Subversion is a powerful tool. Not only does it allow multiple developers to collaborate on a project, but it allows you to easily deploy your projects to the production server. If you are using a checked out repository on your production server, rather than an exported copy, it is crucial that you protect [...]
Sometimes you just can’t remember what packages you’ve already installed, or what version you are currently running. Thankfully you can quickly find out this information from the command line.
$ dpkg –get-selections
acl install
acpi-support install
acpid install
adduser install
alacarte install
alsa-base install
alsa-utils install
anacron install
apmd install
apparmor install
apparmor-utils install
apport install
apport-gtk install
apt install
apt-transport-https install
apt-utils install
apt-xapian-index install
aptitude install
apturl install
You’ll find that there is far too much information returned by this command and the only way to find exactly what you need is [...]
Creating a user in Linux is a simple task. Well, kinda. You can quickly create a user without specifying much of it’s characteristics, or you can get much more in depth with security, default shells and other customizations. I recommend taking the time to learn beyond the basics or you may find yourself [...]
