This is a brief howto for finding out which version of Linux you are running. I say “brief” because this is certainly not comprehensive. There are a few ways to skin this cat, depending on which Linux distribution you are running. I will only cover Debian and Ubuntu. Similar techniques may work on other distros (especially Debian derivatives) but your mileage may vary. …Continue reading » How to Find Out Which Version of Linux You Are Running
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March 14th, 2008 | Tags: Linux | Category: Mini How-Tos | 4 comments |
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Today I had to copy a really big file (in this case, a Ghost image) from a Linux box to a Windows box, using Samba. My first instinct was to use the cp command. The problem with cp is that it does not show you any sort of progress (I couldn’t find any relevant option in the cp man page). What I wanted was a progress bar display like the one wget displays. I did some googling and found a few decent candidates: …Continue reading » How to Copy a File and Get a Progress Bar, in Linux February 7th, 2008 | Tags: Linux | Category: Mini How-Tos | 3 comments |
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Have you ever wanted to make I was starting to get annoyed with DynDNS’s nag emails, asking me to either log in and “touch” my WRT54GL router’s host record every 30 days or to upgrade to a paid service that does not require a periodic touch. Of course, you can create a June 4th, 2007 | Tags: Linux, OpenWrt | Category: Mini How-Tos | 7 comments |
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Soon after posting yesterday’s blog entry, How To: VPN Between RV082 (or RV042) and WRT54GL (or WRT54G), I received a comment from Paul Wouters:
Paul, if you’re reading this, thanks for the tips! I wasn’t sure how I could have missed that useful Anyway, I did some googling to find out more about March 8th, 2007 | Tags: Linux, OpenWrt, Routers, RV082, VPN | Category: How-Tos | 2 comments |
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