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- Customize the Joe text editor
- The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file to create keybindings and map your favorite commands. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: Text Editor, Command, Joe, Vincent Danen, Keystroke, Ctrl, F-keys, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Customize the Joe text editor
- The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file to create keybindings and map your favorite commands.
- Tags: Text Editor, Vincent Danen, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2008-08-05
- Install extra packages on the ASUS Eee PC
- Installing extra packages on the Asus Eee PC is possible if you want more software than the average user. Vincent Danen explains how to set up Xandros repositories to make it easier to add packages.
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Vincent Danen, Desktops, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-08-04
- Install extra packages on the ASUS Eee PC
- Installing extra packages on the Asus Eee PC is possible if you want more software than the average user. Vincent Danen explains how to set up Xandros repositories to make it easier to add packages. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Xandros, Vincent Danen, Pin-Priority, Tools & Techniques, Linux, Desktops, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that works exceptionally well. It can be installed to the built-in SSD or onto an external SD card. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: ASUS, Card, PC, SD Card, built-In, Mandriva, Xandros, Eee PC, SDHC, BIOS, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, Linux, Open Source, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Download resources 2008-07-15
- ASUS Eee PC is a good option for a lightweight laptop
- The Asus Eee PC 900 is a great out-of-the-box Linux laptop for new users. With the default Xandros install, everything just works. The boot speeds are amazing, and suspend/resume works great. Future versions of the Eee PC promise to be even more powerful while retaining the same form-factor. by Vincent...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Xandros, Laptop Computer, ASUS Eee PC, Asus Eee PC 900, Boot Speed, Linux, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- GUI scripting with Zenity
- Zenity is a tool that allows you to create GUI prompts for shell scripts. Similar to the dialog tool, which creates nice "graphical" text interfaces for the CLI, Zenity creates GUI widgets and windows that can be used in a shell script.
- Tags: Shell Script, GUI, Vincent Danen, Zenity
- Download resources 2008-07-08
- GUI scripting with Zenity
- Vincent Danen introduces you to Zenity, a tool that allows you to create GUI prompts for shell scripts. Zenity creates GUI widgets and windows that can be used in a shell script. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: Shell Script, Window, GUI, Zenity, Vincent Danen, Construction
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system
- Programs like Sendmail or Postfix work great for multi-user systems or servers, but this setup may be more complex than you need for a single-user desktop system. Vincent Danen introduces you to eSMTP, which is a more lightweight mail solution, but that also allows per-user configuration files, making it useful...
- Tags: Vincent Danen, Desktops, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-07-01
- Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system
- Vincent Danen introduces you to eSMTP, a lightweight mail "server" solution that also allows per-user configuration files, making it useful even for multi-user systems. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: Password, Sendmail Inc., eSMTP, Vincent Danen, Configuration File, Linux, Servers, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories
- With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them access to SFTP services. Vincent Danen tells you how to take advantage of this new addition to OpenSSH. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: SFTP, OpenSSH, Home Directory, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories
- With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them access to SFTP services. Vincent Danen tells you how to take advantage of this new addition to OpenSSH.
- Tags: OpenSSH, Vincent Danen
- Download resources 2008-06-24
- Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories
- Vincent Danen introduces the Fuse Project, a way to edit files remotely with plugins like sshfs, which transparently makes an SFTP connection to a remote system seem like nothing more than a local file directory. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: Directory, File System, SSH, File, Plug-in, SFTP, FUSE, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories
- The FUSE project has made editing remote files convenient by allowing local-filesystem-like access to remote files. With plugins like sshfs, which transparently makes an SFTP connection to a remote system seem like nothing more than a local directory, convenience and privacy are both available. Vincent Danen gets you started with...
- Tags: Directory, SSH, Vincent Danen
- Download resources 2008-06-17
- Realize the flexibility of OpenSSH
- OpenSSH is one of the most useful tools available. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely, transfer files securely (using scp, sftp, or even rsync over ssh), execute single commands on remote systems, secure normally insecure services, and much more. Most people make use of...
- Tags: Remote System, SSH, OpenSSH, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Realize the flexibility of OpenSSH
- Vincent Danen explains the flexibility and power of OpenSSH. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely; transfer files securely (using scp, sftp, or even rsync over ssh); execute single commands on remote systems; secure normally insecure services; and much more.
- Tags: OpenSSH, Vincent Danen
- Download resources 2008-06-10
- Delegate privileges to users with sudo
- Vincent Danen offers a quick primer about the popular sudo program and shows you how to use it to delegate different privileges to users.
- Tags: Privilege, Vincent Danen
- Download resources 2008-06-02
- Delegate privileges to users with sudo
- One of my favourite tools is sudo, a program that many users will be familiar with. Both Ubuntu and OS X popularized sudo by making efficient and default use of the program. Sudo allows regular users to perform commands as other users. Some lax defaults, such as...
- Tags: QA, Command, Sudo, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Dig for more data in the /proc directory
- Vincent Danen introduces you to the /proc filesystem, which you can mine for a lot of helpful information about your system and running processes on your system.
- Tags: Vincent Danen
- Download resources 2008-05-23
