On Linux there is a way to set/change the priority of processes, the user can act to give greater or lesser priority to its own processes.
For example you are running a backup with rsync or doing a tar, but you do not want these processes use all your CPU, in these cases you can make use of the nice command.
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In these days I’m testing an alternative web interface for Nagios : Thruk
The First impression is definitely positive, and so I decided to share this information so more people can know and use this software.
Thruk is an independent multibackend monitoring webinterface which currently supports Nagios, Icinga and Shinken as backend using the MKLivestatus addon.
It is designed to be a “dropin” replacement. The target is to cover 100% of the original features plus additional enhancements for large installations.
Once again this incredible offer it’s available for a limited time (it ends in 13 days).
Pay what you want. If you bought these five games separately, it would cost around $50, but with this offer you can set the price!
You choose exactly how your purchase is divided: game developers, foundations (the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or the Child’s Play Charity), or the company organizing this (Humble Bundle, Inc).
All of the games work great on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
The games don’t use DRM. When you buy these games, they are yours. Feel free to play them without an internet connection, back them up, and install them on all of your Macs and PCs freely. There is no time-limit on your downloads.
If you think that the operations about users are only: creation, deletion and change of the passwords you are in error, in the standard GNU/Linux system about authentication and authorization of users there are some interesting flags regarding the age of an account.
These parameters are usually ignored, but can be very useful in particular situations, or to help enforce internal policies on the use of personal accounts.
All these parameters are stored in /etc/shadow can be viewed and modified with the command chage
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StuntRally is a great driving game available on Linux and Windows, the game is released under the GNU GPL license v3 .
The game features 54 tracks in 8 sceneries, 7 cars and a Track Editor.
It focuses on closed rally tracks with possible stunt elements (jumps, loops, pipes).
The game and editor both run on Windows and Linux. The Windows installer has all tracks included.