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MailX - Mail Facility via Terminal 2007-11-13 09:24:00 One linux command available from most linux distro is mailx. In general, mailx is a simnple command line mail sending and receiving facility. Mailx tool, when invoked with correct CLI parameter, is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Time zone values interpretation 2007-11-13 08:38:00 Time zone values of a distro are related to system hardware clock. The linux file is also responsible for the interpretation of time zone values, which is by default located at /etc/sysconfig/clock.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Retrieving Linux Standard Base and Distro Information 2007-11-13 07:29:00 Here's a quick tip on how to verify and confirm your current Linux Standard Base (LSB) and Distribution Information from command line using lsb_release linux binary command. Issuing lsb_release from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Fedora Firstboot 2007-11-13 00:50:00 Anybody wondering what is firstboot and why it is being enabled on the very first installation of Fedora OS? Generally, firstboot is another daemon service offered by Fedora. Firstboot is an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Dear Linux SysAd Blog Readers 2007-09-25 05:15:00 Dear Linux SysAd Blog Readers, To all my subscribers and readers, I do appreciate all your time reading my feeds from time to time. Thank you for all the comments, shouts, and emails that I have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Proactive monitoring from linux terminal 2007-09-25 04:07:00 As I was watching several google search keywords being used by most site visitors around this linux blog, I noticed several search keywords that led most users into this site One of the recent... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

deleting new lines and return line from text file 2007-09-25 02:33:00 How to delete new lines and return key characters from text file? How to delete backspace and formfeed characters from text file? How to delete horizontal tab and vertical tab character from text... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Google chat setup using PSI howto 2007-09-22 06:24:00 Related to my previous entry here, here's another blog entry on configuring your Google mail account to do Google Talk/Chat with your friends without having logging into your GMail (Google Mail)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... Google

PSI messenger - a truly promising open messaging application 2007-09-22 05:32:00 In the Open Source world, linux gives us more freedom and alternatives on achieving things from simple to complex technical server and dsektop issues. Linux applications does not confine us into one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Google chat setup using GAIM Pidgin howto 2007-09-22 03:56:00 As per request, here's an entry that shows how to setup your Pidgin GAIM to use your Google Talk or GMail account. Pidgin man: Pidgin is a graphical modular messaging client based on libpurple which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... Google

Linux command line shell variables defined 2007-09-21 18:36:00 Reading daily doze of linux commands makes our memory to remember their command usage and command scopes. Doze of commands refreshes part of our linux brain to easily apply simple but useful linux... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

ls - displaying directory contents in many ways 2007-09-21 16:45:00 Here goes another tutorial that would uncover samples of using the most commonly used linux command using the command line terminal. This linux blog entry covers the tutorial of using one of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Control of alternative linux executables 2007-09-20 13:27:00 Here are simple tips on controlling which executables would be executed by your linux box when issued from command line terminal. There are several ways to specify and control which binary... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Searching using whereis linux command 2007-09-20 12:50:00 Now, another simple linux command for locating binary, source and manual pages using whereis. From recent linux 'which' blog entry, here is another way to find and locate the location and full path... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Witchy which linux command 2007-09-20 12:09:00 Here's a simple linux command the give you the full path of of linux binary or executable command. Which definition: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Which Linux command shows the full path of any binary or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...