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Posts tagged fedora
Packaging software with RPM, Part 1: Building and distributing packages
Jan 15th
The principal benefit of open source software is, as its name implies, access to the inner workings of an application. Given the source, you can study how an application works; change, improve, and extend its operation; borrow and repurpose code (per the limits of the application’s license); and port the application to novel and emergent platforms.
Linux Default Services Which Are Enabled at Boot
Jan 10th
You need to minimize software to minimize vulnerability. This provides the best possible protection against vulnerable software.
Mount LVM partitions on a different system
Dec 18th
Today i faced a situation where i had to mount LVM on a harddisk that didn’t belong to my system. So what is i did is this: apt-get install lvm2 dmsetup mdadm reiserfsprogs xfsprogs (some packages such as xfs and reiserfs are for my own need, you need lvm2 basically) and then followed this tutorial to mount the partitions and backup data.
The Five Distros That Changed Linux
Dec 17th
You can measure Linux’s history in many ways. We usually think of it in terms of releases. The Linux kernel got its start in September 1991 with version 0.01. The kernel turned 18 this fall with the release of 2.6.something-or-other. But, another way of looking at Linux is in terms of its important distributions.
