kill -s 9 [PID] Also try it without the -s if it won’t go.

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It’s pretty easy actually. Just go to this directory: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts Then you will see a file for eachnetwork port, for example my server is: ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 I already have the ifcfg-eth0 set up from the install but I want to use the second one for back ups so I just opened the file and [...]

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Cpanel and linux leaves a lot of log files in /var After several years these can add up, especially in the cpanel/bandwidth folder. So a couple quick folder moves and symlinks can clean things up. This is assuming you have a /backup partition and some room in it. Moving the log folder mv /var/log /backup/ [...]

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The server path to date can very for different servers, you will need to run this command to find it: which date For most servers it is: /bin/date This is the same for perl and php

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Lately, I’ve been noticing stories about how to use Linux you need to know half-a-hundred Linux shell commands and the like. Ah, what century are you from? Today, if you can see a window and handle a mouse, you’re ready to use Linux. And no, I’m not talking about how we’re all already using Linux [...]

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At the OSCON open source convention in Portland last week, Neuros CEO Joe Born explained how Linux-based embedded devices will bring open source to the set-top market and the consumer electronics space. He also demonstrated how to build applications for the Neuros OSD, his company’s programmable DVR product. We looked at Neuros last year when [...]

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July 8 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most- visited Internet search engine, is developing a computer operating system based on its Chrome Web browser, taking aim at Microsoft Corp. in its strongest market. The system will be designed at first for low-cost laptops called netbooks, Google said in a blog post. The company [...]

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Find the RHEL 5.2 kernel source For re-building RHEL 5.2, you’ll want kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.src.rpm. It is on the source CD that comes with your CD set. You will not find it on your standard CDs. To determine whether you have installed the source RPM, look under /usr/src/redhat/SPECS. If there is nothing there, then you probably have [...]

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Because of the rise of small ‘netbook’ laptops like the Asus Eee, which don’t come with any kind of CD/DVD drive, it’s quite handy to have good, clear instructions on installing Linux from a USB stick. Even if you do have an optical drive, why bother burning a CD every time? It’s so wasteful. So [...]

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The main feature of gOS 3 Gadgets is its ability to instantly launch Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, allowing users access to more than 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets applications. These applications, though graphically rich, are small enough to be added to the computer in seconds over an Internet broadband connection. The new operation [...]

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