35 Open Source Apps for Mac Users
Yes, you read that right. No matter what the warlords at Apple may tell you, you can run open source apps even if you are using Mac OS, which itself is closed source….
Some Nifty udev Rules and Examples
Connecting flash drives, hard disks, cameras or mobile phones to your Linux system has never been so easy and manageable, thanks to udev, developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman, Kay Sievers and Dan Stekloff. First…
A Beginner’s Guide to Grep: Basics and Regular Expressions
Grep is one among the system administrator’s “Swiss Army knife” set of tools, and is extremely useful to search for strings and patterns in a group of files, or even sub-folders. This article…
Bandwidth Throttling with NetEM Network Emulation
NetEM (Network Emulation) provides functionality for testing protocols, by emulating the network properties of wide-area networks. This article describes the use of NetEM in benchmarking the performance of a Web application, simulating Internet-like…
GNU Make in Detail for Beginners
Have you ever peeked into the source code of any of the applications you run every day? Ever used make install to install some application? You will see make in most projects. It…
The Art of Illusion: Creating Digital Art the Easy Way, Part-2
In Part 1, we covered what The Art of Illusion is about. We learnt how to create profile curves and tables. Now it’s time to create a wall, add texture to the created…
Data Recovery in Linux, Part-1
In the first part of this series, I will cover how to perform data recovery in Linux, i.e., getting your data back in case you formatted the drive, or lost data due to…
Getting Things Done Using myTinyTodo
This article covers myTinyTodo (MTT), a Getting Things Done (GTD) application. Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen helps individuals manage tasks and remain productive in a stress-free manner. The key principle is…
Timeline Apps: A New Era in Developing Facebook Apps
Dive into the world of social Web development to explore the new features released by the Facebook platform, and the new timeline interface. Here’s a look at how adding a social aspect to…





