Xen Switches to Linux Foundation, an agency that will ensure greater development for the project, now away from Citrix including Virtualization software. Xen is a hypervisor project, which is a software that allows to run multiple virtual machines on one physical computer. It originated in University of Cambridge and was under the U.S. company Citrix Systems. Xen switch to Linux … [Read more...]
Linux
Linux or more correctly GNU/Linux refers to the family of free UNIX-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware.
Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013
Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013 lists the major cloud services for online storage, backup, and interactive use in 2013. Often the providers offer extra features. Back in 2011, we published another kind of similar list - Free Cloud Storage Online Our Top 10 Pick somewhat like this article listing Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013. It has been nearly two years after that publication and we thought for an … [Read more...]
SixthSense : Get More Advanced and Cheap Device than Google Glass
SixthSense is an one person Open Source Hardware project related to Augmented Reality. You can buy the hardwares and assemble yourself at $350 to get your piece. We are assuming that the readers of this article has in depth knowledge about Augmented Reallity, Cyborg and related topics closer to Cognitive Science but can not spend or wish not to spend for similar device. Google has no practical … [Read more...]
Cloud Security Solutions for Tablets and Smartphones
Cloud Security Solutions for Tablets and Smartphones covers the issues with lost or stolen mobile devices, accidental data deletion, App security and Malwares. These are the practical part of owning and using a mobile device, from Apple to Samsung, no manufacturers actually points out these parts. Cloud Security Solutions for Tablets and Smartphones from most of the manufacturers are kind of … [Read more...]
Symbolic Link : Basics and Creation in OS X, Linux, Windows
Symbolic Link or symlink is a linking system within in files and directories that points to another file or directory usually in UNIX ot Unix derivative OS. Symbolic Link can be created in Windows Operating System too, beside Linux, BSD and OS X. Symbolic Link is equivalent to the word Soft Link as unlike a hard link, this reference is not equivalent to the actual file system entry in the … [Read more...]
grep command : Details, Examples and Usages of Grep Command
grep command is for the program for usage in command line for UNIX and and Unix derivatives which is used to search and filter strings from from a junk of files.It was originally developed by Ken Thompson in 1973. The term grep stands for g lobal / r egular e xpression / p rint or g lobal search for a r egular E xpression and p rint out matched lines : "global search for a regular expression and … [Read more...]
Cloud Security Tools
Cloud Security Tools checks the security in cloud environments, there are several tools available for free, users not necessarily have to buy expensive suites. Basic idea behind using these Cloud Security Tools is to ensure the security points on Cloud Platform. Cloud Computing does have security issues - you can read our articles like Secure Cloud Computing Guide to somewhat manage or control … [Read more...]
OpenShift SSH : Video Guide
OpenShift SSH is not very difficult to use by an user used with Git and SSH/Telnet through Command Line. Here is a Video Guide keeping the new users in mind. We will demonstrate the functions those are mentioned in official website for OpenShift SSH and remote access. Getting Started With OpenShift SSH and Remote Access Blindly copy pasting the commands which we have shown in this … [Read more...]
Distributed Replicated Block Device or DRBD
Distributed Replicated Block Device or DRBD is a free network storage solution software. A kernel module together with a management application in user space with a script serves the function of a a block device on a productive (primary) server in real time to another (secondary) server to reflect it. This method is used to acheive high availability (HA) in the Linux environment and thus can … [Read more...]
Github SSH Key Not Working For Command Line : Troubleshooting
Github SSH Key not working for command line but is working for Mac GUI Tool from Github - this is quite common situation and here is very easy way to fix it. Github has official guide for Github SSH Key not working for command line, but actually that is not very practical in all cases. They have used an one user, one repository (that is Github) specific guide. Github SSH Key not working … [Read more...]
TRIM and SSD : What is TRIM ?
TRIM is a command. TRIM is not an acronym. TRIM command allows an operating system to indicate that a disk controller, which blocks of data are no longer used and can be deleted. This command improves access to SSD performance. SSD by function works somewhat like 'placing data across various locations' when compared to platter hard disk which 'saves data in cluster'. We wrote about Solid State … [Read more...]