Category Archives: linux

Creating Users on a Linux System

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Daz

It’s been a while since I’ve had to do any basic sysadmin stuff on a Linux box… seeing as I had to google the answers to this I thought I’d better write them down! useradd syntax useradd [options] {username} Useful … Continue reading →

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Add Git and SVN Branch to Bash Prompt

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Daz

EDIT: (12-Mar-2010) slight update to the svn prompt code to give a better / more useful output… I’ve seen things like this posted on the net before but never really had a chance to play with the idea. But as … Continue reading →

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QGtkStyle Now Part of Qt

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Daz

Looks like KDE apps just got a whole lot more appealing to Gnome users. I like a lot of KDE apps (Kate being a particularly cool editor when I’m on the Linux box), but I just never used to use … Continue reading →

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Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Daz

Following up from my old guide to installing PostgreSQL (for Ubuntu 7.10), I thought i’d better do an update for the latest releases… This quick walk-through are my notes for installing the PostgreSQL database server and the PgAdmin administration application … Continue reading →

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Installing R/BioConductor on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Daz

The new version of Ubuntu is out, (as if you haven’t heard that by now), so that means a fresh install to play about with and working just the way I want! One of the tools that I currently need … Continue reading →

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Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Daz

If you’re a VMware user and want to play around with the latest version of Ubuntu in a VM (like me), you’ll need to get the vmware-tools installed. Unfortunately, things are not quite as straight forward as the previous release … Continue reading →

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Unix Toolbox

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Daz

Found this via a post on Digg. A very useful read if you want to get some more advanced things done in Unix. This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or … Continue reading →

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Bio-Linux - Bioinformatics Tools for Linux

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Daz

Bio-Linux is a specialised Linux disro that provides both standard and cutting edge bioinformatics software tools on a Linux base. I wrote a post on my old blog a little while back now detailing how to use the packages from … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry on the Eee PC

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Daz

I really like the Eee PC - some people at work here have them, and if I could get it past the wife, i’d happily have one! Seems like the well spoken geek Stephen Fry is quite a fan too: … Continue reading →

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SSH Shared-Key Setup - SSH Logins Without Passwords

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Daz

SSH is a great tool for remotely accessing another machine, but entering your password every time you log into a remote box can be a pain if you would like to set-up some background scripts to connect to a server … Continue reading →

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