Feb
22
NTFS-3G has just gone 1.0
February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It looks like NTFS-3G has just hit 1.0. The release history page today said: “Stable Version 1.0 (February 21, 2007) change: document and release version update to stable status” Readers are reminded at this point that 1.0 (which in the Windows world often means “little better than beta”) has a very near magical meaning in […]
Feb
22
Finally, an easy way to install your Video Card!
February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“Envy” is a command line application for Ubuntu Linux written in Python which will:
1) detect the model of your graphic card (ATI and Nvidia cards are supported)
2) download the right version of the proprietary driver for your ATI or Nvidia card from ATI or Nvidia’s websites
3) handle the dependencies (compilers, OpenGL, etc.) required to build […]
Feb
22
Download the Linux kernel v0.01 — It’s only around 10,000 lines
February 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
The 0.01 kernel downloads to about 10,000 lines of C and assembler, which is fairly manageable. Note that it’s a barely functional UNIX with tons of bugs, but that doesn’t stop it being useful. Many people use it as the first step when learning to hack the Linux kernel.
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Feb
22
Sending a Message to Windows Workstation
February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
You can use utility smbclient (part of samba server) to send a message to windows system from FreeBSD (or even from Linux/Solaris/UNIX OS). This command lets you send messages to windows workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares. Genral syntax of to send a message is as follows:
smbclient -M <WINDOW-SYSTEM-NAME> <<EOF
Message
Message
…
..
…
When the message […]
Feb
22
Sending a Message to All Users on a System
February 22, 2007 | 5 Comments
You can use the wall command to send a message to every user on a system. General syntax of wall command is as follows:
wall
Message
Message
…
….
..
When the message is complete, press Control-D.
1) To display message “Disk failure system will be down for 30 minute” to all users use wall as follows:
# wall
Disk failure system will be down […]
Feb
22
Sending a Message to an Individual User
February 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
You can send a message to an individual FreeBSD user logged into system using the write command. Typically writing a short message to an Individual user is main usage.
1) Use write command as follows
$ write user-name
Your message
Your message
…
When the message is complete, press Control-D
2) Here is an example of a message:
$ write joy
Do not use […]
Feb
22
How to export display from Linux to FreeBSD
February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The process is extremely simple all you need to understand is configuration file modification. X Window System use TCP port 6000 to listen network connection. By default almost all operating system including FreeBSD turns off this feature for security reason. Because of this setting you are not allowed to remotely open a window. Let us […]

























