Virtual Box 3.2.6

Hi All,

This post explains how to install VirtualBox 3.2.6.

1. Hit your browser to this link - VirtualBox 3.2.6

2. Install the deb file by issuing this command

dpkg -i filename.deb

3. Installing VirtualBox also requires some more configurations. Please read them in my previous posts.

Thanks & Regards,
Ananth S Gouri

cron

Hi All,

To those of you folks who have no idea as to what a cron is: Here you go.

There is a beautiful feature in cron.

What if you wanted to run a script every week and every month???

Its pretty simple.

Place your script in these 2 folders:

1. /etc/cron.weekly
2. /etc/cron.monthly

There is also cron.day and cron.hourly to run your script daily or hourly.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Truncate a file

Hi All,

Many a times when we work on the console of UNIX based systems - we will  have very little access to Windows or X terminal.
 
This  post explains how to truncate a file. Truncate a file as in deleting all the lines of the file.

This is done usually when we want to clear the logs.

This below command does our job:

cat /dev/null > filename.extension

Note that its a single '>' and not '>>'

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Daemon tool / VirtualDisk / ISOMaster in Linux

Hi All,

This post explains how to play the role of these windows softwares
1. Daemon Tools
2. VirtualDisk
3. ISO Master 

using a simple command in Linux.

These MS softwares are used to mount an image file(iso and other file formats) virtually without a CD / DVD to burn it physically.

Issue this command as root.

mount -o loop file.iso /to_path


Here above file.iso is the image file you want to mount to path to_path

Thats it...

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Debian 5.0.5

Hi All,

Debian recently has put up security and updates for critical bugs. Now its  Lenny 5.0.5.

Use your update manager to update.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

openSUSE 11.3 RC2

Hi All,

openSUSE 11.3 RC2 is released. RC as in Release Candidate.

12 days more to go for the release.

You can download the RC 2 here

Take care and GN,
Ananth S Gouri

LTSP

Hi All,

LTSP is for Linux Terminal Server Project.

LTSP should fetch you more info.

As said - its good if this can be implemented at schools and colleges where monetary benefits are low.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri