Spicing up the Console for Fun and Profit, Part 2
In the previous part of this article, we manipulated various aspects of the shell and terminals, like prompts, colours, cursor movements, etc, using escape sequences and utilities like tput. Now let’s move to…
nexenta: Bringing Enterprise Storage to the Open Source World
This article discusses some of the challenges and technologies related to data storage, and introduces the Nexenta Core Platform, which is an OS based on OpenSolaris. Storage is arguably the most overlooked component…
Cyber Attacks Explained: DoS and DDoS
With this article, we begin a new series on the major kinds of cyber attacks that weaken the IT security infrastructure within organisations. With the rapid spread of Internet technologies and applications, the…
Reflections — Open Source India 2010 CXO Summit
Gone are the days when Open Source Solutions were considered the play-tools of geeks. Over time, open source tools and technologies have emerged as powerful, scalable, flexible, and most importantly, economical alternatives to…
Taming Beamer
This article introduces LaTeX and the Beamer extension class, which is ideal for creating professional-quality documents and presentations. The OpenOffice.org suite, and even the new arrival, LibreOffice, are not mature enough as truly…
Exploring Software: GNOME and the Semantic Desktop
Currently, this is a work in progress. So will it mature fast enough and meet user expectations? The state of the semantic desktop in the GNOME desktop environment is still very fluid. Two…
Kerala State Electricity Board Saves a Whopping Rs 8 Crore, Using FOSS
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) switched to open source solutions only a few years back, and now, not only manages the accounting and billing information of users across Kerala, but has made impressive…
VMWare Player, VirtualBox, KVM: Finding Virtualisation Software that Fits
This article is intended to guide users in choosing the best virtualisation solution for themselves. According to Wikipedia: “Virtualisation, in computing, is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something,…
Recover Deleted Files in Linux
Have you accidentally deleted an important file because you have the habit of using Shift+Del instead of only Del? Well, don’t panic. I had this very problem some time ago, and found some…
Spicing up the Console for Fun and Profit, Part 1
Command-line terminals and the shell have been an integral part of all *NIX systems from the beginning. The shell is the universal interface between a *NIX system and its users, and the terminal…
May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
JKR — More efficient? Probably. More readable? Definitely not.
May 21, 2013
Prashanth Joshi — The author assumes that the first article being introductory in nature is for the beginners. So there is no question...
