How to Linux and Open Source - Soup To Nuts

[lotusleaf]

How to Linux and Open Source from Soup To Nuts (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/)

"There are over 200 Linux tips and tricks from using encryption, tar, cpio, setting up multiple IP addresses on one NIC, tips for using man, putting jobs into the background, using shred, watch who is doing what on your system, listing system settings, IPC status, how to make a file immutable so that even root cannot delete, ssh key pair generation, keeping 12 months of backups in the system logs, low level tap commands (mt), mount an ISO image as a filesystem, getting information on the hard drive, setting up cron jobs, look command, getting a bigger word dictionary, find out if a command is aliased, ASCII codes, using elinks, screen commands, FTP auto-login, Bash brace expansion, Bash string operators, for loops in Bash, diff and patch, script, change library path (ldconfig), monitor file usage, --parents option in commands, advance usage of the find command, cat tricks, guard against SYN flood attacks and ping, special shell variables, RPM usage, finding IP and MAC address, DOS to UNIX conversion, PHP as command line scripting language, Gnuplot, POVRAY and making animated GIFs, plus a lot more."

View it in HTML (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/how_to_linux_and_open_source.htm) or Text (http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/How_to_Linux_and_Open_Source.txt) - Frequently updated

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* Create your own custom Live Linux CD (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/cdrom.htm)

* SQLite Tutorial (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_sqlite_tutorial.html)

* Lemon Parser Tutorial (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_lemon_tutorial.html)

* NTP, UTC, and Working with Time on Linux (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_working_with_time.html)

* Virtual Filesystem: Building a Linux Filesystem from an Ordinary File (http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/README_Virtual_FS.html)

* MySQL Tips and Tricks (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_mysql.htm)"

[matthew]

There's some great stuff there. Thanks!

EDIT: you added more while I wrote this! Wow.

[majikstreet]

That guy who wrote those soup to nuts things has too much time on his hands.. And so does lotusleaf.

[23meg]

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[lotusleaf]

That guy who wrote those soup to nuts things has too much time on his hands.. And so does lotusleaf.

When it comes to helping others, there's no such thing as having "too much time".