Archive for the ‘sysadmin’ Category

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How to create a ramdisk on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

From the wikipedia "A RAM disk or RAM drive is a block of RAM that a computer's software is treating as if the memory were a disk drive. This is a preview of How to create a ramdisk on... Read more
Jul
14
2011

Simple traffic analyzer script

When you are working on embedded systems you couldn't have some useful tools to monitor the system resource; In the following you will find a simple shell script I use when I want to monitor the network traffic on... Read more
Jul
08
2011

OS and Browser War – Statistics for June 2011

    Statistics for June 2011 have been updated, see the  growth rate page This is a preview of OS and Browser War – Statistics for June 2011. Read the full post (67 words, 2 images, estimated 16 secs... Read more
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Using a linux box as a bridge

A bridge is a way to connect more than one Ethernet segments together in a protocol independent way. Packets are forwarded based on Ethernet address, rather than IP address (like a router does). Since forwarding is done at Layer 2, all... Read more
Jun
29
2011

OS and Browser War – Statistics for May2011

  Statistics for May 2011 have been updated, see the  growth rate page and the OS and Browser war page Firefox 4.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard are on fire…..     adm Read more
Jun
10
2011

How to remove CleanThis malware

  What is CleanThis CleanThis shares a trojan-based delivery method with many other rogue applications, and can be injected by the widespread fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert trojan. This trojan can drop an incredible variety of rogue programs; the key to... Read more
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Android Open Accessory Development Kit

The Android 3.1 platform (also backported to Android 2.3.4) introduces Android Open Accessory support, which allows external USB hardware (an Android USB accessory) to interact with an Android-powered device in a special "accessory" mode. When an Android-powered powered device... Read more
Schermata 2011-02-05 a 11.11.24

How to install Midnight Commander on Snow Leopard

GNU Midnight Commander is a user-friendly yet powerful file manager and visual shell, useful to novice and guru alike. It provides a clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while making many frequent file operations more... Read more
May
10
2011

Jailbreak 4.3.3 & 4.3.2

  Jailbreak 4.3.3 & 4.3.2 Firmware iPhone iPod Touch and iPad 3G 3GS and 4 I found a lot of information about the Jailbreak of iOS version 4.3.3 & 4.3.2 I would like to take this time to say... Read more
May
08
2011

Understanding Power Management of Intel Processors for Mil/Aero Applications

Understanding Power Management of Intel Processors for Mil/Aero Applications   This is a preview of Understanding Power Management of Intel Processors for Mil/Aero Applications. Read the full post (155 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time) Read more
May
05
2011

OS and Browser War – Statistics for April 2011

Statistics for April 2011 have been updated, see the  growth rate page and the OS and Browser war page Firefox 4.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard are on fire…..     Adm Read more
May
03
2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty at work

I've just downloaded the latest release of Ubuntu from Ubuntu.com (685,3 MB iso file). To install it on my notebook (HP 6730s) I moved the iso on a USB pendrive using the tools inside the iso, so I didn't... Read more
Apr
20
2011

Ubuntu 11.04 beta with VirtualBox

Yesterday I tried the beta of Ubuntu 11.04 on VirtualBox. I can say it works well, but on my laptop (core 2 duo 2.16) it is slow. I used Oracle VirtualBox 4.0.4r70112 with VirtualBox extensions. In the following few... Read more
Apr
09
2011

OS and Browser War – Statistics for March 2011

Statistics for February 2011 have been updated, see the  growth rate page and the OS and Browser war page Firefox 4.0 is on fire…..     Read more
Apr
07
2011

How the Ubuntu 11.04 will be.

  Natty First of all , the next release of Ubuntu will change its names: Ubuntu Netbook Edition and Ubuntu Desktop Edition have been combined into a single Edition called simply "Ubuntu" (with no "Edition"). Ubuntu Server Edition has... Read more
Apr
03
2011

Opening a file with vim and restoring the last position of the cursor.

In the vim configuration article we have seen a simple configuration of vim using the .vimrc file. Now we will add a very useful feature. Using this feature when you open a file vim will move the cursor in... Read more
Mar
15
2011

An atomic clock at low cost (interfacing a bluetooth gps to linux)

    From the wikipedia: "An atomic clock is a clock that uses an electronic transition frequency in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum of atoms as a frequency standard for its timekeeping element. Atomic clocks are... Read more
Mar
11
2011

A simple tool to modify initrd and rootfs

  If you want to customize a distribution to boot only on your particular computer you should be able to modify the initrd and rootfs files. This is a preview of A simple tool to modify initrd and rootfs.... Read more
Mar
09
2011

OS and Browser War – Statistics for February 2011

Statistics for February 2011 have been updated, see the  growth rate page and the OS and Browser war page Firefox 4.0 is on fire….. These are the performances for this month:   Adm Read more
Feb
13
2011

Onda MT835UP and Ubuntu 10.10

The Onda MT835UP is an HSUPA key that can go at a speed as high as 14.4. Today I tried this USB Key on my Ubuntu 10.10 box, and I can say it works fine. Here you are some... Read more
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