E-Book: Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (Author: Terry Collings & Kurt Wall)

Red Hat Linux is the most popular distribution of Linux currently in use. Red HatLinux has shown itself to be a robust, reliable operating system that can run on avariety of hardware, from personal computers to large mainframes. Linux in general,and Red Hat Linux in particular, is a very powerful operating system that can be usedat the enterprise level as a full-fledged server, as well as at the workstation level fortypical user applications. For those of us dissatisfied with the reliability of other com-mercially available operating systems, Red Hat Linux is a pleasant alternative.

E-Book: Linux From Scratch (version 6.5) by Gerard Beekmans

My journey to learn and better understand Linux began over a decade ago, back in 1998. I had just installed my firstLinux distribution and had quickly become intrigued with the whole concept and philosophy behind Linux.

There are always many ways to accomplish a single task. The same can be said about Linux distributions. A greatmany have existed over the years. Some still exist, some have morphed into something else, yet others have beenrelegated to our memories. They all do things differently to suit the needs of their target audience. Because so manydifferent ways to accomplish the same end goal exist, I began to realize I no longer had to be limited by any oneimplementation. Prior to discovering Linux, we simply put up with issues in other Operating Systems as you had nochoice. It was what it was, whether you liked it or not. With Linux, the concept of choice began to emerge. If youdidn't like something, you were free, even encouraged, to change it.

Tutorial: Install TrueType Font on Ubuntu

What is TrueType Font? TrueType Font (TTF) is an outline font standard developed by Apple and Microsoft in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. It has becom e the most common format for fonts on both the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating system.

The familiar TrueType Font are Times Roman, Helvetica, Courier, etc. In Microsoft Windows operating system fonts are Times New Roman (compatible with Times Roman), Arial (compatible with Helvetica), and Courier New (compatible with Courier), etc.

By default, Ubuntu has no TrueType Font (TTF). So Ubuntu users often need TrueType Font for Open Office, Libre Office, Gimp, and another programs. This article will give you tutorial how to install TTF (TrueType Font) on Ubuntu (here I use Ubuntu 13.10). So check this out.

Convert .nrg to .iso in Ubuntu / Debian

How to convert file .nrg to .iso? In linux family, to convert file .nrg to .iso is not big problem. And does not require special tools to do it. Just use command line via terminal, we can do it.

This is command to convert file .nrg to .iso:

dd bs=1k if=fileimage.nrg of=fileimage.iso skip=300

The meaning of command above is:

• dd is command to convert and copy a file
• bs=1k is read and write 1 kilobytes at a time
• if is read from file (this case is .nrg file)
• of is write to file (this case is .iso file)
• skip=300 is skip 300 kilobytes size blocks at start of input. To get .ISO we must reduce 300kb. So we skip 300.

Tutorial: Install Grub Customizer in Ubuntu 13.10

Grub Customizer is a tools to configure the Grub Menu settings and menu entries. This tools base on graphical interface, so easy to use. So we do not need to make changes grub with syntax. This tools allows to move, remove, rename and edit the bootloader menu entries, set the default operating system, reinstallation of the bootloader to MBR, and etc.

What are the feature of Grub Customizer application? We can give background on the bootloader menu, we can change foreground color of menu list, and etc.

So how to install grub customizer in Ubuntu (this case I use ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander)?