The most common compressed archive file format in Linux is the tar.gz format. Tar file is an archive file format. Tar.gz is a compressed tar file. Create tar.gz archives The tar command can be used to create tar.gz archives. tar czf new-tar-file-name.tar.gz file-or-folder-to-archive Here is the command explanation: c – create new archive. z -… Read More »
SQLite Database Browser is a freeware, public domain, open source visual tool used to create, design and edit database files compatible with SQLite. It is meant to be used for users and developers that want to create databases, edit and search data using a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, without the need to learn complicated SQL commands…. Read More »
Here is a list of most popular puzzle games on Ubuntu Linux Marble Arena 2 Excellent graphics and colorful. This is a game where a marble is to be moved around and points to be collected. Project website http://www.marble-arena.com/ Install on ubuntu 1. Download Linux version from http://www.marble-arena.com/ 2. Install libwebkit1.1-cil from synaptic 3. Extract… Read More »
There are a lot of IDEs for ubuntu for doing php related web development. Lets see a few. Aptana Studio Supports PHP, Ruby, Python and more. Autosuggest dropdowns available, Integrated preview available. Project website http://www.aptana.com/ Install on ubuntu Download from http://www.aptana.com/ Quanta Quanta is the Dreamweaver of Linux. However it is not developed anymore. As… Read More »
How to setup a jailed shell on Ubuntu using jailkit.
Quick guide on how to compile and install jailkit on Ubuntu/Debian based linux systems.
I upgraded my ubuntu few hours back from 11.04 to 11.10 ; it all went fine. After the upgrade I noticed that Quanta – my favorite php development tool had vanished. Doing few searches on google lead to the information that its now deprecated and not maintained in the repos anymore. So I got it… Read More »
wxwebconnect is a control for wxwidgets that allows to embed a gecko browser in a wxwidgets application. So lets try to install it on Ubuntu 11.04 wxWidgets can be installed from synaptic. Look for packages called libwxgtk2.8-* 1. Download wxwebconnect source from http://www.kirix.com/labs/wxwebconnect/downloads.html Extract them in home directory. Inside the webconnect directory you would see… Read More »
The traceroute utility can be installed from synaptic : $ sudo apt-get install traceroute Some Information : $ traceroute -V Modern traceroute for Linux, version 2.0.15, Oct 17 2010 Copyright (c) 2008 Dmitry Butskoy, License: GPL v2 or any later Doing some test runs $ traceroute www.google.com traceroute to www.google.com (74.125.235.20), 30 hops max, 60… Read More »
MPM (Multi processing module) is a component of apache server, that determines how multiple clients or connections shall be handled. Apache is flexible by design and there are different mpms that can be used with apache depending on the needs. Some MPMs create a separate process to handle each request, whereas some create separate threads…. Read More »