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NMap(stands for network mapper) is a small utility that has both a command line option called NMap and also a graphical option called Zenmap. It is a free and open source program that is licensed under the GNU GPL(more details on the GNU GPL license can be found in my introduction to Linux). Why do …
Secure boot and UEFI BIOS is something that has been introduced with windows 8 and 8.1. Secure boot stops you from accessing the hard drive when booting to CD or USB and therefore stops you using traditional tools to reset your windows password. To bypass this you need to remove your hard drive and connect it …
As I went over in the introduction to Linux there are many different distros of Linux which means there is no one way to install Linux, in fact if you want to use Linux you do not even need to install it you can use what is called ” Linux Live”, people often use Linux …
File system format in linux Linux can have many different file system formats which for someone that is used to Windows is a bit different because in Windows you never have to worry about it because Microsoft just defaults to NTFS. Because it is open source it offers many different options. Linux not limit users …
What is the terminal? The terminal(which is also known as the shell) is basically a program that takes the commands that you type on your keyboard and and passes them through to the operating system to complete them. Back in the old days this was the only way to interact with computer, there was no …
What is Linux? Linux is an Open Source operating system(also known as an OS) that was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. Linux is POSIX compliant which means that it is UNIX like, many of the commands that work on UNIX will also work on Linux. Do not be confused though, linux and UNIX are …
This happened for me after upgrading Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. This appears to be because there is a crash report and Ubuntu is not clearing it. How to fix System program problem detected error First you need to open a terminal session then run the following command: sudo rm /var/crash/* What that command does …
Asterisk is a free and open source framework for building communications applications and is sponsored by Digium. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a communications server. Asterisk powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and is used by small businesses, large businesses, call centers, carriers and governments worldwide This video shows you the basic …
Firstly why would you reset unity? If you are like me than you have tweaked some settings a couple of releases ago(I did in in 12.04, that was two years ago) and want to revert back to the default settings for Unity. Some other reasons you may want to reset unity to default settings are: …
I have been using Ubuntu 13.10 as my daily OS on my laptop for a while now and I find it quite good. One thing I didn’t like though was the default Bit Torrent client (Transmission) that is installed on it and I wanted to get rid of it. The actual package name is transmission …