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Nice discussion on Control Panel ( free ) for VPS.

Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:45:04 +0000

http://xmodulo.com/free-control-panel-for-vps.html

Enjoy the discussion and information if you are looking for free control panel for VPS or some other host.

CACert.org – get free ssl certificates.

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 01:03:01 +0000

From CACert website :

CAcert.org is a community-driven Certificate Authority that issues certificates to the public at large for free.

CAcert’s goal is to promote awareness and education on computer security through the use of encryption, specifically by providing cryptographic certificates. These certificates can be used to digitally sign and encrypt email, authenticate and authorize users connecting to websites and secure data transmission over the internet. Any application that supports the Secure Socket Layer Protocol (SSL or TLS) can make use of certificates signed by CAcert, as can any application that uses X.509 certificates, e.g. for encryption or code signing and document signatures.

cd across parallel directories

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:37:55 +0000

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Here is a simple and fast way to cd across parallel directory.

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Ultralight DIY distribution

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:06:16 +0000

Tiny Core: Ultralight DIY distribution

When reviewing a lightweight distribution, the term Swiss Army knife is sometimes employed to indicate that it’s packed with features despite a diminutive size. However, at 11MB for the ISO, Tiny Core is more of a blank-slate distribution, as when booted from a CDROM or a USB stick, it presents the user with a simple desktop consisting merely of a task launcher and a package manager. It contains some good ideas and it’s already perfectly usable, but I think it needs a few more refinements in order to become great. more»

Empty a file

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:56:13 +0000

This one is for those who know the “touch” command. Hope all of us do not follow a command just because it is on one of the popular site without trying to understand the command and the output.

Free Home made calendar for December 2010.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:14:18 +0000

Hope you will like this 🙂

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December Calendar

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Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Post Installation Guide

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:42:40 +0000

Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Post Installation Guide ubuntu.jpgUbuntu 10.10 codenamed Maverick Meerkat is released. As you all know Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution since it aims on usability and ease of installation. The new version of Ubuntu comes with Gnome 2.32 and Linux kernel 2.6.35. Of course all software is updated with new versions. The installation has also become very easy and fast. The user has to do only a few clicks until he boots up to his new Ubuntu desktop. Download Ubuntu 10.10 install it and let’s see a few tips and tricks!

cURL – Tutorial

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:22:57 +0000

Here are linkw to two nice tutorials on curl and how to use curl to login before we try to fetch a page. Hope you find them useful.
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/httpscripting.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcgQUsorF_8

http://scriptasy.com/php_11/tutorial-curl-login_44.html

How To Display Just The HTTP Response Code In CLI Curl (beerpla.net)

15 (More) Awesome Conky Configurations

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:17:02 +0000

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15 (More) Awesome <a class="zem_slink" title="Conky (software)" rel="homepage" href="http://conky.sourceforge.net/">Conky Configurations You may have already seen our list of awesome Conky scripts or configurations, and perhaps applied or used some of them on your own <a class="zem_slink" title="Linux" rel="homepage" href="http://www.kernel.org/">Linux desktop. Since that collection was quiet popular, I decided to scour the web once again to gather more Conky scripts that I could share with all of you. Now, here is another list of some of the most excellent and unique conky configurations that you could freely use. Enjoy!

SMS from my site - free worldwide.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:51:24 +0000

Thanks to Free widget, now you can send worldwide free SMS from the widgets in my blog.

Hope it helps you.

Over 50 Free, Must-Have Open Source Resources

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:09:36 +0000

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OStatic: ”n this post, you’ll find an updated set of more than 45 collections and resources. Hopefully, you’ll find something to learn from here, and the good news is that everything found in this post is free.”

<a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000003f3a0" title="Uniform Resource Locator" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator">URL: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-23-003-35-RV-SW">http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-23-003-35-RV-SW<h6 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://technology.johnsamuel.in/main/index.php/2009/10/25/bit-ly-more-than-just-a-url-shortener/">bit.ly: More than just a URL shortener (technology.johnsamuel.in) <div class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/01000062-d486-42d2-bd70-1cb729684b22/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/reblog_b18.png" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog">

List of commands you use most often

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:53:08 +0000

$ history | <a class="zem_slink" title="AWK" rel="homepage" href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook/index.html">awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}' | sort -rn | head > /tmp/cmds | <a class="zem_slink" title="Gnuplot" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gnuplot.info/">gnuplot -persist <(echo 'plot "/tmp/cmds" using 1:xticlabels(2) with boxes') Plot your most used commands with gnuplot.

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Adding border to images.

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:38:52 +0000

A very simple script to add border to images :
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*for i in .jpg; do montage -geometry 720×576 -background black -quality 100 $i conv-$i; done

This is one line that you can run the directory containing all your images and all the files with extension of ”jpg” will be assumed to be images and the command run on them to add the border. The border is black in color and quality of the border is 100%.

6700 free and redistributable fonts for Linux.

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:47:19 +0000

Today I was searching for some good fonts for my desktop running Fedora 11 – Leonidas. In my quest to find the required fonts that I would liked, I reached some good sites so just thought would share the same with you.

First, how do you use them, simple steps:

mkdir ~/.fonts

Now you can put your fonts in this directory. You can make sub-directories to keep your fonts organized. On F11, I did not need to refresh the font server or logout and login. 🙂

Using tput to save, clear and restore the terminal contents

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:56:51 +0000

Using tput to save, clear and restore the terminal contents $ tput smcup; echo ”Doing some things…”; sleep 2; tput rmcup Very useful for interactive scripts where you would like to return the terminal contents to its original state before the script was run. This would be similar to how vi exits and returns you to your original terminal screen.

Save and clear the terminal contents with:

tput smcup

List of commands you use most often

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:17:01 +0000

<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Command-line-fu/~3/6MxHiSiINdo/list-of-commands-you-use-most-often">List of commands you use most often

$ history | <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/awk" title="AWK" rel="homepage" href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook/index.html">awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}' | sort -rn | head > /tmp/cmds | gnuplot -persist <(echo 'plot "/tmp/cmds" using 1:xticlabels(2) with boxes') Plot your most used commands with gnuplot.

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GCompris — Kids games and learning activities and hacks.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:20:18 +0000

I found a nice game and learning software for Kids yesterday. It is called <a href="http://gcompris.net/" target="_blank">GCompris. Details of the software as in their website is<div class="contenu">

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category.

Biggest free shell account list

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:57:07 +0000

Biggest shell account list is <a href="http://www.red-pill.eu/freeunix.shtml" target="_blank">here.

Determine what process is listening on a port on Solaris, without lsof

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:13:37 +0000

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$ for x in `ptree | <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/awk" title="AWK" rel="homepage" href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook/index.html">awk '{print $1}’`; do pfiles $x | <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/grep" title="Grep" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep">grep ${PORT} > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ x”$?” == ”x0” ]; then ps -ef | grep $x | grep -v grep; fi; done 2> /dev/null

SQuirrel SQL for Graphical interface to Oracle/MySQL and loads of other database -- OSS and free.

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:06:48 +0000

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<a class="zem_slink freebase/en/squirrel_sql_client" title="SQuirreL SQL Client" rel="homepage" href="http://www.squirrelsql.org/">SQuirreL SQL Client is a graphical SQL client written in <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f8545aa" title="Java (programming language)" rel="homepage" href="http://java.sun.com">Java that will allow you to view the structure of a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/java_database_connectivity" title="Java Database Connectivity" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity">JDBC compliant database, browse the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/data" title="Data" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data">data in tables, issue SQL commands etc. The pre-requisites are java 1.5 and 1.6 in the sequence of the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/installation" title="Installation (computer programs)" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_%28computer_programs%29">installer versions! Installers available at: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/ Home page and installation instructions at: <a href="http://www.squirrelsql.org/#installation">http://www.squirrelsql.org/#installation Have a nice time with the SQuirreL!!<h6 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/2010/04/27/fvwm-look-and-feel-icons-and-themes/">fvwm Look and Feel, icons and themes (amit-agarwal.co.in) <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://checkedexception.blogspot.com/2010/03/using-ms-sql-from-linux.html">Using MS SQL from Linux (checkedexception.blogspot.com) <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://briancarper.net/blog/adminer-where-have-you-been-all-my-life">Adminer, where have you been all my life? (briancarper.net) <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://helpdeskgeek.com/databases/an-introduction-to-oracle-sql-developer-part-v/">An Introduction to Oracle SQL Developer – Part V (helpdeskgeek.com) <div class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/6c1be63c-1479-4ac2-9707-3e8c8b750585/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/reblog_b12.png" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /><span class="zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog">

Auto Adjust Photo color and contrast in Windows, Mac and Linux.

Wed, 19 May 2010 16:38:40 +0000

<a href="http://log69.com/aaphoto_en.html" target="_blank">Auto Adjust Photo is a tool that is very helpful if you are looking at quickly adjusting the photo. This tool does a good job of automatically doing color correction. Here is example:

There is definately a scope of improvement in the processed photo, but if you have a couple of hundred photo’s and you can get this effect in one liner then nothing like it. Here’s the one liner

Linux EBook

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:35:19 +0000

My own book.. Though not too good but might be useful.

