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Take a closer look at OpenBSD with Tim McIntire. This is a quick and nice introduction to OpenBSD.
FTA, “OpenBSD is quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet. Every step of the development process focuses on building a secure, open, and free platform. UNIX and Linux administrators take note: Without realizing it, [...]
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Recently I received the question via email — “…How do I change user rights under UNIX? I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and my background includes Windows network…”
This is one of the fundamental questions asked by new Linux system administrators. As many of you may already know, both Linux and Windows are multi-user [...]
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Good news for all die hard OpenBSD fans.
From the OpenBSD journal, OpenBSD.nu in a cooperation with NetBSD.se has opened a web based ports frontend. http://ports.openbsd.nu is an easy navigated interface to OpenBSD ports, you can browse ports, search for ports, get rss feeds and add them to your ports tracker to receive email notices [...]
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The mantra is Working smarter, not harder :)
In this article Martin Streicher shows us how to use UNIX shell effectively in order to save the time.
FTA, “Every skilled trade has its secrets — those little tricks, techniques, and tools that make light of even the most complex task. For instance, my neighbor is a master [...]
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Jay Pipes writes about MySQL Connection Management and caching in PHP.
This small tutorial will help you understand the MySQL Connection Management and caching in PHP.
FTA, “This article is intended to highlight various basic topics concerning proper methods of handling connections to MySQL databases in PHP, guidelines for caching dynamic content, and a technique called [...]
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Sometime my R & D result into weird output. You will be not able to access your bash terminal. It will be full of wired character sequences that can lock down your display. These characters will hide what you type or character displayed into strange symbols.
Fixing the display
For example, accidentally you run cat command [...]
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Understanding where and how Unix developed may help you to understand some of the concepts in Linux. After all Linux is UNIX like os.
Unix was originally developed in the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Telephone Laboratories. The first version was developed in 1970. Read this article for more information on UNIX history. From the [...]
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