System Administrator Appreciation Day – Gift Idea
Friday July 31 it is the 10th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day or Sysadmin Day and this is a little suggestion for a gift:
And for the smart ass out there…. I don’t mean the picture! 
Archive for the ‘Sysadmin’ Category
Create Ubuntu Repository Mirror on your LAN. Complete HOW TO
How to create a local mirror of the Ubuntu Repository on your LAN. This will save you time and bandwidth, thereby directly saving you a few dollars. Do it with apt_proxy or apt-cacher!
Beginners guide to .htaccess file with examples
.htaccess files provides us with ways to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. This file works well in Apache Web Server and on Linux/Unix. It will not work properly on a windows based system.
Ubuntu tricks – how to create a list software and use it to restore your pc
I’ve recently had the occasion to make a complete list of software installed on one of my Ubuntu boxes, and then reinstall it from scratch. Here’s a quick and easy way to generate a list of installed .deb packages, and then use that list to quickly reinstall them.
Baobab
Linux is fijn om mee te werken en zeker met Ubuntu.
Soms kom je van die handige dingen tegen, die het beheer stukken eenvoudiger maakt.
Baobab is zo’n applicatie, het geeft op een grafische treemap weer. Zo kan je zien waar en hoeveel je in gebruik hebt
download
Baobab is hier te downloaden
install
Om Baobab te installeren, doe je het volgende:
tar -xvzf baobab-{versie}.tar.gz
cd baobab-{versie}
./configure –prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Baobab kan je als volgt opstarten:
- Gnome menu Applications -> System Tools
- vanuit een terminal window
- vanuit Nautilus “Open with..“
