Linux operating system
Sync time manually using ntp
On occasion you may need to correct the system time manually instead of NTP correcting it over time. To sync the time manually on linux […]
Linux
Using updatedb and locate in linux
It is very useful to have the locate command in linux. It will search a database of cached file information and can provide the path […]
Diablo 3 on Linux
The Diablo series is fantastic. Full of purging evil, mystical spells, fun story, and multi-player action. With Diablo 3 coming up in the near future, […]
Install a VNC Server on Linux
To install a VNC server on linux you can use a built-in package manager to perform the initial install. On Cenots linux it is Tiger […]
Record a Linux Desktop
There are many tools that can record linux desktops and convert them into screen casting or videos. The quickest and easiest tool to use is […]
Install Desktop on Centos 6
It used the be the case in previous versions of CentOS that one could install a gnome desktop or kde desktop by using yum groupinstall. […]
Sun Grid Engine for Linux
The previously “Sun Grid Engine” (SGE) now “Oracle Grid Engine” is a useful job scheduler that will allow one to effectively dispatch jobs to compute […]
Edit a crontab in Linux
Cron is a great feature which can allow you perform tasks on a scheduled basis. For example, if one wanted to execute some script, each […]
Using pgrep on linux
pgrep is a useful tool that can allow one to grep a process by name and return it’s id. From the pgrep manpage it will […]
Set user quotas using xfs_quota
The XFS file system supports user, group, and project quotas. It is often useful to implement quotas of for a particular user. To do so […]