GNU/Linux
CHMOD recursively
Time to time I come across this problem when I have to move large portions of directories and files from one location to another. Mostly after extracting from tar archives. The directory/file permissions are often messed up depending on the source I copied them or based on the way I copied/archived them. So I used [...]
My new ASUS X51R laptop and Ubuntu 8.04
After giving up my IBM Thinkpad laptop sometime back, I got used to working on Desktops for a while. But it didn't help me a great deal in organizing things when shifting my work from home to office and vice versa. So again I started hunting for a laptop that will fulfill all my needs. [...]
UNIX Cheat Sheet
Here is a comprehensive document that has a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which can be very useful in our day to day work.
UNIX Toolbox
This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users. This is a practical guide with concise explanations, however the [...]
Installing FFMPEG and FFMPEG-PHP on CentOS
Last few weeks couple of my colleagues were working on a website that required converting videos to FLV format which is much similar to what youtube does. Inorder to do this they were using ffmpeg which does all the video conversion. He also used ffmpeg-php which is an extension for PHP that allows to retrieve [...]
babytux digest
The pilot issue of the babytux digest was launched yesterday. It features some great articles by local and international FOSS community. Hats off to the team. Expecting more in the future..
