Installing LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system
May 15th, 2012
LinuxDC++ is a Direct Connect client for Linux. You can use LinuxDC++ to connect to Direct Connect hubs and share files with other users. In this guide I show you how to install LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system.
What is a GUI SFTP client for Linux?
May 13th, 2012The question of a graphical SFTP client for Linux came up after I switched to using OpenSUSE Linux as my desktop operating system. On Windows you have the excellent WinSCP but what about Linux ? The answer is very strange.
Changing Konsole colors in KDE using the shell
May 7th, 2012
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) includes a great terminal program called Konsole. Using Konsole you can access the Linux command line from within KDE. With Konsole you can change the background and foreground colors of your terminal window, and one of the best features is the ability to set the colors using the command line or Linux shell. This allows you to do some cool things like change the color scheme depending on the program you are running.
MySQL backups with mysqlhotcopy
March 18th, 2012
Previously I have written about MySQL backups using mysqldump. But there is another way to backup MySQL databases and that is by using a perl script included with MySQL called mysqlhotcopy. Things to note about mysqlhotcopy are:
Memory usage of a process under Linux
February 29th, 2012Finding out the memory usage of a process under Linux can be a bit confusing. That is because Linux doesn’t have one number for a process’ memory usage.
