Written By Keith Dsouza under Linux Tips on Wednesday, 13th August 2008
Viewing your IP configuration in Windows is quite easy and you can do it with a simple command like ipconfig, you can also view all connected applications and services using ipconfig /all.
Linux on the other hand also has a similar command that shows you the IP configuration of the machine.
To view the IP [...]
Written By Keith Dsouza under Collections on Tuesday, 01st July 2008
Many good softwares are either too costly or simply unaffordable, but that does not mean every good software out there requires you to shell out absurd amounts of money. There are 100s and 1000s of softwares that are completely free and perform as good as if not better than their paid counterparts.
This is the 700th [...]
Written By K-IntheHouse from Shankri-la under Utilities on Friday, 08th February 2008
I asked a couple of months earlier if PuTTY can get any Snazzier? I am going to have to take that back and admit that it just did. And more.
PuTTY is one of the most loved tool for anyone connecting to a Linux or Unix server from Windows. It helps to easily save connection information [...]
Written By Shankar Ganesh from Shankar's Tech Blog under Uncategorized on Tuesday, 05th February 2008
If you’ve tried Linux before, chances are you found this frustrating. The NumLock key on your keyboard is by default OFF when Linux boots. There’s a way to enable NumLock key stay in the ON state when Linux starts up.
Here’s how to do it if you’re in Ubuntu:
Using the shell, install NumLockX by typing this [...]
Written By Shankar Ganesh from Shankar's Tech Blog under Uncategorized on Sunday, 03rd February 2008
Did you just switch to Linux and realise that pressing Win Key + D shortcut doesn’t take you to the desktop? Yes, by default this keyboard shortcut for ‘Show Desktop’ doesn’t work in Linux.
Written By Shankar Ganesh from Shankar's Tech Blog under Utilities on Thursday, 03rd January 2008
If you dual boot with Windows and Linux, and have data spread across different partitions on Linux and Windows, you should be really in for some issues.
It happens so sometimes you need to access your files on Linux partitions from Windows, and you realize it isn’t possible easily. Not really, with these tools in hand [...]