Howto install LTSP in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) � Reuse your Old computers with ou
Howto install LTSP in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) ? Reuse your Old computers with ou
Dec 9, 2010, 20 :03 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1129 reads)
[ Thanks to Deepak for this link. ]
"If you Like to use Linux in your Internet Cafe, LTSP is the best solution, You can also reuse your old computers even with out harddisk and also use low cost thin clients. For using old computers, you need some technical knowledge for installing Boot ROMs in your Network card. If you using a newer machine with PXE boot, Just install LTSP server and and set PXE Boot to tour Client."Here i am going to show you, how to install/setup LTSP on top of an already running desktop system
"You need to set up one static network interface where you will attach the thin clients, install two packages and run one command."
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Deep System Discovery on your Linux Server With /proc
Deep System Discovery on your Linux Server With /proc
Dec 10, 2010, 19 :34 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (181 reads)
(Other stories by Juliet Kemp)
"/proc is a virtual filesystem generated at boot and updated regularly by the kernel. With /proc you can investigate exactly what hardware your Linux kernel sees, what processes it is running, boot options, and also manipulate kernel events.
"With Linux, everything is a file ? and that includes devices, processes, and system information. /proc allows you to take a look at these 'files'. /proc (short for "process filesystem") isn't 'real'; it's a virtual filesystem, generated at boot and updated regularly by the kernel. Instead of storing information on disk, when you look at something in /proc, it fetches the information from the kernel to output as a file. This is great both for system communication (utilities can operate in userspace, rather than in kernel space), and for investigating your system's innards.
"/proc and processes
"If you type ls /proc, you'll see a set of numbered directories. These are your processes: one directory per process ID. Look at your process list with ps -A, and pick one to investigate. (Note that unless you have root/sudo access, you're best off choosing a process that you own.) Here's a sample process from my ps output:"
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