Category Archives: linux

Using rsync over cp: don’t we just love progressbars?

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 by Matti

If you need to copy large files in a Linux environment, you would usually use the cp command. Makes sense, since it’s to copy files. The downside: you don’t know how far you are within your copy. You can toggle … Continue reading →

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FTP & SELinux: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory

Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 by Matti

If you’ve created a new user, and assigned it a home directory, you might run into the following error message when you’re running SELinux in combination with FTP daemons (proftpd, vsftpd, …): 500 OOPS: cannot change directory. The message is thrown … Continue reading →

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Disappearing Bottom Panel & Top With Firefox + Linux Mint

Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 by Matti

I had this strange bug using Linux Mint + Firefox 3.x, where every time I would start the browser, it would load in a semi-full screen mode. It would cover my bottom bar (the “start menu”, as Windows-users would call … Continue reading →

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Update A Specific Package With apt-get

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Matti

Probably default knowledge to most, but I didn’t find it right way. Turns out the “install” parameter, is also the “upgrade” control for a specific package. If you’re trying to update a specific package, do this: apt-get install <package> If … Continue reading →

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System Calls In Apache (Linux) vs IIS (Windows)

Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2008 by Matti

The following 2 pictures show a clear difference in system calls between a Linux’ Apache, and a Windows’ IIS. Draw your own conclusions. :-)

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