...]
Question: How do I fix “Error: no suitable installation target found for package” error message that I received when installing a perl module using ppm install? Answer: When we are behind firewall, we would opt for ‘ppm through local repository’ to install perl modules, which is the very easiest way. When installing perl module using [...]
An experienced Linux sysadmin knows the importance of running the routine maintenance jobs in the background automatically. Linux Cron utility is an effective way to schedule a routine background job at a specific time and/or day on an on-going basis. This article is part of the on-going Productivity Tips For Geeks series. In this article, [...]
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 [...]