JD's Linux Love
Wherein I jot down interesting Linux and other geeky tidbits.
Wow, what a flashback this screen is! I ran a BBS out of my home for many years, all about sports. It grabbed stats from Sportsticker, parsed them and posted them. All on my little Wildcat BBS. Too cool.
Linux/UNIX software on VanHeusden.com
Lots of great stuff here. multitail looks really nice.
A video showcasing some of the fancy KDE 4.4 eye candy. I used to be a big KDE fan, but KDE 4 lost me and now I like a light Window Manager that doesn’t get in the way. I’ve been using openbox since my move the Arch Linux and have been pretty happy with it.
Conky Hardcore!
I’ve done some work tweaking my Conky config since I made my move to Arch Linux, but it still has a way to go. Much like looking at fancy desktops, I’m always jealous of the great Conky displays I see. Maybe this site will spur me on to great heights!
Wicked Cheap Hosting
Thanks to a pointer from All About Linux, here’s a couple links to some really cheap hosting offers, both from some pretty big names. Each of these is offering a whole year of web site hosting for under US$10! I’m tempted to hook onto both, just to see how usable they are.
- *And* enter an iPad drawing! All for US$9.24 for the year!
- 1 yr (including unlimited bandwidth) for 1 month in price - US$9.95!
TermBuilder: a graphical Linux command line generator | TuxRadar Linux
Very cool little web app from the Linux Format folks that lets you build Linux commands and their myriad options by checking them off on a form. Really nice guide for newbies and experts alike!
50+ Ultimate Collections of Planet Wallpapers | Naldz Graphics
Everybody loves a good collection of wallpapers and here’s 50 pretty nice look “planet” ones.
7 Best Linux Apps for Ripping CDs and DVDs | Maximum PC
Nice list of DVD & CD rippers. I’ve been having problems with Asunder (my favorite because it will encode MP3 & Flac at the same time), so I’ve been casting about for a new CD ripper. grip is nice, although it only does one format at a time.
How fanboys see their OS:
bash programmable completion | freshmeat.net
Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on all exported file-systems from the host called system, while make [Tab] would complete on all targets in Makefile. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.
Very extensive list of bash completions.
