Category Archives: Open-Source

Dealing with ssh “hidden” stuff: config file

2009/07/29 – 19:51

If you use ssh a lot, you may sometimes feel tired giving same options all the time for the same server.
For example if you have an account ‘alpha’ on a server called ‘tarentula’ you may use the following command:
ssh alpha@tarentula
You may simplify your life: insert the following lines into your .ssh/config:
Host tarentula
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Choosing the right File System Layout under Linux

2009/07/21 – 13:34

As you may probably know, Linux supports various filesystems such as ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs, reiserfs, jfs among others. Few users really consider this part of a system, selecting default options of their distribution’s installer. In this article, I will give some reasons for a better consideration of the file-system and of its layout. I [...]

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Le problème du dvorak-fr

2009/05/02 – 18:44

La disposition clavier du dvorak-fr distribuée par Xorg dans les distributions Linux a changé il y a peu. En voilà les raisons, et un moyen de revenir à la disposition précédente.

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