Italy is preparing for its eleventh Linux Day

Italy is preparing for its eleventh Linux Day

The 22 of October 2011 is the day of the eleventh Italian Linux Day . This wonderful event is now in its eleventh version, I have participated at various editions of this event in my local town and adjacent areas, depending on the programs offered, and I must say that I always come out very […]

How to convert from .deb to .rpm and viceversa

How to convert from .deb to .rpm and viceversa

As many of you know the most used packages on GNU/Linux are deb and rpm. deb is the extension of the Debian software package format and the most often used name for such binary packages. Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives that include two gzipped, bzipped or lzmaed tar archives: one that holds the […]

Cron and crontab – How to schedule things on Linux

Those people who are acquainted with ancient Greek mythology will know with no doubt the word Cronus, he was the father of the Greek Olympian Gods.The word Chronos means time in Greek and Latin and thus from the two words we get the words chronometer and chronology. Therefore in the programming lingo crontab means something […]

5 Less know Browser for Linux

5 Less know Browser for Linux

The browser market for GNU/Linux is dominated by Chrome and Firefox, with Opera on the sidelines with a smaller percentage of users. but as in all fields also in this one GNU/Linux offers many really interesting alternatives that you should evaluate. I know that there are also text-based browsers, which i often use when I […]