Month: March 2011

Understanding auto mount in Linux 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

Understanding auto mount in Linux

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

In Linux, the entire system, hardware, files application programs are constructed in a tree like structure, which we call the Linux File System. At the... Read More

How to use Ubuntu App Store? 3 min read

• Ubuntu

How to use Ubuntu App Store?

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

‘App Store’ is one of the words introduced by Apple in the recent history of commercial software applications. The concept basically offers an online store... Read More

What’s New in Ubuntu 10.10? 3 min read

• Ubuntu

What’s New in Ubuntu 10.10?

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

New Desktop Wallpaper This is one of the tricks Ubuntu has been playing on its users for years. Every time when a new version of... Read More

How Does Fedora’s Yum Work? 3 min read

• Fedora

How Does Fedora’s Yum Work?

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

In the world of Linux, there are many systems and tools for managing the package installation process in Linux systems. Although there were only a... Read More

Extreme Configurability with Gentoo Linux 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

Extreme Configurability with Gentoo Linux

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Gentoo is one of the most talked and noted Linux distributions that have been in active development stage for last 6-7 years. Although there are... Read More

BackTrack: A Linux Distribution for Security Testing 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

BackTrack: A Linux Distribution for Security Testing

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Linux is all about options. To be precise, it is all about having options for making choices. Therefore, to cater this philosophy, there are hundreds... Read More

Installing Applications with Debian’s deb Packages 3 min read

• Debian

Installing Applications with Debian’s deb Packages

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Every Linux distribution has its own way of packaging the software. As an example, Red Hat uses rpm packages to install software and Debian based... Read More

Xandros: Helping Windows Users to Migrate to Linux 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

Xandros: Helping Windows Users to Migrate to Linux

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Linux distributions have been developed for many reasons. Some offer the users all general purpose applications while others offering applications for specific purposes. Some distribution... Read More

How to Setup Your Linux Box as a Web Server – A Guide 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

How to Setup Your Linux Box as a Web Server – A Guide

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Running a web server in your Linux box is not a big deal. Most people do get scared when it comes to installing and configuring... Read More

Tools for Backing up a Ubuntu System 3 min read

• Ubuntu

Tools for Backing up a Ubuntu System

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Backing up a computer system is necessary. You will never know when your hard drive decides to crash or a lightning decides to strike. Therefore,... Read More

Introduction to Linux Firewall Distributions 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

Introduction to Linux Firewall Distributions

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

What is a Firewall? Firewall is a system (software/hardware) used for protecting a network against intrusions. Let’s take a simple example. Imagine you working for... Read More

How to extend your disk by adding another without downtime using LVM 7 min read

• Linux & Open Source

How to extend your disk by adding another without downtime using LVM

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

What is Logical volume management (LVM)? As the name implies, LVM is a way of providing management of physical disks in logical manner. Any modern... Read More

How to Develop iPhone Apps in Linux 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

How to Develop iPhone Apps in Linux

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

iPhone is one of the hot topics in the mobile industry these days. To compete with the fame of iPhone, we have Android in the... Read More

How to Make and Run Java Programs in Linux 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

How to Make and Run Java Programs in Linux

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Java is a universal programming language. Java is used for writing simple applications to enterprise scale applications. Since Java can be written once and run... Read More

Linux Kernel Programming: Where to Start 3 min read

• Linux & Open Source

Linux Kernel Programming: Where to Start

Vivek Kumar 15 years ago

Linux kernel is the most fascinating thing for Linux geeks. It is the kernel we call Linux, nothing else. Therefore, everyone wants to know what... Read More