04 Jan 2012
2 minutes read
FB2 Welcome to 2012!Welcome to 2012!
It’s been so unbelievably long since my last post on this blog that I decided to start this year with a non-technical welcome.
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01 Jul 2011
3 minutes read
FB4 Using Dig Command to Confirm TTL for a DNS Zone EntryUsing Dig Command to Confirm TTL for a DNS Zone Entry
As you probably know, TTL (time-to-live) parameters can be set not only for the whole DNS zone you’re managing, …
10 Mar 2011
3 minutes read
FB4 Upgrading Ubuntu With Do-Release-UpgradeUpgrading Ubuntu With Do-Release-Upgrade
There comes a time (a couple of times a year, actually) when you may want to upgrade your Ubuntu distro (read here for …
03 Mar 2010
3 minutes read
FB4 Mounting NFS Shares on Mac OS XMounting NFS Shares on Mac OS X
I’ve recently decided to give Mac OS X a try. For the past week or so I’ve been spending a good few hours a …
21 Jan 2010
1 minutes read
FB4 Suggest a Topic for the Operating Systems BasicsSuggest a Topic for the Operating Systems Basics
Hi everyone, and thanks for staying with Unix Tutorial for so long! I’ve been quietly upgrading the blog engine …
17 Dec 2009
1 minutes read
FB4 Unix Tutorial Gets Its Own Page on FacebookUnix Tutorial Gets Its Own Page on Facebook
If you have a Facebook account and would like to get in touch with other visitors of this blog to discuss Unix, …
02 Dec 2009
3 minutes read
FB4 How to Disable IPv6 in Red Hat LinuxHow to Disable IPv6 in Red Hat Linux
Since it may be a while before I’m ready to use the IPv6 on my systems, I’ve been disabling IPv6 on most …
16 Oct 2009
4 minutes read
FB4 Climate Change: How You Can Help Prevent ItClimate Change: How You Can Help Prevent It
Since it’s Blog Action Day 2009 today, I’d like to remind all the readers of my blog how climate change can …
02 Oct 2009
1 minutes read
FB4 Ask Me a Unix Question on TwitterAsk Me a Unix Question on Twitter
Hi everyone, it seems to be really long since my last technical post here – too much stuff happening at work, plus …
18 Jun 2009
3 minutes read
FB4 Fixed Calculations in Unix ScriptsFixed Calculations in Unix Scripts
Although I’ve already shown you how to sum numbers up in bash, I only covered the bash way of doing it. I really …
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