Recently I accidently changed the permissions of one of my files and I didn’t know what the correct permissions were suppose to be. I did know that the other files in the same directory were the correct permission. Using the ls -l command. I was able to see that the permission was set as, -rw-r–r–. Great, I now know the correct permission; however, I usually use the binary syntax for chmod and I am not familiar with the other method. Read more »

If you are using a Linux system and want to schedule a task to run in the future you will probably need to know cron. Cron is much like Window’s Scheduled Tasks. The only difference is that cron is conifgured by a simple text file. Although, that text file to the untrained looks very complicated. Many people rely cron task generators to do the work but I hope that after this guide you will be able to make your own tasks without the use of a generator. Read more »

Lost your Linux root password and need to do change it fast? Then this guide is for you. I recently had lost my Linux password and I needed to get it back right away after doing a bit of searching a ran into a few different ways of doing it. Some of them required nothing but changing the lilo/grub config to single user mode. Read more »

Ok, after googleing and looking for answers I didn’t really find anything that worked for changing the default icon for Gnome. Some articles suggested changing lines in gconf editor. Some articles suggested changing about 5 different system icons and see which one works for you. After my own trial an error I found depending on which version of Gnome you have there are different ways to go about this. Read more »

Sometimes when moving to the linux world we miss a few things that windows had to offer. A lot of times it is because we simply got used to them. Microsoft’s true type fonts are one of those things. Besides just the comfortability factor the other reason to install the MS true type fonts is for better internet browsing. Often times web designers forget to check what their pages look like in Linux with Linux’s default font package sometimes leading to some weird results. Since Microsoft has released these fonts for free we might as well save the headache and just install them. Read more »

If you are not familiar with the awesomeness of VI(m) check out this post, Making GVim your Default Text Editor in Gnome.

For those of you that already know that VI can save you time and give you a +10 on the geek scale, I have a tip for you. Read more »

OpenBSD 4.2 has been released and available for download. OpenBSD is famous for its focus on security. Today, November 1st, the team is proud to announce Release 4.2. Read more »

So you have your printer set up with CUPS and you can now print. Ever want to print from the command line? Ever need your bash script to print out system status reports or simply want to print out entire directory of pdfs all in one shot without having to open each pdf individually? Than this quick tip is for you. Read more »