Linux Tips

Install skype from Canonical Partner Repository in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

dipin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:06:50 +0000

Skype is proprietary software that allows you to make calls over the Internet using your computer. Skype uses decentralized peer-to-peer technologies, so your calls do not go through a central server, but through distributed servers and other users. It uses its own proprietary communication protocol to achieve this. Installing Skype Since Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), [...]

How to Install latest skype in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

dipin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:20:11 +0000

Update: Install skype from Canonical Partner Repository in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin(RECOMMENDED) Skype is one of the best Video calling software,owned by Microsoft.Skype offer lot of features like Video call,Direct Phone call,Chatting and more. Features: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/features/ Click here to Download the 32 bit version for ubuntu. Click here to Download the 64 bit version for ubuntu. [...]

IFTOP: Display Network Interface Bandwidth Usage on Linux

dipin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:11:49 +0000

iftop listens to network traffic on a named interface, or on the first interface it can find which looks like an external interface if none is specified, and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. iftop must be run with sufficient permissions to monitor all network traffic on the interface. By default, iftop will look up the hostnames [...]

IFSTAT: Monitor real time network traffic in Ubuntu Linux

dipin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:55:55 +0000

Ifstat is a little tool to report interface activity, just like iostat/vmstat do for other system statistics.

Types of selection in the X Window System

dipin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:32:27 +0000

The X Window System ( X Window System , also known as X11 because currently using version 11 of the system) provides 3 mechanisms that allow users to transfer data from one window to another: Selections, cut buffers, and drag-and-drop . Since the two windows may be handled by two different applications, these mechanisms require two different clients connected with the [...]

Overcome Internet Restrictions (Proxies) using ssh tunneling

dipin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:17:16 +0000

In most of our schools and offices several websites are blocked. Most of these offices and schools are using a proxy server such as squid along with squidguard or danceguardian to achieve access restrictions on users. Most often, the sys admins forget to block internet traffic using other protocols such as ssh , ftp etc. [...]

Fatresize: Re-size your Fat File System via Command Line

dipin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:07:17 +0000

Fatresize is a command line tool for resizing MS Windows FAT16 / FAT32 file systems. Installation $ sudo apt-get install fatresize How to use: Fatresize follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-’). A summary of options is included below. -h –help: Show summary of options. -s –size: [...]

Linux FTP Server Setup

dipin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:19:36 +0000

Starting vsftpd The methodologies vary depending on the variant of Linux you are using as you’ll see next. Fedora / CentOS / RedHat With these flavors of Linux you can use the chkconfig command to get vsftpd configured to start at boot: [root@bigboy tmp]# chkconfig vsftpd on To start, stop, and restart vsftpd after booting [...]

View your BIOS Settings via command line using dmidecode and biosdecode

dipin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:45:52 +0000

The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) generates a standard framework for managing and tracking components in a desktop, notebook or server components , by abstracting these components from the software that manages them. Modern mother boards are compatible with this standard. For a lay user it means that the BIOS settings can be watched from your [...]

Converting IMG files to ISO images via Command Line in Ubuntu

dipin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:28:06 +0000

Some time you will find CD images with .img extensions. IMG files are raw-data copies of optical media and are primarily used to store CDs with odd properties,such as sectors which need to have read errors when read. Conversion to ISO format removes this information,as ISO format does not support this. You can manipulate such [...]

qrencode: Generate QR code via command line on Ubuntu

dipin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:33:00 +0000

A QR Code (it stands for “Quick Response”) is a mobile phone readable barcode.simply encode a URL into the QR Code and then point a mobile phone (or other camera-enabled mobile) at it. If the device has had QR Code decoding software installed on it, it will fire up its browser and go straight to [...]

Install LAMP ( APACHE2, MYSQL, PHP5) in Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot

dipin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:57:13 +0000

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Follow the steps below to setup an an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 11.10 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support. 1. Login as root: sudo su 2 Installing MySQL 5 First we will install MySQL 5: apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client You will be asked to [...]

Xrandr: Solve Screen Resolution Issues via command line in Ubuntu / Debian

dipin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:13:11 +0000

Xrandr (X Rezise and Rotare) is a command line utility available in your Linux system for reseting and resizing your screen resolution. So, if there is any issues with your display, no problem you can fix it from a Terminal. First You have to find the possible resolutions with xrandr -q $ xrandr -q Screen [...]

World’s Cheapest Tablet Running Android for educational institutions

dipin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:51:20 +0000

World’s Cheapest Android, named Akash, produced in India. Students from India have a reason to celebrate the highly anticipated “Sakshat Tablet” was successfully launched in India on Wednesday. The tablet is called “Akash” and was jointly developed by India in collaboration with the Datawind, and can easily be obtained for ($ 45) 2,200/- in [...]

How to Disable PING (ICMP) response in Ubuntu Linux

dipin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:26:53 +0000

Ping is used to check if a machine is up. Most of the hackers do use ping to find a online machine. By blocking ping, you can reduce the chance of getting your machine hacked. You can disable ping by adding following line to /etc/init.d/networking (network init script) echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all to re-enable echo 0 [...]