Linux

Archive for February, 2009

Display Linux memory usage in real-time

If you want to display your memory usage in real-time, do a watch -d “free -mt” It will display used and free memory every two seconds. [...]


Keep your GNOME fonts organized

You don’t have to mix your favorite fonts with the ones that came with the system. Instead, you can make a .fonts folder in your home directory and drop all your new GNOME fonts in there. [...]


Convert VMWare image files to QEMU .img

Many hobby operating systems on the Internet allow the user to run them inside a virtual environment like VMWare. However, not many provide a way to run the operating system inside QEMU. With this simple command however [...]


Squeeze out information about your hardware

There are a lot of ways to find out information about your hardware in Linux. From the simplest free or lspci to a more detailed information like the one the follows.Open up a console and type sudo dmidecode | more You&#[...]