Are you new here? Subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Here is a quick Linux tip to block incoming access to port 80 using iptables.
iptables -A INPUT -j DROP -p tcp –destination-port 80 -i eth0
The code above will drop all tcp packets coming into your Linux computer on device eth0 on port 80.  […]

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Sean Michael Kerner is at Interop in Las Vegas where Microsoft has announced that their new Microsoft System Center Operations Manager allows you to monitor Unix and Linux systems.
Shilmover showed a live demo of Microsoft’s tool actually managing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and a MySQL database server. To be […]

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Here is a question I’ve been seeing pop up over the past few days:
My Broadcom bcm4306 Wireless card wont work in Ubuntu 8.04.  How do I fix it?
The most common reason is simply because Ubuntu did not enable the restricted driver.  If your Ubuntu 8.04 installation did not enable your Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 Wireless LAN […]

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One of our goals is to provide Linux administrators and users alike a place to quickly learn and develop their Linux skills. In keeping with this goal we are starting a Linux contest. Every week we will ask a Linux question, introduce a problem, or offer a challenge. Readers who want to participate must […]

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Over the past few weeks prior to the Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” release, I was skeptical about Ubuntu fully endorsing and officially supporting Wubi in Ubuntu 8.04. Previously, Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 included Wubi, but unofficially. I’ve tested Wubi on a few different computers, and have had varied results. It works sometimes, […]

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If you haven’t heard the news already, Ubuntu has released Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” for both the Desktop and Server. This is the second Long Term Release of the popular distro.
This release marks some pretty drastic improvements for the fight to bring the Linux desktop to the mainstream audience. Wubi, the Windows based Ubuntu […]

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This is a guest post by Taylor Douglass
The command line interface (CLI) is a very powerful part of Linux. Linux beginners undoubtedly agree that at first it can seem a bit daunting and even dangerous. While it is true that there far more Linux commands available than most will ever want or need […]

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This is a guest post by Taylor Douglass
From the official Wubi website:
“Wubi is a Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try […]

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Here is a quick tip on how to display the top largest files and directories within my home directory:

# du -hs /home/adam/* | sort -nr | head

Cheers!
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This is a guest post by Taylor Douglass
The other day I ran across a script at shell-fu that generates a random quote from their website (here). I thought it would be useful to make this a command that I could execute at any terminal at anytime. Let’s get started.
First of all you are going […]

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