Sonntag, 10. August 2014

Linux Lifechangers

Today I want to write about the discoveries that have made my Linux life easier. What are your discoveries? Add them in the comment section. Here are mine:

ClusterSSH

to execute commands on several computers simultaneously (http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Clusterssh):
ClusterSSH: type a command once - have it run on two computers

shellinabox

to bring your Linux shell into the browser (http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Shell_in_a_box)

guacamole

to bring your Linux desktop into the browser (http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Guacamole). No browser plugin needed!
it's a remote Linux desktop - and it's in Firefox

scp

to copy files to or from a remote computer over the network. It is possible whereever ssh connectivity is possible, so, mostly between two Linux computers. Its use is quite simple:
scp file user@remotehost:/folder
and
scp user@remothost:/folder file

Webex

to share a desktop. Give your trainees a training over the web, show them your desktop and how you do your work. Get support, show some support engineers where you struggle. Also, get training and give support. Record what you do on your desktop in a video. I describe how I get it running under Linux here: http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Webex.

Rackspace

to get a Linux server provisioned in less than 5 minutes. Your fee is calculated by the minute. Similar: Amazon Web Services.

Send a program to the background

How often have you started a program in a shell and then wanted to start the next program with the current program still running? The solution is to send the program to the background:

  • stop it with the key combination CTRL_Z
  • resume it in the background with the command

bg

wiki

to publish content on the web and be able to edit it with a browser. And to track your changes: http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Wiki

strace

to find out what a program does and to find out where is passes most of its time. I blogged about it.

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