Category Archives: Software

New Intel Haswell Iris GPU Triples the Performance

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in News, Software

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Truth be told, Intel HD Graphics series is not for gaming purposes, especially when AMD provides a better solution for their Llano CPUs. However, all this seems to change (a little bit) when Intel Haswell CPUs hit the market’s shelf. … Continue reading

Simple Bash Script for Pinging Hosts

Written by Ambition on . Posted in linux command, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software, Ubuntu

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This is a simple useful script which I learned from “Coding For Penetration Testers” book. It is used to check if a host is alive or not and echoes on user screen a message with the results of the ping … Continue reading

How to Install Mercurial with Google Code on OpenSUSE 12.3

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in linux command, Linux distributions, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software, Suse

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Many of us like to code and program. It’s an awesome and very satisfying hobby. Yet keeping track of your progress and different versions of files and what modifications have been made to those files is no easy task when … Continue reading

Monitor System Processes on Linux with htop

Written by Ambition on . Posted in linux command, Linux distributions, opensource, Software, Ubuntu

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What is htop ? htop is a Linux tool divided into three section ( CPU and Memory usage information,  Load Average Uptime and View of Processes) which allows real time monitoring of the  processes. It was created to replace  the … Continue reading

Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’ Has Been Released!

Written by Khalid Ahmed on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, opensource, Releases, Software, Ubuntu

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Review is a combined effort from Unixmen Writers – M. Zinoune, Khalid Ahmed and Chris Jones. Hi there Unixmen readers. A few days ago we previewed Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’ and walked through the newest beautiful system from Canonical. It’s … Continue reading

Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’

Written by Ambition on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux tutorials, Software, Ubuntu

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Mozilla Firefox is the default web browser in Ubuntu. Some users like to use Google Chrome. Software Center allows users to install software with a few clicks, but you can not install Google Chrome. Before we begin installing Chrome, in Ubuntu, we fix … Continue reading

How to Install UNetbootin on Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’

Written by Ambition on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux tutorials, Software, Ubuntu

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USB drives are used in a major way these days. UNetbootin allows users to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions. Installing UNetbootin is very easy.

How to Install OpenOffice.org in Backtrack

Written by Ambition on . Posted in linux command, Linux distributions, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software, Ubuntu

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OpenOffice.org is an open-source software suite which is made with help from people all over the world and is currently used in governments, business, education and non-profit organizations. It is free of charge and you can use it for any … Continue reading

Write a Simple Client in Python

Written by Ambition on . Posted in Linux distributions, opensource, programming, Software, Unix Tutorials

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Now that we finished writing the TCP server it is time to write a simple client which will connect to the server. It is very simple to create our client with the socket library and now we have enough knowledge … Continue reading