nixCraft » Linux laptop http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 8 Linux Commands: To Find Out Wireless Network Speed, Signal Strength And Other Informationhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-wireless-network-speed-signal-strength.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-wireless-network-speed-signal-strength.html#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:25:09 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=8968 Linux operating systems comes with various set of tools allowing you to manipulate the Wireless Extensions and monitor wireless networks. This is a list of tools used for wireless network monitoring tools that can be used from your laptop or desktop system to find out network speed, bit rate, signal quality/strength, and much more.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-wireless-network-speed-signal-strength.html/feed 21 Linux: 20 Iptables Examples For New SysAdminshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-examples.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-examples.html#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:29:41 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=8353 Linux comes with a host based firewall called Netfilter. According to the official project site:
netfilter is a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the network stack. A registered callback function is then called back for every packet that traverses the respective hook within the network stack.
This Linux based firewall is controlled by the program called iptables to handles filtering for IPv4, and ip6tables handles filtering for IPv6. I strongly recommend that you first read our quick tutorial that explains how to configure a host-based firewall called Netfilter (iptables) under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Redhat Enterprise Linux. This post list most common iptables solutions required by a new Linux user to secure his or her Linux operating system from intruders. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-examples.html/feed 52 The Novice Guide To Buying A Linux Laptophttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-laptop.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-laptop.html#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 09:19:07 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=6895 All major laptop (notebook) hardware is supported by Linux. The important things to take into account when looking to buy a Linux powered laptops are as follows to avoid any hardware compatibility problems. Selecting correct specification is important. In this first part, I will cover what to look out for when buying a Linux powered laptop. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-laptop.html/feed 173 Top 5 Email Client For Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Usershttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-email-client-for-linux-mac-osx-windows.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-email-client-for-linux-mac-osx-windows.html#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:41:12 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=5590 Linux comes with various GUI based email client to stay in touch with your friends and family, and share information in newsgroups with other users. The following software is similar to Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail and is used by both home and office user.
Webmail interfaces allow users to access their mail with any standard web browser, from any computer, rather than relying on an e-mail client. However, e-mail client remains extremely popular in a large corporate environment, small business, home and power users. An e-mail client (also mail user agent (MUA)) is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail. Mail can be stored on the client, on the server side, or in both places. Standard formats for mailboxes include Maildir and mbox.
The following are top five amazing piece of cross-platform software from various projects to make your life easy with wide variety of plug-ins / add-ons.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-email-client-for-linux-mac-osx-windows.html/feed 122 Google Announces Linux Kernel Based Chrome OShttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/google-chrome-linux-operating-system.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/google-chrome-linux-operating-system.html#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:49:05 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=5342 Google has announced Google Chrome OS, which should be available mid-2010. This is a direct challenge to MS Windows operating systems. This is excellent news and it is going to tied tightly to its Chrome Web browser. Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS - said Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management, in a blog post. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/google-chrome-linux-operating-system.html/feed 41 Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Oncehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:32:56 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4628
MS-Windows 7 started edition can only runs 3 apps at a time. This is worse than MS-DOS limitations. Is Microsoft nuts? You can install Ubuntu and run as many apps you want for the Internet and office work.

