If scientists can now clone sheep, I am sure that we Linux geek can clone our own drives. Just in case you do not know how, well, here is ArsGeek's how-to.

You will need a linux livecd and a HD…

One of the Mac's features is Automator, a tool that allows you to record user actions to make often repeated tasks automated. This is one of the features that is often ignored but proves to be ver…

Who here does not regularly use a web-based service? I reckon that we all do – in my case, I use Twitter's web interface when I am not using a Mac. I also use Meebo for my instant messaging when I…

When I first started using Linux, I was fond of invoking the 'who' and 'w' commands to find out information about users who are logged in the server. Sometimes I'll send them a mes…

What great timing! I was pulling what's left of my hair figuring out how to get 5 different laboratories on different networks to share their printers. Thanks to LinuxPlanet's Carla Schroder…

Adobe's PDF format is one of the most ubiquitous open standard file formats available today. It is no surprise that Linux has various software that supports the file format. Whilst this is definit…

Nmap is undoubtedly one of the must-have tools in a network administrator's arsenal. I have mentioned this tool a couple of times already but I failed to say that there is a front-end interface to…

One downside of having non-dictionary-based passwords is its recall. The most secure passwords are often difficult to memorize. Due to this, it is not uncommon to have a couple of passwords that you u…

I mentioned PyBackPack recently and now here's another back-up tool, rdiff-backup. Rdiff-backup aims " to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup." It lists the f…

It is ironic that despite the number of data backup utilities available, both commercially and as open source, the percentage of people doing back-ups regularly is not even beyond 50%! One can only do…