Category Archives: Linux Sea

File System Labels in Linux Sea

Posted on February 12, 2011 by swift

I have added some information on file system labels in Linux Sea (PDF). If you don’t know what labels are (or UUIDs), here is a quick summary. Most, if not all file systems, assign a universally unique identifier (UUID) which … Continue reading →

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Linux Sea last content chapter

Posted on September 4, 2010 by swift

The last chapter in Linux Sea focuses on Using A Shell. This seems to me like a nice last chapter, as it confronts the user with the exciting world of shell scripts. I hope that the chapters in the book … Continue reading →

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Linux Sea: log file management and backups

Posted on September 2, 2010 by swift

I’ve added two more chapters to the Linux Sea book. The first one is about Log file management, the second one about Taking Backups. They’re far from finished, but I thought that those two topics are important for day-to-day Gentoo … Continue reading →

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Added “iw” support to Linux Sea

Posted on August 26, 2010 by swift

The wireless driver developers are actively working on a new wireless toolset called “iw”, slowly deprecating the older wireless-tools toolset (which contains the “iwconfig” command). Kasumi_Ninja reported to me in the Gentoo Forums that it would be nice to add … Continue reading →

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I remain impressed by the free software community

Posted on August 25, 2010 by swift

My current personal projects, Linux Sea and cvechecker, are actively being watched by the free software community. For the Linux Sea book, I get nice feedback and ideas on the Gentoo Forums and on the cvechecker application, people such as … Continue reading →

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Linux Sea sources online, cvechecker still in development

Posted on July 23, 2010 by swift

First of all, I’ve put the sources for Linux Sea online at GitHub. Not only does that safeguard any latest changes from not hitting my backup in time before my laptop dies (it’s terminal, but I can’t let him go … Continue reading →

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Question yourself v3

Posted on May 19, 2010 by swift

Another update to Quizzer, now at version 3. But more importantly, updates to the Linux Sea related chapters are made available online – get a taste for it at the online quizzer set. Feedback is, as always, very much appreciated.

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Question yourself v2

Posted on May 11, 2010 by swift

A new version of the Quizzer webscript is available. The demo has also been updated with quick tests on the first few chapters of Linux Sea. More exercises on the following chapters will follow soon. Updates to the script include … Continue reading →

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Question yourself

Posted on May 2, 2010 by swift

Do you ever write down things in the hope you never forget them, but still think it would be better if you could somehow take a test of that subject from time to time to make sure you don’t forget? … Continue reading →

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A dozen pages added

Posted on April 22, 2010 by swift

Just a quick heads-up that a dozen pages in the Linux Sea book have been added. Nothing spectacular, just a few more paragraphs on services/runlevels, a few updates on software management and on boot failure resolutions.

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