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Convert HTML Page To a PDF Using Open Source Tool [ Linux / OS X / Windows ]

Do you need a simple open source cross-platform command line tool that converts web pages and HTML to a PDF file? Look no further, try wkhtmltopdf.Read more: "Convert HTML Page To a PDF Using Open...

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HowTo: Linux Hard Disk Encryption With LUKS [ cryptsetup Command ]

Dear nixCraft, I carry my Linux powered laptop just about everywhere. How do I protect my private data stored on partition or removable storage media against bare-metal attacks where anyone can get...

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agedu: Unix / Linux Command For Tracking Down Wasted Disk Space

Most sysadmin will run low on disk space. Users will demand more space and you need to free space. You will find out files that's a waste of space and delete it or move to an archive medium. But, how...

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Shutter: The Ultimate Linux Screenshot Program

Shutter is a free, open-source, and feature-rich screenshot tool for GNU/Linux distributions. I use this tool frequently when I am creating resources for this site or for our youtube channel and it has...

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Linux ifdata Command: See Network Interface Info Without Parsing ifconfig Output

Reading an IP address in a shell script requires many time and various Linux distributions stores IP address in different text files. So most of us end up writing shell pipes/scripts to get the...

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Testing HTTP Status: 206 Partial Content and Range Requests

The HTTP 2xx class of status codes indicates the action requested by the client was received, and processed successfully. HTTP/1.1 200 OK is the standard response for successful HTTP requests. When you...

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diff Command: Colorize Output On The Unix / Linux Command Line

The diff command compare files line by line and displays a list of changes between two file. You can use diff command to:See the changes between one version of a file.Compare two configuration or...

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Top 30 Nmap Command Examples For Sys/Network Admins

Nmap is short for Network Mapper. It is an open source security tool for network exploration, security scanning and auditing. However, nmap command comes with lots of options that can make the utility...

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Download Samba 4: Active Directory Compatible Server

Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol. Samba version 4 has been released. It is a major rewrite that enables Samba to be an Active Directory domain controller....

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15 Greatest Open Source Terminal Applications Of 2012

Linux on the desktop is making great progress. However, the real beauty of Linux and Unix like operating system lies beneath the surface at the command prompt. nixCraft picks his best open source...

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Linux / Unix: Install and Use Geany Integrated Development Environment

Geany is a great and light weight cross-platform integrated development environment for Linux and Unix based systems. It supports C, C++, Java, PHP, Python and 50+ other programming languages. Geany is...

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Goldendict: A Feature-rich Dictionary Lookup Linux Program

Goldendict is a cross-platform (Linux/Unix/MS-Windows/Apple OS X) and dictionary lookup app written in QT. This application support of multiple dictionary file formats. The program can search...

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Download Of The Day: Fedora Linux 18 (Spherical Cow) DVD

Fedora Linux version 18 has been released and available for download. Fedora Linux is a community based Linux distribution. Fedora Linux is considered as the third most popular Linux distribution,...

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Solaris / Linux: nicstat Command Show Network Interface Card Statistics

The nicstat command is top like utility for network interface card (NIC). It displays information and statistics about all your network card such as packets, kilobytes per second, average packet sizes...

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Download of the day: Kali Linux ( BackTrack Linux )

Kali Linux is the successor of the BackTrack Penetration Testing Linux distribution has been released. From the official project page:Kali is a complete re-build of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely...

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Top 8 Tools To Search Memory Under Linux / Unix [ Forensics Analysis ]

You can dump Linux or Unix server memory. This is useful for forensics analysis, and testing your own system. This is often desirable to see:What code and what data actually resides in memory.You can...

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Apache / Nginx: Visualize Web Server Access Log In Real Time

Logstalgia (also known as ApachePong) is a very powerful and handy app. It is a website access log visualization tool. It is an extremely useful tool to give you look at your web server traffic. I...

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Download of The Day: Debian Linux 7 ( Wheezy )

Debian GNU/Linux version 7.0 Wheezy has been released ( jump to download ) after many months of constant development and available for download in various media format. Debian 7.0 is a free operating...

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Download Of The Day: Fedora Linux 20 (Heisenbug) CD / DVD ISO

Fedora Linux version 20 (code name "Heisenbug") has been released and available for download. Fedora Linux is a community-based Linux distribution which is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. The code name...

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30 Cool Open Source Software I Discovered in 2013

These are full-featured open source software products, free as in beer and speech that I started to use recently. Vivek Gite picks his best open source software of 2013.Read more: "30 Cool Open Source...

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