http://blog.sikor.net it, linux, hardware, mysql, python, webdesign Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:08:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en via linux-mag.com If you have to perform a lot of Linux installs, there’s a fast and easy way to do so quickly and efficiently without having to babysit the installation process each time. By making use of Kickstart, you can save time and effort by setting up a Kickstart server ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/12/14/complete-kickstart-how-to-save-time-installing-linux/ via ibm.com Cluster means different things to different people. In the context of this article, cluster is best defined as scale-out -- scale-out clusters generally have a lot of the same type of components like Web farms, render farms, and high performance computing (HPC) systems. Administrators will tell you that with ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/12/07/httpwwwibmcomdeveloperworkslinuxlibraryl-11sysadtipsindexhtmlcadgr-lnxw07lazylinux11/ via arstechnica.com Programming language tutorials either appeal or do not appeal based on any number of personal factors. Some developers prefer simple lessons that move learning forward in stages. Others like the facts to be laid out in familiar terms with a minimum of hand-holding. Each of the following sites presents ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/12/03/getting-a-grip-on-python-six-ways-to-learn-online/ via junauza.com If you are new to Linux, chances are you will meet a stupid person perhaps in a forum or chat room that can trick you into using commands that will harm your files or even your entire operating system. To avoid this dangerous scenario from happening, I have here a ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/11/21/the-7-deadly-linux-commands/ via tldp.org This document is intended to help Linux and Internet users who are learning by doing. While this is a great way to acquire specific skills, sometimes it leaves peculiar gaps in one's knowledge of the basics — gaps which can make it hard to think creatively or troubleshoot effectively, ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/11/09/the-unix-and-internet-fundamentals-howto/ A script to take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. Features - Backup mutiple databases - Single backup file or to a seperate file for each DB - Compress backup files - Backup remote servers - E-mail logs. more ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/11/08/mysql-databases-backup-using-mysqldump/ via debian.net Particularly for hard disks, the tool in charge is smartctl from the package smartmontools. IDE disks (if they’re not of the age of dinosaurs) have an integrated self-testing tool called SMART which means “Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology”. Modern SCSI disks have it too if they’re SCSI 3 or ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/11/08/smartmontools-control-the-health-of-your-hard-disk/ via techradar.com There's a good chance the most powerful chip inside your PC, in raw computational terms, is on your graphics card. So, how did graphics get so powerful, what are graphics cards good for right now and how on earth do you choose from the baffling array of 3D chipsets ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/10/01/the-ultimate-guide-to-graphics-card/ via makeuseof.com If you work on Linux you’ll know that the command line is the way to go (in some cases at least). If you are in GUI mode than you can access the command line via the Terminal. Here are some applications/utilities that will transform your command line experience. more ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/09/18/5-cool-apps-to-make-the-linux-terminal-more-productive/ via techradar.com As with every other component, motherboards have come a long way from the original IBM PC of 1981. If you're old enough to remember the first De Lorean DMC-12, perhaps the original PC XT mobo still casts some dark shadow over your memory? At the time there were certainly ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/09/15/the-ultimate-guide-to-motherboards/ via techrepublic.com Networking is a must-have on all levels of computing. Be it home or corporate, networking is the one aspect of computing that is, without a shadow of a doubt, a deal breaker. And with some help, the Linux operating system can be the king of networking, in both ease ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/08/16/10-quick-tips-to-make-linux-networking-easier/ via smashingapps.com Today, we are listing here 19 Most Essential and useful open source applications that you probably want to know to use in your daily life. Most of them are top of the list projects that have an open source industry leading popularity and many of them are not listed ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/08/13/19-most-essential-open-source-applications-that-you-probably-want-to-know/ via linux.com A good way to see how your Web applications and server will behave under high load is by testing them with a simulated load. We tested several free software tools that do such testing to see which work best for what kinds of sites. If you leave out the ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/08/13/using-free-software-for-http-load-testing/ via linuxjournal.com This article is from a new book published by No Starch Press: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks: A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook by Rickford Grant. This excerpt covers using your iPod with Ubuntu and it is full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers. Reprinted with permission from No Starch Press, ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/08/09/ubuntu-and-your-ipod/ via ibm.com When it comes to file systems, Linux® is the Swiss Army knife of operating systems. Linux supports a large number of file systems, from journaling to clustering to cryptographic. Linux is a wonderful platform for using standard and more exotic file systems and also for developing file systems. This ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-the-linux-file-system/ The OpenBIOS project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/28/openbios/ via linuxhaxor.net There are quite a few applications in linux that has the ability to download torrent from the terminal. rtorrent is perhaps the easiest to use and widely configurable out of all of them. To kick off with downloading any torrent file, you simply have to provide the link location ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/28/downloading-torrent-from-the-terminal/ via linuxjournal.com Back in the good old days, there was an operating system that didn't seem to think NAME and name were different. The result was that sometimes when you transfered files from a floppy disk (remember them?) created on that Dumb Old System, you would clutter your directory with ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/28/convert-filenames-to-lowercase/ via ibm.com This article describes how to build a Local Area Network (LAN) consisting of two or more computers running the Red Hat Linux operating system. The article begins with the basics: an overview of the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol) suite, and an explanation of assigning IP addresses in a ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/23/setting-up-a-local-area-network/ via ibm.com Learn these 10 tricks and you'll be the most powerful Linux® systems administrator in the universe...well, maybe not the universe, but you will need these tips to play in the big leagues. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you ... http://blog.sikor.net/2008/07/23/lazy-linux-10-essential-tricks-for-admins/