Category Archives: opensource

Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ Review

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, opensource, Releases, Reviews, Software

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Just short of two weeks after the big release of Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’, I had Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ arrive on my desk for testing. I have a huge amount of respect for Debian, as do most other Linux users. … Continue reading

Create a Live Linux USB with UNetbootin

Written by Ambition on . Posted in Arch Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Linux distributions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software, Suse, Ubuntu

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Unetbootin is a tool which was created by Geza Kovacs that helps you to create a Live Linux USB flash from an ISO file.

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

Seafile – Yet another alternative for Dropbox and OwnCloud

Written by SK on . Posted in CentOS, Fedora, Linux tutorials, opensource, Suse, Unix Tutorials

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Seafile is an Open Source file synchronization and collaboration tool. If you are looking an alternative for OwnCloud or Dropbox, this is the tool for you.

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

Audit the security of your Unix/Linux systems using lynis

Written by SK on . Posted in Linux tutorials, opensource, Ubuntu, Unix Tutorials

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Lynis is an auditing tool for unix/linux like systems which is used to scan the entire unix/linux systems for security issues, installed software informations, general system information, configuration issues or mistakes, software patch management, malware and vulnerability, firewall auditing, user … 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

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