Noob thing. Might be interesting to find out if your password is on the list. The top 25 worst passwords. How do you change your password? :~$ passwd You will get output that looks like: Changing password for (youruserid) (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully :~$ […]
27
Nov
25 worst passwords — how to change your password in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Security, Skill Level: Easy22
Nov
The information on how to label an ms-dos formatted drive seems scattered across the internet, and might seem overwhelming at first. But it’s not too hard. Here’s my recipe! 1. If not already installed, install the mtools package. This is an open source package for manipulating ms-dos file systems, under Linux. to do that simply […]
14
Nov
This is a very relevant article to the Ubuntu and Unity debate, vs other Linux distributions, especially, Linux Mint. Linux Mint: The new Ubuntu? Personally, I am on Debian Squeeze. Very solid, but NOT for n00bs. Tad difficult to configure. Wayno
6
Nov
What task number is running in Linux?
Posted by Wayno Published in bash, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: Medium, UncategorizedA lot of times, I want to see what the task number is of a running task. I might want to see if there are multiple occurrences of a task, or a zombie task (defunct). Easy way is to: ps -ef | grep taskname ps says give me a snapsnot of all the running tasks. […]
5
Nov
Okay so I am new to the Android platform (as of this week). But for the life of me could NOT figure out why my wifi connection to my home network wouldn’t work. I checked all the usual things. Signal strength, another network (thanks Jason whoever you are, for having an open unsecured network I […]
3
Nov
Several people have asked: Where’s Wayno? I had a bit of day surgery this week, and I am still recovering from that. Hopefully I will be back up to par in a couple of weeks. Wayno
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