<a class="aligncenter" title="Ebook" href="http://amit-agarwal.co.in/mystuff/LinuxBook.pdf.bz2">Free Ebook

Leave a comment or send a mail to wordpress@amit-agarwal.co.in to get the password

Delete all files in a folder that don't match a certain file extension

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:01:52 +0000

$ rm !(.foo|.bar|*.baz)

Deletes all files in a folder that are NOT *.foo, *.bar or *.baz files. Edit the pattern inside the brackets as you like.

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Lock the hardware eject button of the cdrom

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:46:29 +0000

$ eject -i 1 This command will lock the hardware eject button of your cdrom drive. Some uses are:

1: If you have a toddler and has discovered the cdrom button

2: If you are carrying a laptop in a bag or case and don’t want it to eject if the button is inadvertently pressed.

To unlock the button use:

eject -i 0

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Generate web thumbnails page (gallery) for free with convert command on linux

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:37:57 +0000

Here’s something for guys who want to generate html file with thumbnails of photos. I know sometimes it really gets messy. So sometime back I had found a search on the net for the same and found a script written by Samuel Hocevar. Sorry I do not seem to have the link to the page, but since the script is GPL and name of the author is there in the script, I can put it for download from my web-blog also. So here is the script <a href="http://amit-agarwal.co.in/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/genthumb.sh">genthumb

101 Linux hacks – free Linux Ebook

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:52:05 +0000

Go and grab your copy of the free <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGeekStuff/~3/KNUpyY4YE9c/" target="_blank">ebook.

Quite nice book with small little hacks but sometimes the details are too much, specially the one on the cd command. I think there was no need for 3-4 examples of the same thing, but then nice collection and nice ebook.

How To Build A Self-hosted WordPress Blog For Free

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:44 +0000

A blog is a layman-friendly variation of a website, and having a blog is one of the many ways to state your presence in the virtual world. While there are many hassle-free blog services out there that will take care of everything except automatically blog for you – like <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/blogger">Blogger and <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/wordpress">WordPress, nothing can beat a self-hosted blog in the terms of customization and self pride.

The problem is, the process of building your own self-hosted blog is (almost always) not free and is considered complicated. So most newbies will choose the easier path and never give themselves a chance to experiment.

Web Thumbnails, create your account to upload your files.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:30 +0000

So, since I got one more address, I thought of some social service too ;). Just kidding. Got my gallery site up. You can use it too to upload your photos. For stopping social abuse I would personally be montoring the accounts thus created and you would need to send a mail to gallery@amit-agarwal.co.in for creation of the account. Right now there is no quota on the size of the space.

Crossfire game server.. free connection.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:27 +0000

I have setup a Free to use Crossfire game server. If you want to play the game, you can connect to amit.themafia.info

For playing the game you would need the client to connect to it which you can install with

yum install crossfire-client

then you can run the game with ”cfclient” and then connect to amit.themafia.info.

Wallpaper designed by me with GIMP.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:22 +0000

Here’s the wallpaper, did not spend much time but I think this came out quite good.

Click to view full size or to download.

My photos on *looks with good download and rating :)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:21:13 +0000

Enjoy the free wallpapers

<a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Linux+Power?content=99448" target="_blank">http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Linux+Power?content=99448

<a href="http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Linux+Power?content=99451" target="_blank">http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Linux+Power?content=99451

<a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dark+Sky?content=99487" target="_blank">http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dark+Sky?content=99487

<a href="http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Dark+Sky?content=99486" target="_blank">http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Dark+Sky?content=99486

Personal Page and space.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:45:19 +0000

Now that my other <a href="http://amit.themafia.info/" target="_blank">url is working, I can afford to share some space. If you want to try something on web programming or something else, mail me and I will personally try to see if I can arrange to make some permission chages for you. I am not launching anything for a free service, but for my readers, this is exclusive offer. I will try to arrange something.

My HomeGrown Free web address with unlimited space for no charge.

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:24:34 +0000

I have a broadband connection and have been trying to do this for a while. I wanted to setup a URL that could link to my system at my home at ”no extra cost”. To start with this is for fun and finally for profit. As you know, buying a space on the web now a days is costly and I believe saving money is earning money and thus did the setup so that I have a URL that can go directly to my system behind the ADSL router.

Sending SMS the cheaper way.

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:10:37 +0000

I have been working on finding ways to send SMS the cheapest way. Looked at couple of services and tried couple of softwares and gateways but finally found this to be the best way:

<a href="wordpress/send-sms">Send SMS (Only Indian Cell providers)

Some interesting links here:

<a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080104051242AAvvNni"><a href="http://www.ananthapuri.com/mobile.asp">http://www.ananthapuri.com/mobile.asp
<a href="http://www.mocolife.com">http://www.mocolife.com

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CACert.org – get free ssl certificates.

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Crossfire game server.. free connection.

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Sending SMS the cheaper way.