Google is an amazing search engine service, but there are many other options if you would like to use a search engine on your site or computer.
SearchBlox is a great search tool that allows users to search shared drives, feeds and more.
SearchBox amazingly searches your server and can index all of your documents, PDF files and more. SearchBlox is completely open source and is available in 37 languages.
MOC is a great console music player for Linux. MOC reminds me a lot of Winamp as it allows you to play all types of audio and even change the themes.
Install moc on ubuntu
sudo apt-get install moc
I have been setting up Linux servers a lot lately and I came across this great step by step guide that outlines how to install an Ubuntu Server as a LAMP Server. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. This step by step process helps to make the process as easy as possible and even if you dont have Linux Server experience Im sure you will be able to follow the process.
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 11.04. Click here to check out the full article.
I came across a very interesting article that ran through the recent numbers from Statcounter. The numbers were about the marketshare of the top operating systems around the world and it now seems that the iPad is being used more than Linux.
The above graph was for the US, but the same thing seems to be happening all around the world.
Linux to be me is being used by only very tech savvy individuals, but it does outline how popular the iPad has quickly become.
Source: Pingdom
At Crenk we want to help our readers is basic day to day online tasks. Here is a quick tip on where to find your MySQL error and other log files on a Linux server or system.
If you are using a basic Red Hat system then you log files can be found under: /var/log/mysqld.log . This is the same for CentOS and Fedora Linux.
Debian and Ubuntu systems -/var/log/mysql.log
FreeBSD – /var/db/mysql/’hostname’.err
If you would like to view the log files from the command line, then all you need to do is type in the following commands:
tail -f /var/log/mysql.log
grep ‘something’ /var/log/mysql.log
less /var/log/mysql.log
GFI LANGuard offers an entire set of tools to audit, evaluate and remediate your network within just a few steps. With this suite you can complete full assessments in your organization about software and operating system vulnerabilities, security baselines and also provides you with the necessary instruments to solve them.
Some of the most important features in GFI LANGuard:
Powerful network scanning options without the need to deploy agents.Installing and configuring GFI LANGuard can be executed in simple steps since the product was made to facilitate the complex work usually represents audit and remediate your network from vulnerabilities.
To review detailed step-by-step procedures check this link. Here are some of the basic steps:
2. Review GFI LANGuard system requirements.
3. Install GFI LANGuard with the simple wizard.
4. Once the product is installed, we can easily run the “Scan” option that will retrieve all the necessary information from our network and as we said, agentless.
a. We can select several types of scan: Quick, Full, Custom or Scheduled.
5. With the scan is complete, we’ll receive a full report about all vulnerabilities found in all OS in our network.
6. In the “Remediate” pane we have all the necessary options to solve the vulnerabilities found. Here we can execute immediate actions in clients like:
a. Install/Uninstall Microsoft patches.
b. Install/Uninstall non-Microsoft patches.
c. Deploy custom software.
d. Uninstall software.
Here are some valuable links about GFI LANGuard:
Skype has released Skype 2.2 beta for Linux. The Skype 2.2 beta offers improved call and video quality, mutiple calls and Skype Access. This update isn’t classed as a major update, but is have some great improvements.
Download skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/
Over at TechcityInc they have put together an amazing list that showcases their top 15 linux applications that anyone can make use of. The list features great applications like Ardour, Inkscape, Krita and more.
Skype has long had a Linux version and this is a quick guide on how to install Skype on Ubuntu 11.04 Linux. Skype is by far the most popular voip client online and there are more and more users starting to install Ubuntu, so it was very important for Skype to have their Ubuntu and Linux client up to date.
The process is not complicated , and we will do everything using a terminal.
sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2
cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32
cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64
sudo dpkg-i skype-*. deb
sudo apt-get -f install
Koobface Trojan is back, and now it comes with a few surprises for some friends: Infecting Mac OS X and Linux OS. Intego, the Mac Security Blog, informed that this virus is spreading through social networks and does affect Mac computers as well as Linux.
Koobface appears in social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and now they will not infect only Windows computers. One of the common messages we should receive indicating the presence of Koobface: “Is this you in this video?” once we click on the link it will try to run an applet from Java which will install a malware in the OS.
As for Windows, Koobface will run a local web server and an IRC Server, acting as a Botnet and as a DNS changer; and of course will try to reproduce to other computers.
Intego assures that the Intego VirusBarrier X6 and X5 detect and eradicate this malware, but we must avoid running any unknown Java applet in our computer, and if so, we should detect an installation is running and quickly cancel it.
