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 in [...]

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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 the [...]

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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 is [...]

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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 not installed [...]

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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 I [...]

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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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Linus Torvalds quietly released another update to the Linux kernel over the weekend that offers better support for kernel-based virtual machines, a kernel debugger, improved webcam support and new support for the One Laptop Per Child architecture.
Version 2.6.26 was released on Sunday, July 13. What’s most interesting is the inclusion of a kernel debugger, Linux [...]

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Every year or so, there’s a new Linux distro darling. Last year’s was Ubuntu, and I’ve lost track of what this year’s favorite penguin might be. But a lot of newcomers to Linux seem to get the impression that a new distro is better than an older package because there’ll be more attention paid to [...]

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Best Buy Ubuntu 
Synopsis
You’re right in the middle of an important procedure when your computer freezes and crashes, erasing your data and costing you hours of extra work. For the thousandth time, you wish you had an easy-to-use alternative to your current operating system. Look no further than Ubuntu Linux, a community-developed, Linux-based operating system designed [...]

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