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Re: Sorting out years worth of files #10

Topix - mac os x  Sun, 11/30/2008 - 17:11

Posts: 270 Alright. Hold your breath: $ sudo find . -x -type f \! -name .DS_Store -print0 xargs -0 md5 > md5_output.txt A little explanation of this command: The "find" command finds files on your hard drive.


 

Datastor unveils iSCSI Universal Storage Appliance

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/27/2008 - 18:48

Datastor has unveiled a NAS/iSCSI solution that leverages the benefits of iSCSI and virtualisation technology to allow serverless backups to hard drive and tape.


 

Why and How to Defragment Linux hard Drive?

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 22:02

Do you see your Linux system running slow? The one reason could be the fragmentation in the hard disk.


 

Complete Backup and Restore Using “tar” Command

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 18:30

Now that you have the ultimate setup that you’ve worked so hard on, how are you going to be sure you have the same setup after a system or hard drive crash?


 

Ubuntu Feisty on Wubi on WinXP Pro

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 11:40

Windows based installer for Ubuntu. objective is to install Ubuntu and create a dual boot system on existing WinXP machine without having to repartition hard drive


 

How to install Ubuntu on a Windows machine in 10 minutes

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 20:08

This guide will help you install Intrepid Ibex on a Windows machine without changing anything on your system including your hard drive partitions.

You should be up and running with Ubuntu in under half an hour. The good thing is that you can uninstall whenever you want!


 

1.5TB Barracuda users complain of random freezes

Topix - Linux  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 19:47

Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive didn't particularly enthrall us when we reviewed it last month, but we didn't run into show-stopping problems on our Windows XP-powered test rig.


 

A Linux-Based "Breath Test" for porn on PCs

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 17:24

A university in Western Australia has started beta testing a tool that's described as 'a random breath test' to scan computers for illicit images.

According to this article it's a clean bootable Linux environment. Since it doesn't write to the hard drive, the evidence is acceptable in court, at least in Australia.


 

Temporary Folder - Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 06:40

Temporary folder is where the OS puts your files that you're working on. Instead of using the RAM chips, the OS will use your hard drive to store the on-the-fly data ...


 

Asus To Phase Out Sub-10" Eee PCs

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 11/02/2008 - 23:52

jeevesbond writes “The Register reports that Asus president Jerry Shen has revealed his company will be phasing out all sub-10″ Eee PCs.

According to Shen, the ’standard’ netbook next year will be a 10″ model with a hard drive running XP. Shen also said XP is outselling GNU/Linux on netbooks by a ratio of 7:3.

This is somewhat contrary to news from