by Balakrishnan Mariyappan
on November 9, 2010
modprobe utility is used to add loadable modules to the Linux kernel. You can also view and remove modules using modprobe command.
Linux maintains /lib/modules/$(uname-r) directory for modules and its configuration files (except /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.d).
In Linux kernel 2.6, the .ko modules are used instead of .o files since that has additional information that the kernel uses to load the modules. The example in this article are done with using modprobe on Ubuntu.
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by Ramesh Natarajan
on November 8, 2010
This article provides practical examples for 50 most frequently used commands in Linux / UNIX.
This is not a comprehensive list by any means, but this should give you a jumpstart on some of the common Linux commands. Bookmark this article for your future reference.
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by Sasikala
on November 2, 2010
When an application is deployed, mostly only the binary files are packaged. It would be helpful for the developers (who wrote the original program) and for the users to search for a some ASCII text in the binary file to understand more about the executable.
So, the question is — “How do we search and display printable text strings from a binary file?”.
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by Ramesh Natarajan
on November 1, 2010
If you are like most people, you would love to develop good habits that stick with you for your life time.
For example, reduce the time you watch TV, run (or exercise) every day, spend enough time with your kids, eat healthy food, learn something new in Linux every day, read books regularly, etc.
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by Balakrishnan Mariyappan
on October 28, 2010
Ethtool utility is used to view and change the ethernet device parameters.
1. List Ethernet Device Properties
When you execute ethtool command with a device name, it displays the following information about the ethernet device.
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by Ramesh Natarajan
on October 27, 2010
These are the best selling point and shoot digital cameras. If you are getting ready to buy a gift for your family members for the holiday season, you might want to consider these easy to use point and shoot digital cameras. All these are 10 mega pixels or above with image stabilization.
Did we miss your favorite point and shoot digital camera in this list? Please leave a comment and let us know.
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by Balakrishnan Mariyappan
on October 26, 2010
During system bootup process, kernel gets loaded into the memory and it controls the entire system.
When the system boots up, it prints number of messages on the screen that displays information about the hardware devices that the kernel detects during boot process.
These messages are available in kernel ring buffer and whenever the new message comes the old message gets overwritten. You could see all those messages after the system bootup using the dmesg command.
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by Sasikala
on October 25, 2010
bzip2 command is used for compression and decompression of files. The main advantage of bzip2 is the best compression size. bzip2 vs gzip: bzip2 will compress better than gzip. Speed of bzip2 is somewhat slower than gzip and zip. bzip2 provides high rate of compression with reasonable speed.
There are several Linux bz commands available to manipulate the bzip2 files. This article explains various bz commands with 6 practical examples.
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