Apr
23rd
Thu
23rd
tip: linux
to see available ram, use free -m | xargs | awk ‘{print $17 “MB”}’ (via @jazzychad)
Mar
24th
Tue
24th
tip: linux
use sudo iosnoop to snoop i/o events as they occur (#macosx friendly as well)
Feb
25th
Mon
25th
tip: networking,linux
use port knocking daemon (knockd) to perform network actions via tcp port activity
Aug
17th
Fri
17th
tip: linux
gentoo now has a server USE flag, which might important for not breaking things like cvs server mode
Oct
5th
Thu
5th
tip: linux
if you see windows-style ^M newlines in a file, try tr -s ‘r’ ‘n’ to get rid of them
Sep
14th
Thu
14th
tip: linux
to mount an iso, mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /dir
Jul
31st
Mon
31st
tip: linux
cat /etc/debian_version to see what version of debian you are running
