Tell that to all the kid despicable personal reasons did not know that work for those of my generation has been a true icon of the pioneering spirit of Free Software in Italy.
It's now legendary collection of notes systematically collected and published by Daniele Giacomini since 1997.
Initially called "Notes of Linux", since 2000 has taken the name of "Freedom of Information Notes" and covers in a simple empirical and extremely wide range of topics, from basic concepts to the compilation of sources in various languages - yes, there are also quite detailed instructions about compiling the Linux kernel.
Even if the corporate website is unreachable for some time, a last surviving copy of the updated 27 November 2008 at:
I find that much of the information stored in these notes are still extremely useful, especially for those who are preparing to face the world of 'open source for the first time.
UPDATE! I have reported the availability of more up to date version of the Freedom of Information clipboard in various formats: TXT, HTML, PDF, etc..
You can find them at this address, ready for download:
It happens more often than having to make backups of your Linux partitions installed on SD card and having to revert to other SD.
All this is part of a very interesting project in which a Linux-based microserver manages a range of features manageable from a back office network accessible from LAN, WAN and WLAN.
The development of this solution requires microserver replicas on backup devices and various other benchmarks.
As I repeat this procedure at least 2 times a day, record it here because it could be of public utility.
For the entire filesystem backup game from the SD card to my PC Plugge with a USB adapter, use the command:
dd if=/dev/sdb | gzip -c9 > ./backup_sdb.gz
Paraphrasing: copy the entire filesystem / dev / sdb files in gzipped "backup_sda.gz".
Eye and then to indicate the correct device in case your server / PC is not sdb!
To restore it, do it complementary
gunzip -c ./backup_sdb.gz | dd of=/dev/sdb
If you have any questions, ask and you shall be answered.
Not until you have consulted "man dd", but ...
For once I let it also signals something funny: I just received a promotional newsletter of Slapsus announcing their next show here in the area.
We have definitely seen a Zelig Off , is an interesting and original of our territory, so I think it's worth go see them.
"Fairplay", their show better known, will be staged on the occasion of the exhibition "Stradafacendo 2009"Friday, September 18th at 20:45 at the Oratory of Curno (BG), Pope John XXIII in the square.
Public very happy the last interview conducted at the MACEF by the staff of the Milan Fair International .
The respondent is Nello Martini, Director of Area Events MACEF, while the servers and applications that handle the encoding and streaming video transmitted from fmitv.it are all made in tetragono.com .
This is one of those old tricks that - sometimes - you end up forgetting their own for their disarming simplicity.
Suppose that, for any reason, the system Henry - eh eh eh - hopelessly loses the root password of the MySQL database that runs on its server Debian GNU / Linux.
Reset the root password of MySQL is very simple:
access to the Linux server with administrator (root)
stop the MySQL database: /etc/init.d/mysql stop
start the mysql skip grant mode (ie ignoring the privileges assigned to different users - including root - on the table in the database): mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
access to mysql database with full root privileges, but without a password: mysql -u root mysql
assign root password of your choice: UPDATE `user` SET `Password`=PASSWORD('nuovapassword') WHERE `user`='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
MySQL restart in normal mode: /etc/init.d/mysql restart
One of the most frequent questions I get asked by prospective new Linux sysadmin on the meaning of the names of "folders" - so unfortunately they're called.
These refer to the system directory common to the family of operating systems derived from 4.4BSD mythical.
Well, for those who can not sleep at night wondering what they can put on and what's not in directories such as / var, / usr / lib, / etc and / opt official and authoritative ... the answer is contained in this PDF:
I'm trying to download a firmware from the institutional site of the OF, but it is incredibly offline.
All this gives a degree of humanity in the unapproachable giants of computer science and I would suggest more than one food for thought ... if only that damn firmware I need by tomorrow morning ... OUCH!
Tell that to all the kid despicable personal reasons did not know that work for those of my generation has been a true icon of the pioneering spirit of Free Software in Italy.
It's now legendary collection of notes systematically collected and published by Daniele Giacomini since 1997.
Initially called "Notes of Linux", since 2000 has taken the name of "Freedom of Information Notes" and covers in a simple empirical and extremely wide range of topics, from basic concepts to the compilation of sources in various languages - yes, there are also quite detailed instructions about compiling the Linux kernel. 
