If you’re new to Linux chances are you know about Ubuntu. Ubuntu has done a great job making a distribution of Linux new-user friendly. One of the ways they have done this is by making the root user (the super user) somewhat transparent. The user can not log in as the root user in a [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 23rd, 2009
- Comments: 17
Taking screenshots in Linux
So you’ve been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you’veĀ noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it’s time you found out just how those images are taken. No it’s not magic, but in one instance it’s ImageMagick. Actually there are a few ways to take [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 22nd, 2009
- Comments: 3
The different ways to execute a Linux application
I remember, way back, when I first started using Linux either was either in full-on command line only Linux or I was using Fvwm95. Executing commands in command line meant I had to know the name of the command. And when I was in the Fvwm95 desktop, if there wasn’t a menu entry for an [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 21st, 2009
- Comments: 10
Linux Games: Torus Trooper
I am a child of the 80s (born in 1967), so I remember well the likes of Tempest, Zaxon, Galaga, Zap, Centipede, and many more games that stole my quarters over the years. These games helped to define my generation as the first to stare, glassy-eyed at a screen in hopes of having their name [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 20th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Use Bogofilter for better junk detection in Evolution
So you’re using the Linux operating system and you’re not concerned with viruses. But you still get SPAM – and plenty of it. With the Evolution groupware suite you have, by default, Spamassassin as your Junk filtering tool. For some this is enough. For others, howerver, it doesn’t cut it. For those that need more [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 19th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Map your network with Lanmap
This morning I needed a visual representation of my local Lan in order to find out what machines were associated with what IP addresses. For this task I used a tool that has come in handy on a number of occasions. That tool? Lanmap. Lanmap is a command-line only tool available for Ubuntu that will [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 18th, 2009
- Comments: 12
KlamAV: Outstanding KDE front-end for Linux anti-virus
You don’t usually here that phrase spoken “Linux anti-virus”. But it does exist. One of the more popular Linux anti-virus tools is ClamAV. But to most users (especially new users) ClamAV is a bit challenging to use. That is where KlamAV comes in. KlamAV does an outstanding job of making ClamAV a user-friendly tool.
Unlike ClamAV, [...]

