‘System administration command. This simple backup utility accesses ext2 and ext3 file devices directly, quickly backing up files without affecting file access times. files may be specified as a mount point or as a list of files and directories to … Continue reading →

‘Last year Vector Linux came in four flavors. The list has now been expanded to seven different variations on the distribution: Standard, Deluxe, SOHO, Live, Light, Mini, and Light Live. SOHO, with KDE as the default desktop and all the … Continue reading →

‘A few weeks ago a new version of RSSTail came out. After reading the RSSTail page I found out that you can use RSSTail as a plugin to a fantastic application called multitaill. That is when I realized that multitail … Continue reading →

Run Levels in a Nutshell Filed under: Quick Linux Tutorials — TheLinuxBlog.com at 9:03 am on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Run levels in Linux are a great thing. Basically, a run level is by definition a configuration for a group … Continue reading →

“This is a small distribution designed for i386, derived from SuSE 6.4. The base version contains only that needed to run Linux. The package is small and requires approx 7MB. The purpose of this TinyLinux is to have a small … Continue reading →

“You got a new hard drive and attach it to your laptop/desktop but before you can use it, you need to partition and format the hard drive. This can be done with a series of easy steps. This is a … Continue reading →

“The Linux Standard Base, or LSB, is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation (merger of the Free Standards Group and the Open Source Development Labs) to standardize the software system structure, … Continue reading →

“A Linux distribution (also called GNU/Linux distribution by some vendors and users) is a member of the family of Unix-like software distributions built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions (often called distros for short) consist of a large … Continue reading →

“Some concern has arisen about the suitability of object-oriented classes in LGPL’d software being inherited by non-(L)GPL code. Generally, these concerns are unfounded, and clarification is given on the official GNU website: The LGPL contains no special provisions for inheritance, … Continue reading →

“The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that the latter can be linked to (in the case of a library, ‘used by’) a non-(L)GPLed program, regardless of whether it is free software or proprietary software.[1] This non-(L)GPLed … Continue reading →