]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html/feed 76 Linus Torvalds Switched Back To Gnomehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linus-torvalds-switched-back-to-gnome.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linus-torvalds-switched-back-to-gnome.html#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:54:55 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4367 Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, dislikes the GNOME desktop. There was a big flame war(s) between Linus Torvalds and the GNOME community. At one point he claimed that - "Gnome seems to be developed by interface Nazis and that its developers believe their users are idiots". And guess what? Who made the switch to Gnome? ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linus-torvalds-switched-back-to-gnome.html/feed 48 Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:50:49 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=3586 Linux and other Unix-like operating systems use the term "swap" to describe both the act of moving memory pages between RAM and disk, and the region of a disk the pages are stored on. It is common to use a whole partition of a hard disk for swapping. However, with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast as swap partitions. Now, many admins (both Windows and Linux/UNIX) follow an old rule of thumb that your swap partition should be twice the size of your main system RAM. Let us say I've 32GB RAM, should I set swap space to 64 GB? Is 64 GB of swap space really required? How big should your Linux / UNIX swap space be? ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html/feed 64 Track Stolen Laptop / Mac With Free Open Source Adeona Softwarehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-track-missing-laptop-with-adeona.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-track-missing-laptop-with-adeona.html#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:42:46 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2961 With the growing ubiquity of, and user reliance on, mobile computing devices (laptops, PDAs, smart phones, etc.), loss or theft of a device is increasingly likely, disruptive, and costly. Using Adeona open source software you can track your stolen Mac / PC laptop running Windows or Linux operating system.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-track-missing-laptop-with-adeona.html/feed 1 Download TrueCrypt Open Source Full Disk Encryption Softwarehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-truecrypt-open-source-full-disk-encryption-software.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-truecrypt-open-source-full-disk-encryption-software.html#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:29:34 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2446 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-truecrypt-open-source-full-disk-encryption-software.html/feed 1 Asus Linux EEE PC Free With Broadband Connection and Bank Accounthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/free-asus-linux-eee-pc.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/free-asus-linux-eee-pc.html#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:07:33 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2350 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/free-asus-linux-eee-pc.html/feed 1 Ubuntu Linux Remix For Intel Atom Processorhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ubuntu-linux-remix.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ubuntu-linux-remix.html#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:45:08 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2342 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ubuntu-linux-remix.html/feed 5 XO Laptop: Hello Windows ~ Goodbye Linux :(http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/olpc-windows-xp-linux-laptop.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/olpc-windows-xp-linux-laptop.html#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 14:28:27 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2302 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/olpc-windows-xp-linux-laptop.html/feed 3 HP 2133 Mini-Notebook PC – Full-function Priced Starting Under $500http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/hp-unveils-small-laptop-for-schoolkids-2.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/hp-unveils-small-laptop-for-schoolkids-2.html#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:55:16 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2189 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/hp-unveils-small-laptop-for-schoolkids-2.html/feed 1 Ubuntu Linux Multimedia Installationhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/optimize-fresh-ubuntu-installation.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/optimize-fresh-ubuntu-installation.html#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:14:56 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/optimize-fresh-ubuntu-installation.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/optimize-fresh-ubuntu-installation.html/feed 0 Asus Linux EEE PC – India Launch on 29th January 2008http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/purchase-asus-eee-pc-india.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/purchase-asus-eee-pc-india.html#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:29:15 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/purchase-asus-eee-pc-india.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/purchase-asus-eee-pc-india.html/feed 1 Dell Ubuntu Linux XPS M1330 Laptop Coming to Customers in Spain, UK, France and Germanyhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/dell-ubuntu-linux-xps-m1330-laptop.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/dell-ubuntu-linux-xps-m1330-laptop.html#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:48:45 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/dell-ubuntu-linux-xps-m1330-laptop.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/dell-ubuntu-linux-xps-m1330-laptop.html/feed 0 How to: Install KDE 4 Desktop under Ubuntu Linux 7.10http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:16:08 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-kde-4.html/feed 10 Ubuntu Tweak Software to Change Hidden Desktop Settingshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-ubuntu-tweaking-software.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-ubuntu-tweaking-software.html#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:00:56 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-ubuntu-tweaking-software.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-ubuntu-tweaking-software.html/feed 2 Download of the day: PowerTOP ~ Save and Extend Linux Laptop Batteryhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-powertop-save-extend-linux-laptop-battery.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-powertop-save-extend-linux-laptop-battery.html#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:33:45 +0000 nixCraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-of-the-day-powertop-save-and-extend-linux-laptop-battery.html My Sony VAIO Laptop => My Dell 6400 Laptop => My office [...]]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-powertop-save-extend-linux-laptop-battery.html/feed 3