ABC to hack root password in Linux !

The following link has the detailed instruction along with snap shots http://somnathsingh.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/how-to-hack-root-password-in-linux/ Note this technique only works for Fedora and Red Hat !! Hopy you find it interesting !!

ABC to use grep to search for a word and also to get its line number

grep + word + line number

ABC to install Gnuplot SuSE 11.1

GNU Plot is not installed in SuSE 11.1 by default. But, the  installation is fairly simple. It is going to take less than a minute ! The easiest way to install Gnu Plot is to use the Installation disk. Just a package needs to be installed ! The steps are as follows – 1. Go [...]

ABC to install Pidgin in SUSE 11.1

Well, I was one of the guys who was using linux for years but never cared before to install pidgin. My roommates use Pigdin a lot. But I never cared to follow up the installation steps. So it was time for me to install and unfortunately my roomie weren’t online. Hmmm, well it true, only [...]

Gnaught – A new software !

The open software crazy has gone to reach heights. The community has millions of developers and they keep inventing some new software and promote it. This in turn draws more people to the community and this is exactly why it is done. Yes.. you have got it right, a Viscous Circle. Adding flavour to this [...]

Kate not installed in Suse 11.1

What should you do when you encounter such a problem is exactly what I am going to say ! I love Kate because it allows me to execute the programs under the same framework. When I installed SUSE 11.1, somehow Kate wasn’t installed. The following is what I did. Go to the YaST Control Center. [...]

Download and Install log4j / Log for Java

Log for java aka log4j is a library. Its a small software that need to be downloaded an installed. The installation which I am going to illustrate if for Linux and a similar procedure can be followed for windows. It can be downloaded from the following link – http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/logging/log4j/1.2.15/apache-log4j-1.2.15.tar.gz Download the tar file and extract [...]

Greatest Myths about Open Source Revealed !!!

My friend Abhishek Srivastava has tried to answer some of the greatest question that explains the myths and misconceptions about Open Source Softwares and Technologies. Here are the question….. Does Free and Open Source means Zero Cost? Is Free and Open Source Software’s always related with LINUX? So why we are paying for software’s even [...]

Download Linux !

The GLUG Unit of NIT Durgapur is now hosting the ISO images of Centos 5.2, Fedora 10, Ubunto 8.04 and OpenSuse 11.1. You can download it from: http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in/download/linux/isos/ OR, Alternatively, If you want to install Linux, but do not have DVDs/CDs, you could Unetbootin PXE software to install over the internet. For more information about this [...]