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using iotop to find disk usage hogs

using iotop to find disk usage hogs

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average rating: 1.8 (88 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)


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Workaround and fixes for the current Core Dump Handling vulnerability affected kernels

Workaround and fixes for the current Core Dump Handling vulnerability affected kernels

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133280

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average rating: 1.3 (28 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)


April, 26th. 2006:

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[e] setting xterm title

setting xterm title

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46

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38822

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average rating: 1.2 (293 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] using iotop to find disk usage hogs

using iotop to find disk usage hogs

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887

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165492

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average rating: 1.8 (88 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Disable Anti-Aliasing fonts

Disable Anti-Aliasing fonts

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208

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99805

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average rating: 1.0 (82 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] setting the core dump name schema

setting the core dump name schema

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262

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185769

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average rating: 1.3 (143 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] enable (pdf)latex to process UTF-8 encoded documents when using docbook2pdf

enable (pdf)latex to process UTF-8 encoded documents when using docbook2pdf

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112

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47135

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average rating: 1.2 (51 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] How to speed up raid1 resync ?

How to speed up raid1 resync ?

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41781

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average rating: 1.3 (104 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] ulimit and sysctl

ulimit and sysctl

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713

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580435

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average rating: 1.2 (2650 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Speeding up xorg's composite extension

Speeding up xorg's composite extension

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129

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48217

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average rating: 1.2 (66 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Finding Remote Network File Systems

Finding Remote Network File Systems

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70

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14131

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average rating: 1.1 (17 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Speeding up compiles with ccache

Speeding up compiles with ccache

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292

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23606

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average rating: 1.3 (56 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Revival of the Compose Key a.k.a. Multi_Key

Revival of the Compose Key a.k.a. Multi_Key

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397

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49859

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average rating: 1.9 (144 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Changing File Attributes

Changing File Attributes

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320

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72246

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average rating: 1.6 (147 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Preventing System Reboot with Ctrl-Alt-Del

Preventing System Reboot with Ctrl-Alt-Del

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104

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16756

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average rating: 1.1 (40 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Setting the Hardware Clock

Setting the Hardware Clock

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136

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31290

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average rating: 1.7 (35 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Export an X Session

Export an X Session

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352

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109242

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average rating: 1.4 (88 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Combining Commands with For

Combining Commands with For

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131

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15401

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average rating: 1.1 (38 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Killing Processes

Killing Processes

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223

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63974

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average rating: 1.3 (163 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using Screen

Using Screen

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219

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17476

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average rating: 1.4 (35 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using script

Using script

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447

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30504

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average rating: 1.3 (50 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Converting data with units

Converting data with units

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293

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15591

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average rating: 1.1 (14 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using SSH for remote commands

Using SSH for remote commands

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180

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66260

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average rating: 2.1 (60 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] An introduction to sudo

An introduction to sudo

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414

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39091

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average rating: 1.5 (47 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] An introduction to info

An introduction to info

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213

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15576

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[e] Introducing the -- flag

Introducing the -- flag

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239

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14139

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average rating: 1.4 (7 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Scheduling with "at"

Scheduling with "at"

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319

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29912

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average rating: 1.5 (64 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Spell Checking with Aspell

Spell Checking with Aspell

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874

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51346

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average rating: 2.0 (161 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using the file command

Using the file command

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308

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19413

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average rating: 1.1 (31 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Killing a Hung Virtual Console

Killing a Hung Virtual Console

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270

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17814

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average rating: 3.0 (1 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] ANSI Escape Sequences: Colors

ANSI Escape Sequences: Colors

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580

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89748

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average rating: 1.0 (7949 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Tips for 'ls'

Tips for 'ls'

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141

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28187

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average rating: 1.5 (46 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using /etc/skel

Using /etc/skel

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108

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145652

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average rating: 2.2 (340 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using nl to number lines

Using nl to number lines

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117

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25392

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average rating: 1.2 (130 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using watch to repeat comands

Using watch to repeat comands

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176

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20092

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average rating: 2.0 (5 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Improving DNS Lookups

Improving DNS Lookups

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89

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64434

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average rating: 1.5 (102 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Job Control

Job Control

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214

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17871

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average rating: 2.8 (4 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Converting Text Files

Converting Text Files

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85

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13622

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average rating: 1.2 (6 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Recovering the root password

Recovering the root password

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150

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13607

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average rating: 1.0 (24 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Reading binary data with strings

Reading binary data with strings

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56

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15874

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average rating: 1.0 (22 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using ulimit

Using ulimit

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137

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25748

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average rating: 1.2 (104 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Timezone conversion using date

Timezone conversion using date

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148

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47532

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average rating: 1.8 (49 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Multiple X-Sessions

Multiple X-Sessions

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67

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29691

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average rating: 1.0 (21 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Shell Autologout with TMOUT

Shell Autologout with TMOUT

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47

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42477

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average rating: 1.3 (59 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Renaming Files

Renaming Files

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61

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13319

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average rating: 1.0 (19 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Changing the logname with sudo

Changing the logname with sudo

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97

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17835

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average rating: 1.2 (30 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Quick 'cd' trick

Quick 'cd' trick

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34

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17020

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average rating: 1.2 (48 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Implementing a command line thesaurus

Implementing a command line thesaurus

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132

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24013

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average rating: 1.3 (49 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using bash history

Using bash history

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78

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17587

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average rating: 1.1 (33 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Magic SysRq Key

Magic SysRq Key

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327

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160293

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average rating: 1.3 (550 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Get an up-to date list of kernel parameters

Get an up-to date list of kernel parameters

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40

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14295

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average rating: 1.0 (29 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Get information about a specific file

Get information about a specific file

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163

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15098

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average rating: 1.0 (699 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Make your machine automatically reboot on kernel panic

Make your machine automatically reboot on kernel panic

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168

views:

35760

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average rating: 1.6 (42 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Find process that block unmounting a partition or CDROM

Find process that block unmounting a partition or CDROM

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102

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25782

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average rating: 1.1 (79 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] analyse BIOS

analyse BIOS

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71

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18759

userrating:

average rating: 1.0 (62 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Converting unix timestamp to something readable

Converting unix timestamp to something readable

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133

views:

98485

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average rating: 1.6 (105 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] make the internal speaker beep when a logfile has a new line

make the internal speaker beep when a logfile has a new line

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117

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27847

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average rating: 1.2 (39 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using Unison to Synchronize Two Directories

Using Unison to Synchronize Two Directories

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218

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36508

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average rating: 1.5 (54 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Roaming network profiles for laptops with Quickswitch

Roaming network profiles for laptops with Quickswitch

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347

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17627

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average rating: 1.0 (30 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using Linux as router (mini-FAQ)

Using Linux as router (mini-FAQ)

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50

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16415

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average rating: 1.1 (19 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Using 'make' for backups

Using 'make' for backups

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304

views:

16081

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average rating: 1.2 (38 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Finding recent files with ls and 'FlAt'

Finding recent files with ls and 'FlAt'

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99

views:

93107

userrating:

average rating: 1.3 (55 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Protecting files with noclobber

Protecting files with noclobber

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89

views:

109690

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average rating: 1.6 (438 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] Alias, Setting command aliases

Alias, Setting command aliases

words:

320

views:

188544

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average rating: 1.2 (1355 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)



[e] TIP NoBeep

TIP NoBeep

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89

views:

15217

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average rating: 1.1 (27 votes) (1=very good 6=terrible)








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