How to configure static IP on Ubuntu
Do you use Ubuntu and wish to set a static IP for your machine? It’s simple. Follow the steps below to find out how. Right click the network manager icon at the top right of your desktop Select Edit...
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The Best Resources To Help You Learn MySQL
Chances are that if you’re a Linux and open source geek like most of the visitors to Foogazi are, you probably know a little bit about MySQL. But if you’re a true geek, you want to learn all there is...
View Article10 People Who Should Use Linux
I’ve been thinking lately that there are actually certain types of people out there that should be using Linux instead of Windows. Types of people who should be using Linux Geeks and people who enjoy...
View ArticleLinux rename user command
I’ve gotten this question a whole bunch of times in the past. You’ve got a Linux username that you want to rename, rather than recreate, so you don’t lose any significate data or permission settings....
View ArticleHow to record your Linux shell session
A lot of people are probably not aware of the command script. Script is a quick and easy way to record everything you do in a terminal session. I use script to record sessions of me fixing a server,...
View ArticleThe Best Linux Articles
Chances are if you’re a new reader, you haven’t read a lot of the stuff here that seems to get buried in the archives. Here are some of our most popular articles for your enjoyment: 5 Advantages of...
View ArticleDell says Ubuntu is safer than Windows – Then retracts the statement
Yesterday, as first reported by The VAR Guy, if you would have went to Dell.com/Ubuntu, you would have seen a “top 10″ list of “things you should know about Ubuntu.” The best one on the list at the...
View ArticleQuickzi: Find files older than 5 days
Here’s a quick command line tip to find files older than 5 days, and execute an action on those files: find /home/foo/* -mtime +5 -exec echo {} > oldfiles.txt ; && mail -s "files older than...
View ArticleQuickzi: Replace all spaces with a dot in vim
Here’s a quick tip on how to replace all spaces with a dot in vim: :%s/[ t]/./ And here’s how to remove all trailing spaces at the end of each line: :%s/s+$// Have any more vim quick tips? Let’s hear …...
View ArticleOpenSSH Tips and Tricks
Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier has a nice write up on some pretty helpful OpenSSH tricks. Two of the tricks he lists is X forwarding with SSH, and using the SSH fuse filesystem. Both of which I use on a daily...
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