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23 December 2009 1 Comment

Check Disk Space Usage on Ubuntu

Check Disk Space Usage on Ubuntu

Here is the different types you can check your disk space in your ubuntu system

21 December 2009 0 Comments

svn: Can’t convert string from ‘UTF-8′ to native encoding:

svn: Can’t convert string from ‘UTF-8′ to native encoding:

Filenames containing "special characters" can cause an annoying Subversion error message: svn: Can’t convert string from ‘UTF-8′ to native encoding: From the subversion book: Errors like this typically occur when the Subversion client has received a UTF-8 string from the repository, but not all of the characters in that string can be represented using the [...]

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20 December 2009 0 Comments

Ubuntu for Security Professionals

Ubuntu for Security Professionals

Protech One is a new security and pen testing linux distribution based off Ubuntu/Debian. Recently I have downloaded the Protech One .iso from their home site http://techm4sters.org/ to take a peek into the distribution. Well I don’t dislike it, booting from the live CD was easy and seems like it is pretty lightweight. The desktop [...]

20 December 2009 0 Comments

How to Install Damn Small Linux On a USB

This how to explains a step by step procedure to install Damn Small Linux (DSL) onto a memory stick (USB Card, "Thumb" or "Pen" drive) in Microsoft DOS or FreeDOS.

19 December 2009 0 Comments

How To Find Commands To Run Applications In Ubuntu Linux

How To Find Commands To Run Applications In Ubuntu Linux

Whenever you install any particular application in Ubuntu it’s launcher is placed in the appropriate category like Applications, Accessories, Places, or System. But if you are unable to locate any installed application there, then the best way to launch it is through the Run Application Dialogue box. You may open the Run Application dialogue box [...]

19 December 2009 0 Comments

Reinstall Your Currently Installed Packages After A Fresh Ubuntu Install

Reinstall Your Currently Installed Packages After A Fresh Ubuntu Install

You might need to reinstall a fresh copy of Ubuntu due to many reasons, but guess whats the most hectic thing after a fresh operating system reinstall? It is to install all of the software packages again. Let me share an easy way to install these packages again quickly, in case you need to fresh [...]

19 December 2009 0 Comments

Download YouTube Videos From Command Line Unix

Download YouTube Videos From Command Line Unix

UTube Ripper offers a graphical interface for downloading and converting the YouTube videos in Linux. But in many scenarios you also need to download some YouTube videos from command line.

19 December 2009 1 Comment

How To Get Line Number Count In Vim Editor

How To Get Line Number Count In Vim Editor

In order to make this setting active, we will need to make some small change in the configuration file of the Vim editor. You can find the configuration of Vim in the /etc/vimdirectory with the name vimrc. Open this file by running the following command in the terminal: sudo gedit /etc/vim/vimrc Once the file is [...]

19 December 2009 0 Comments

Using Unix Commands in Windows

Using Unix Commands in Windows

If you work with Windows and Linux/Unix, you need to rush out and get MobaXTerm, a free (but not open source) tool. It takes the GNU/Cygwin collection of command line Unix/Linux tools and puts them in a single Windows executable. Think of it as DOS on super steroids.