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After more than a month since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 has been released, CentOS 5.5 has finally been released as the community equivalent to the RHEL5.5. CentOS 5.5 is available for both i386 and x86_64 systems and its packages and features match that of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. This includes new hardware support, run-time memory allocation for KVM guests, EXT4 file-system support, Fibre Channel over Ethernet capabilities, eCryptfs support, and many other new items to assist those... Read Full Story
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If the top command shows the processes currently taking the most CPU time and memory, iftop displays network usage by connection making your hosts’ bandwidth moitoring usage easier. Iftop displays a table of hosts and their bandwidth usage for the past 2, 10 and 40 seconds. Identifying which hosts are causing network congestion is easy using iftop since it displays the pair of hosts responsible for most of the bandwidth on the top of the table. Read Full Story
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Red Hat today released the first public beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6), the next generation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 blurs the lines between virtual, physical, and cloud computing to address shifts taking place in the modern IT environment. Featuring updated core technology, from the kernel to the application infrastructure to the development toolchain, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is designed to meet the needs of the coming generations... Read Full Story
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Ringio launched a new cloud-based service for small and mid-sized businesses. The service integrates web-based CRM and advanced telephony features. Users can accept or redirect incoming calls as they appear on the screen; Ringio then completes the call to the user’s desired 10-digit phone number or sends it to voice mail. If users are not logged into the system, they can still receive calls on the Ringio number; in that case, an audio caller ID gives them the same screening options. Read Full Story
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Mythdora 12.23 which is based on Fedora 12 has been released. MythDora is aimed at DVR enthusiasts and bundles the popular open-source DVR software MythTV with the latest stable Fedora release. It also comes with an updated kernel, the Linux kernel 2.6.32.11-99. Read Full Story
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April
18
Okay, there are many ways to backup your files in Linux and preserve the permissions and structure. But what is the fastest way to create one? The one line linux command below creates a backup of a directory recursively and preserve the file structure:
root@host# tar -pcvzf mytarball.tar.gz myfiles
WHERE: mytarball.tar.gz is the filename of the compressed backup file and myfiles is the directory you want to back up.
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April
17
There are numbers of socket options in smb.conf that can be tuned to enhance/optimize the performance of a Samba server. Socket options are configurable controls on the networking layer of an operating systems that allow the connection to be tuned.
The single configuration line below when added to the global section of your smb.conf can give you up to 200% throughput increase compared to the smb.conf’s default settings.
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY... Read Full Story
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April
17
Toshiba introduces their new pair of external hard drives, the StorE Art 3 series portable USB hard drive with a stylish and modern design.
The stylish 2.5-inch hard drives with internal shock protection sensor and rubber edging for bump resistance will be available in 750GB and 1TB capacities giving users more space for documents, digital photographs, music or videos. The 1TB model is available in black, with the 750GB option available in blue and they will come with NTI... Read Full Story
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Well suited for old computers, TinyMe is a small Linux Operating System based on PCLinuxOS, it replaces KDE with Openbox, a small and faster window manager. TinyMe is aimed at making the computing experience as bloat- and lag-free as possible. Read Full Story
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Whew, after year and a half of being silent online due to pressure from the harsh environments, I am now officially blogging in again. Rest assured that this blog will be updated and more Linux tips and tricks will be posted as I am now focused again on the Operating System that we love to use. Read Full Story
