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How to do a full disk encryption with Ubuntu installation
In this video tutorial, I am demonstrating how to do a full disk encryption by using Ubuntu Mini ISO (Netinstall)
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Parallel compression – decompression of files on multi-core-multi-threaded cpu’s
Using multiple cores and processors simultaneously to achieve faster compression and decompression rates is possible nowadays with the new generation of multi-core cpu’s. Using the following methods to create compressed backups of your files will be less time consuming.
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SHC: How to encrypt and convert a shell script into a binary executable
Abstract SHC is a free software (GPL v2) that takes a shell script and produces C source code. The generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a stripped binary executable. Introduction There are some uncomfortable times when you will be asked to not distribute the source code of a shell script (eg. […]
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Introduction to DIY Home Server
Abstract A home server can be extremely useful for managing your personal data like backing up your files, streaming your music, photos and videos and accessing locally installed services like webmail, webeditor, calendar, notes, contacts, finances and many more. This is an introductory article for a series of articles for building, deploying, securing, maintaining, troubleshooting […]
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Create a backup or a bundle of your git repository
Introduction Keeping a backup or moving around a local repository while retaining its entire versioning information can be achieved with the current utilities of git. Bundles are a great way to backup entire Git repositories. They also let you share changes without a network connection. Materials and Methods We will use the git bundle utility […]
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How to change the remote url of a local repository
The git remote set-url command changes an existing remote repository URL.
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Ask – Find the best answer to your questions related to Ubuntu in just 1 second !!!
Ah, it’s almost 9:00 and I am still awake. I’ve been trying to figure out how great it’s the howdoi and what if I could modify the script to work along with AskUbuntu.com How it works Just type your question (query or just a phrase) or anything like being in Google, but in terminal. [youtube id=”zRMcT1uwjis” width=”600″ height=”350″] The […]
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How to install CUDA 5.0 Toolkit in Ubuntu
This guide is based upon Ubuntu LTS 12.04, but same principles apply in 12.10 as well. Let’s start 1. Make sure you have a CUDA supported GPU You must have a nVIDIA GPU that supports CUDA, otherwise you can’t program in CUDA code. Here’s a list with the CUDA supported GPU models. 2. Install NVIDIA […]
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New GPU Benchmarks: Unigine Valley 1.0 & Heaven 4.0
Unigine is going to release two new GPU Benchmarks sometime during next week. Namely: Unigine Valley and Heaven 4.0. Both of them will be compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OSX operating systems, 32bit and 64bit respectively. In our case, we would like to see the power of OpenGL 4.x support. New features: SSDO (scene-space dimensional occlusion), […]
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New GPU Benchmarks: Unigine Valley 1.0 & Heaven 4.0
Unigine is going to release two new GPU Benchmarks sometime during next week. Namely: Unigine Valley and Heaven 4.0. Both of them will be compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OSX operating systems, 32bit and 64bit respectively. In our case, we would like to see the power of OpenGL 4.x support. New features: SSDO (scene-space dimensional occlusion), […]