Create Animated GIF in Linux from Command Line | Imagemagick can easily make an animated gif from existing images with a simple command. I’ll show you how! First, install imagemagick: $ sudo apt-get install imagemagick Next, gather all of your .jpg images together in a single folder or directory. If needed, date/name files in a numbered or sequential order. The manor in which they
Visualize Disk Usage in Linux
Visualize Disk Usage in Linux | The Linux Disk Usage Analyzer Baobab provides a visual layout of your files and file system usage. Baobab is part of Gnome in GnomeUtils, so is included in most recent Linux distros. On Debian / Ubuntu, install with: $ sudo apt-get install baobab Baobab provides options to scan a specific directory, your home directory, then
Reset or Change User Password in Linux
Reset or Change User Password in Linux | To set or reset a user password in Linux, use the command passwd Here are some tips! When logged in as your regular account, simply type passwd at the command prompt to change your own password: scott@localhost:~$ passwd Changing password for scott (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password
CentOS 6 netinstall URL
CentOS 6 netinstall URL | The netinstall method has changed for CentOS 6. Use the following URLs to install via the netinstall iso: 32 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/i386/ 64 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/
Coexist – Linux
Coexist – Linux | Below is a first attempt at a Linux coexist image. Check it out and share!
Pixxa VPS Hosting Review
Pixxa VPS Hosting Review | Pixxa is a new and hip VPS provider offering Linux and Windows VPS hosting. I recently was given the opportunity to check Pixxa out and was quite impressed. The scottlinux review is below! Like Slicehost, Linode, GoGrid and others, Pixxa provides click to deploy VPS images with an excellent web interface. Highlights of Pixxa include:
How to Compile your own Kernel in Ubuntu / Debian / Mint
How to Compile your own Kernel in Ubuntu / Debian / Mint | While most persons typically use the Ubuntu kernel-ppa for obtaining alternate or new kernels, you can also roll your own for a specialized VM, an embedded system, or just to geek out. This method is a Debian sort of method in that at the very end you are left with .deb packages you can easily
Install Flash Player 11 in Linux Mint Debian Edition 64bit
Install Flash Player 11 in Linux Mint Debian Edition 64bit | Adobe released Flash Player 11 beta with support for 64bit Linux. Yay! I’ll show you how to install it for Linux Mint Debian Edition 64bit. Edit: This post is now obsolete. Flash 11 for 64bit Linux is included in most distro repositories now, or directly from Adobe. First, remove any existing flash player version you
Shuttleworth Removes Terminal From Ubuntu 12.04
Shuttleworth Removes Terminal From Ubuntu 12.04 | Ubuntu 12.04 shipping without a terminal Mark Shuttleworth announced at the 2011 Ubuntu Developer Summit that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will be the first release to be shipped without a terminal. “Times have changed,” Shuttleworth remarked, adding “who uses a terminal anymore? That is a relic of an older Linux I don’t want users to be
Securely Wipe Hard Drive in Linux
Securely Wipe Hard Drive in Linux | To wipe a hard disk down to zeros, use the dd command. $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M Where /dev/sdX is the drive you want to zero out. Be extremely careful – there is no undo! For example, this zeros out the specific disk “/dev/sdf” on my system: stmiller@brahms:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf bs=1M This
