Category Archives: Tech

Libre Office – Free Yourself.

Posted on March 7, 2011 - Monday by undan

The Document Foundation is an independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation, created by leading members of the OpenOffice.org Community. After Oracle’s takeover of Sun, there has been a lot of discussion going on as to what would be the future of the … Continue reading →

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SNMP Monitoring using Nagios

Posted on November 25, 2010 - Thursday by undan

Nagios is very good and commonly used monitoring tool for systems and network equipments. It can monitor and report availability statistics as well as provide alerts in case of host or service incidents. I am going to discuss on how … Continue reading →

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Making Ubuntu Better !

Posted on October 12, 2010 - Tuesday by undan

Here’s a few things I do just after installing Ubuntu Linux. While this step is not mandatory, it sure makes a lot of good additions to the experience. With these few simple commands, your new Ubuntu system will get lot … Continue reading →

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MySQL Database : Quick & Easy Backup / Restore

Posted on October 9, 2010 - Saturday by undan

MySQL is a great Open Source Software that is easy to setup and manage. It is available for both Windows and Unix/Linux Operating Systems ( and many others) . If you are using MySQL, here is a quick and easy … Continue reading →

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wget & shell scripting for automated downloads

Posted on October 8, 2010 - Friday by undan

My friend Leo came up with this interesting problem. He found a site where a lot of religious videos are hosted for free and he wanted to download them all. The problem is, that the site has a navigation system … Continue reading →

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