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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Twit from terminal aka command-line!
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Tuxarena posted an easy to follow guide to allow “twitting” from command-line without the need of any graphical GUI manager.
Now who says you can’t do anything without a graphical desktop manager?
The full article/tutorial here at TuxArena ” How to Post to Twitter from Command-line “
Once you have set it up, try the command below..
twitter.sh SGLNX:Singapore's Local Linux News Matters : http://bit.ly/7LNiua
Firefox 3.5 Now the Most Popular Browser Worldwide
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Install MS office2007 on Ubuntu using PlayOnLinux
Friday, December 18th, 2009From Linux Today
via Install MS office2007 on ubuntu using PlayOnLinux.
Well… If you really really really cannot work on Openoffice..
Look out! Fatal Linux Commands! 13 of them!
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Linux Screw shared a series of lethal linux commands that one should never ever ever ever run on their functional linux system.
The commands listed at Linux Screw, if executed in any terminal, will wipe out the entire hard disk contents.
But in the event you just want to trash your system in fit of rage, just select any of the 13 commands listed in the newsource link above..
Just remember to hit the “enter” key gently..
And if in any way, you regret your actions, TestDisk is always at hand to help.
Digium Asterisk in the News! VOIP good enough for Wall Street!
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Asterisk is an opensource VOIP server system that works using the industrial standard SIP protocol.
It is owned and operated by Digium, a company whom’s main business is selling hardware DSP cards used for Asterisk VOIP servers. It was originally developed to be for use with linux systems and has now evolved to be useable of BSD, OSX and even the Windows platform. Besides the SIP protocol, it also supports H.323 and the MGCP protocols.
Asterisk can work with all IP phones that are compliant with the SIP protocol and besides voice, it is also able to do video over IP. Besides being a VOIP server, it can integrate with existing PBX and is able to handle instant messaging between clients and can be configured to include an IVR system. As a standalone system, it can replace most conventional PBXes in the office environment.
Though Asterisk has gain fame for amateur IP-PBX builders and VOIP hobbyists, it has not gain much recognition as a proper corporate solution. That is about to change. In the US of A, a solutions provider in New York, EUS Networks has launched an Asterisk telephony solution for hedge funds trading houses of Wall Street. It complies with major regulations such as the call control/ recording capabilities as required by various authorities such as the SarBox Act, Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) and the Financial Industrial Regulatory Committee(FINRA).
If the solution can comply with the regulatory bodies and is supported by an establishment with more than 30 years of experience, why not opensource?
SGLNX believes that the biggest fear of using opensource is that there are no support from the product since it was not purchased from a supplier entity and thus no one is able to claim ownership of failures and be responsible for implementing an opensource system. In the case of EUS Networks, with their 30 years of experience, they have had countless successful integration of IP telephony systems in the recent years using Asterisk and is staking the entire company’s future on this opensource system. If they can have the faith to stake the future of their business on opensource, perhaps the solution is worth looking at.
WAMMU & GAMMU to manage Nokia, Erricson, Siemens and other mobile phones
Monday, September 7th, 2009This round, we are going to introduce a little known application that compliments the cellphone.
For all users, this application allows the linux OS to integrate their use of the cellphone with linux.
GAMMU, and it’s GUI version aka WAMMU, allows the linux user to to connect to their cellphones from their linux desktop/laptop to do the following functions:
Wammu
- Backup and synchronize contacts
- Backup and synchronize SMS/MMS
- Backup and synchronize calendar
- Backup and synchronize pictures/files
- Backup and synchronize todo list/notes
- Send out SMS/MMS from desktop to single/multiple recipients
- Make and receive phone calls
Connectivity can be via wired usb/serial connections or via bluetooth connectivity.
More information and supported phone list below:
- Official GAMMU Site
- Official WAMMU Site (GUI Wrapper for GAMMU )
Suggested reading list below
Gammu/Wammu is available on the following platforms
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell
Thursday, August 20th, 2009The kernel is the core of the linux operating system.
Most linux distros come with prebuilt kernel that aims to support as much hardware as possible and kernels are constantly evolving and upgraded with new inclusions to support for latest hardware.
The updated linux kernel sources are kept and maintained by www.kernel.org.
Though most distros include a prebuilt kernel to support most desktops, laptops and servers, there are ways whereby the kernel can be optimized by tuning it only to support the hardware that the linux OS will be installed in. This will increase performance and boot time of the system.
To learn more about configuring and building the kernel, there is a very good book about linux kernels and it is published by O’Reilly. The title of the book is “Linux Kernel in a Nutshell” by author Greg Kroah-Hartman. And in line with the idea of opensource and GPL, the author has made his book to be free for downloading online and has declared it under the Creative Commons license such that anyone can download and redistribute it. For those whom still prefer to hold a physical book in their hands, they can still purchase it from their local bookstores.
To configure and build kernels more easily, SGLNX recommends Kernelcheck, which is an automated script with an easy user interface. “Linux in a Nutshell” can be used to compliment Kernelcheck when configuring and understanding the kernel parameters and options.
Wikipedia’s entry on Kernel(Computing)
Ubuntuforums Kernelcheck HOWTO thread
Kernelcheck’s blog
Testdisk saved my life!
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Accidents do happen!
Especially when you are trying to install multiple partitions or repartitioning the hard disk so as to multiboot several operating systems. To those whom are unfamiliar with partitions and trying to install Ubuntu or Fedora into an existing hard disk containing Windows XP or Vista, a wrong selection and the LiveCD wipes out the entire XP/Vista partition. This leaves the unfortunate user giving up on trying out a new operating system.
For some cases, files are accidentally deleted rather than entire partitions, and once the trash can or recycle bin is emptied, the user loses hope on recovering the files.
Luckily, there is an open source app that can help recover some if not all of the cases above.
TESTDISK is an opensource application that is available on all platforms [ DOS, Linux, OSX, Sun, FreeBSD ].
It is able to :
Recover deleted partitions
Rebuild partition tables
Rewrite Master Boot Record (MBR)
Manipulate various filesystems (FAT/FAT16/NTFS/EXT3/HFS/etc)
If Testdisk is not found on your distro repositories, you can download it here.
It had saved many users from tearing their hair and head apart. SGLNX considers Testdisk a must have for any OS!
Some additional reading on Testdisk:
Step by Step guide from its creators, CGSecurity
How Testdisk saved this guy’s marriage
Another testament of how “Testdisk saved my life” from Overclockers.com.au
