Well, it’s finally happened. OpenSUSE has finally thrown their hat into the ring of free enterprise Linux distributions. It’s known as LEAP. Does it have what it takes to replace CentOS and others like it? Let’s find out! What is LEAP? So what exactly is LEAP? What’s it for? The easiest way to approach something … Read more
Communication plays an important role in our day-to-day work – it lets you exchange ideas, offer and receive help, and more. If you’re setting up a Local Area Network (LAN) in your office, home, or cafe, then one of the most important aspects to keep in mind on the software side is an interoffice communications … Read more
Ntop is an open-source and very useful network-monitoring tool that displays a list of hosts that are currently using the network and reports information concerning the IP traffic generated by each host. You can use a web browser to monitor your network traffic, connections and bandwidth usage. Ntop monitors and reports host traffic and supports … Read more
Google Music users: Have you ever wished you could mount your entire library from Google’s servers in a folder on your Linux desktop? If so, GMusicFS may interest you. It’s a python tool that works with Fuse to make it possible to mount Google Music files locally. Here’s how to get it going. Note: GMusicFS … Read more
Mod_evasive is an Apache module that provides evasive action in the event of an HTTP DoS or DDoS attack or brute force attack. mod_evasive presently reports malicious activity via email and syslog. The mod_evasive module works by creating an internal dynamic hash table of IP addresses and URIs and denying any single IP address from … Read more
Secure communication has become the need of the hour in today’s world, especially in the wake of Snowden’s revelations about government surveillance. Not only big companies, but individuals have also started taking online privacy seriously, thanks to software tools specifically designed for this purpose that are in hot demand now. While there are many communication … Read more
Apache is the most well-known and widely used web server around the world. For a Linux system administrator, it is important to monitor and debug Apache performance problems. Mod_status is an Apache module that displays a web page containing statistics about the web server’s current state including worker processes and active connections. It helps to … Read more
As a Linux user there just aren’t many tools out there being developed to back up photos from Instagram. Sure, if you have searched GitHub you could probably find a rinky-dink bash script or two to do your bidding, but that’s just about it. That’s where 4k Stogram comes in. It’s an easy-to-use, cross-platform, stand-alone … Read more
Google Music is a great service. Along with the ability to purchase from their extensive library, you can store up to 50,000 of your own music files. Unfortunately, the software behind Google Music on Linux is less-than-stellar. Luckily, there’s a command-line alternative. Here’s how it works. Installing the Google Music API Before Gmpydl can work, … Read more
WebDAV, also known as “Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning”, is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on a remote web server using HTTP protocol. You can share Word or Excel documents or a music collection with your friends and other people by simply giving them … Read more