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Log Linux services with runit

Vincent Danen explains how to configure logging with the runit program.

Tags: Program, Vincent Danen, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

Download resources 2008-05-12

Windows Automatic Login (EXE)

The login prompt displayed when Windows starts up can be a real pain. If you're like most people, you don't sit in front of your computer waiting for Windows to open because that's a waste of time. So, you turn on your computer and go do something useful (like get...

Tags: DataBasix Technologies, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-12

Log Linux services with runit

In a previous tip, we looked at the runit program and how it can be used to supervise services, such as sshd. Each supervised service is controlled via a run script, similar to an init script for a system service. This run script does one thing: prepares for and starts...

Tags: Service, Svlogd, Logger Logger, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Vincent Danen

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Cut down on Linux command-line typing with these 10 handy bash aliases

The Linux desktop may have come a long way, but there are still times when you'll need to use the command line. Luckily, you don't have to type the same commands over and over. Jack Wallen shares some of the aliases he's used over the years to reduce the need...

Tags: Jack Wallen, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Download resources 2008-05-14

CopanMobile for PocketPC (Arm)

CopanMobile for Pocket PC is a very efficient and easy-to-use geomatics engineering tool for computing and managing plane survey coordinates. It does numerous coordinate geometry COGO calculations, processes and adjusts raw field survey data, computes and adjusts map traverse data, performs map checks, calculates curves, areas and perimeters, performs coordinate...

Tags: Memory Card, Positioning, Survey, Underhill Geomatics, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Branding, Marketing Research, Hardware, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-13

FreeCaddie (Windows Mobile) (CAB)

FreeCaddie is a golf rangefinder. Our software runs on your Windows Mobile phone and uses its GPS capabilities combined with our course file data to tell your distance to the front, center, and back of the green. You can create your local golf course on our Web site which then...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, FreeCaddie, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-05

What Windows Vista might have been

Check out this concept video for Longhorn, the official codename for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There's a mini-history of Windows at the beginning, showing the progression of Windows on the desktop as well as some of the innovations and hysteria that accompanied Windows 95. From there it launches...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Corporate Communications, Software, Marketing, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-05-07

David Nash's Startup Manager (exe)

As the name suggests, Startup Manager (aka st-m) is a startup manager for the Windows platform. Startup Manager can make programs start on logon add items; rename existing items; delete existing items; disable existing items; enable existing items; create a batch file with programs that start in a certain order....

Tags: Item, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-07

seat4you (exe)

Seat4you is a specifically for the gastronomy developed software (Multi-Language, Windows 2000/XP/Vista) to make successful reservations of chairs, tables, banquets and rooms. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Reservation, Chair, Seat4you, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-12

How do I... Add image thumbnails to Microsoft Windows Explorer?

When you are dealing with a folder in Microsoft Windows containing numerous images, it is often very helpful to see thumbnail representations of those images in the Windows Explorer display. This built-in functionality is available in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, but how you turn the feature off and...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin, gallery, how do i, screenshots, windows, Folder, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Image

Image galleries 2008-05-07

The Choice command is back in Windows Vista

While I use VBScript and Windows Scripting Host quite a bit, I've always been a big fan of batch files! There are just so many system administration tasks that you can accomplish using command line tools and I love being able to combine them in a batch file. Over the...

Tags: Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, Choice, Value, IPConfig, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Tcp/Ip, Software, Networking, Greg Shultz

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Consolidation Through Virtualisation With Sun x64 Servers

IT organisations must complete an almost impossible juggling act. Delivering more services at less cost. Increasing performance, yet managing fewer systems. Buying the right server for the job, yet adapting to change at a moments notice.As this Sun whitepaper explores, the Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade modular systems...

Tags: Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtualization, Sun Solaris, Servers, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Operating Systems, Processors, Hardware, Software, Storage, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2008-05-13

Disable USB storage under OS X or Windows

USB drives are convenient and efficient, but they also represent a serious security risk -- so it's not surprising that some organizations want them out of the picture. Justin Fielding to put together this concise set of instructions for disabling USB storage for Linux, OS X, Solaris, and Windows platforms.This...

Tags: USB, Justin Fielding, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Storage, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware

Download resources 2008-05-05

Use runit to supervise Linux services

Gerrit Pape's runit is similar to djb's daemontools and allows you to run supervised services, like daemontools, and also allows you to replace SysV init completely if you so desire. Vincent Danen tells you how to get started with runit in this tip.

Tags: Service, Vincent Danen, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

Download resources 2008-05-05

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot

When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition, here are 10...

Tags: Disk, Boot.ini, Operating System, Backup, Windows XP CD, Redirect Parameter, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz

Blog posts 2008-05-06

How do I... Return the Address bar Windows XP SP3 removed?

When I am running my PC under Windows XP, I like to take full advantage of the toolbar options Figure A available on the desktop. The Address Bar is one of my favorite features, and I always have it attached to a taskbar somewhere. It is a convenient tool for...

Tags: Address Bar, Figure B Address Bar, Niversoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Batch Active Directory tasks with ease using dsmove

When you have to do specific Windows administration tasks on a frequent basis, it makes your job easier if all relevant objects are in the same organizational unit OU. The practice of a holding OU can make partial removal, mass changes, parallel access, and pre-implementation staging easy for user accounts....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Organizational Unit, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Rick Vanover

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Championship Five Hundred for Windows (exe)

Discover this Exciting Blend of Spades and Euchre with an exciting game of Championship Five Hundred for Windows. Our 24 All-Star characters span across 5 levels of difficulty. Savvy Five Hundred players will love challenging realistic opponents, while Five Hundred beginners get extra help with our personal in-game DreamCoachTM. We'll...

Tags: Character, DreamQuest, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Championship Euchre for Windows (exe)

March to Victory with this Mid-West Favorite. Discover a new set of friends with an exciting game of Championship Euchre for Windows. Our 24 All-Star characters span across 5 levels of difficulty. Savvy Euchre players will love challenging realistic opponents, while Euchre beginners get extra help with our personal in-game...

Tags: Character, DreamQuest, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-14

CopanMobile for Palm OS (prc)

CopanMobile for Pocket PC is a very efficient and easy-to-use geomatics engineering tool for computing and managing plane survey coordinates. It does numerous coordinate geometry COGO calculations, processes and adjusts raw field survey data, computes and adjusts map traverse data, performs map checks, calculates curves, areas and perimeters, performs coordinate...

Tags: Memory Card, Operating System, Palm Inc., Positioning, Survey, Underhill Geomatics, Pocket PC, Branding, Marketing Research, Palm OS, Memory, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Marketing, Software, Semiconductors, Components

Software downloads 2008-05-13