systemd on Gentoo
This tutorial is a guide to help setting up systemd on Gentoo. systemd is a modern sysvinit and RC replacement for Linux systems. This article...
Pf vs iptables, Untangle, Pfsense – Why not both?
My name is Jacob Graham and I am a Junior Systems Administrator in Victoria, Canada. This will be my first writing for Unixmen and...
How to Extract Images from PDF Files with pdfimages
This article is going to be a bit different than other articles I have published previously. You guys have learned a lot about Linux...
WINE 1.6 Has Been Released! PPA Ubuntu 13.04 and Linux Mint...
Wine 1.6 has been released. According to the announcement, the new release is a result of 16 months of development efforts and comes with...
MS Windows XP SP3 Lives on… As a Virtual Machine
There you have it-I said the “W” word—Windows. I guess I should probably elaborate a little more about what I am raving on about....
How to Access Remote Systems from Anywhere Using Google Chrome
There are many tools out there to view and control your systems remotely such as Teamviewer and VNC etc. But if you have Google...
Introduction to SSH
Introduction
What is SSH? Why use SSH?
SSH is a network protocol similar to telnet or FTP, yet slightly different because it offers secure data communication....
ufw Firewall Usage on Ubuntu
There's an important piece of software sitting on your computer that you are probably completely unaware that it's even there. Or you simply take...
SecureGmail: Send Encrypted Emails from GMail with Google Chrome
Now a days sending/receiving secure emails to/from is a bit challenging task for everyone. Even if we more cautious, some time we will be...
New Unix Chips Coming
At the upcoming Hot Chips Conference in late August, Oracle, IBM and Fujitsu are all set to announce the release of new high-performance Unix...
Performance on Linux. Just how far *can* we go?
As the title suggests, Linux and performance in the same sentence makes for an interesting topic of discussion. Everyone knows there is a multitude...
Tunlr: Watch Hulu, Netflix and More Anywhere in the World
Most people may have heard about tunlr. If you haven't yet, then this will help you a bit. Tunlr is a DNS service that gives...
Sandboxed Gentoo
Introduction
This article is a guide on installing Gentoo in another Linux distribution (Arch, in this case). Look at it like a BSD Jail. It's...
SSLH: A SSL/SSH Multiplexer for Linux
What is sslh?
sslh accepts connections in HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, OpenVPN, tinc, XMPP, or any other protocol that can be tested using a regular expression,...
Install Moodle Learning Managment System on CentOS 6
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a...
rollApp: A Firefox Extension for Viewing and Editing 100+ Types of...
rollApp is an extension for FireFox browser that let's you view and edit doc, xls, pdf, zip, rar and other 100+ types files directly...
How to Secure Your Home Network with OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a free DNS alternative to your ISP DNS. It helps you to get faster and as well as safer browsing at absolutely...
Exclusive Interview with Illumos Founder Garrett D’Amore
During the week, Unixmen exclusively interviewed Illumos Founder, Garrett D'Amore. Garrett has worked for the likes of Sun Microsystems and Nexenta. Upon the announcement...



















