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Jove xef, porti whisky amb quinze glaçons d'hidrogen, coi!   The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. El veloz murciélago hindú comía feliz cardillo y kiwi. La cigüeña tocaba el saxofón detrás del...

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Hell, it's about time!

It's me, Xavi. Collons, ja era hora! He decidit crear un blog amb l'idea de ser una projecció més professional que personal. Per a poder compartir temes relacionats amb les TIC, la meva feina...

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Useful tools under Linux (I): Terminator

I'll not talk about Sci-Fi, let T-800 rest in peace. I'll talk about Terminator, a improved terminal for GNU/Linux. Some features are: Provides a fully-functional command line interface (CLI) for Linux...

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Useful tools under Linux (II): Htop

Htop describes itself as "interactive text-mode process viewer for Linux. It aims to be a better 'top'" You can install on Debian with a: aptitude install htop Call 'htop' on a terminal to open it  

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How to create a Virtual Machine on Workstation 9

Assuming you already have the program installed ... Open it. If you don't have the software installed, go to VMware web and download a free trial. 1.- Create a new Virtual Machine.    2.- A wizard...

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How to install CentOS 6.3 minimal netinstall

This is a Howto to install a CentOS 6.3 64-Bits minimal, using the netinstall iso. 1.- Download the netinstall iso file from one of this links:...

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Raspberry Pi

I'm happy to announce my new toy, a Raspberry Pi!! A Raspberry Pi It's time to play with Raspbian, a Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware.

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How to install Raspbian in Raspberry Pi (I)

It's time to install a OS in my new toy, the Raspberry Pi. I chose Raspbian cuz I'm Debian friendly : ) My OS at work is Windows 7 so all the guide is entirely for a Windows experience. THE TOY 1.-...

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How to install Xen Tools in a VM using XenCenter 5.6

Like the VMware Tools from the VMware software virtualization, Citrix XenCenter have their own tools called Xen Tools. Both names are so original. These Tools are a suite of utilities that enhances the...

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SysAdmin Secrets (I)

To get the username you are currently logged in using whoami Or who am i to obtain more details   And a easter egg is who mom likes Or who mom hate :)

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Scripting: How to install NRPE client on CenOS 6.3

Hi all! I'll share my personal script to install the NRPE client under CentOS 6.3 minimal. You need to start the file on /usr/src/ ##################################### #!/bin/bash...

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Scripting: Checking Tomcat server

I share a script for Nagios/Icinga. Checks the number of Tomcat instances running under Tomcat user. #!/bin/bash ###################################

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Scripting: List Java active sessions using JMX

Iep, just a script to check all the Java active sessions via JMX connector. Reads the user/pass from a file. Needs the cmdline-jmxclient-0.10.3.jar JMX connector....

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Scripting: Check 389DS LDAP replication.

Here you have a script to check a LDAP replication between 389 Directory Servers. You need to call the script with a parameter, the parameter indicates the other replica server:...

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¿Cuantos usuarios de Linux hacen falta para cambiar una bombilla?

¿Cuantos usuarios de linux son necesarios para cambiar una bombilla? 1 para postear en el hilo que la bombilla se quemó. 1 para sugerir que intente encender la lámpara mediante linea de comandos. 1 a...

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How to delete Icinga logs using Crontab

The log files are usually a problem when they grow quickly. A good trick is create a Crontab like this to keep only the last 7 days of log files. Open the Crontab: export EDITOR=vi; crontab -e And...

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How to install Joomla 3.1 on Centos 6.4 minimal.

Just a few steps to install the Joomla 3 CMS in Centos 6.4 minimal. Before starting to install Joomla 3, we need to install and configure a basic LAMP server. We can start installing the Apache web...

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How to reclaim additional disk space on Windows 2008 Server R2

There are some tricks to reclaim disk space in C drive running Windows Server 2008 R2. Some tricks works in other OS like Windows 7 or Vista. When a software is installed using Windows Installer, a...

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Razones para migrar a LibreOffice

Ayer noche antes de irme a dormir me ofrecieron una pregunta interesante. "Cómo puedo abrir un archivo en formato Access en MacOS?". Mi primera idea fue usar la versión de Office para MacOS, pero...

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CommitStrip - Best strip ever!

What is CommitStrip? When developers meet an illustrator, it gives a blog of drawings, anecdotes and news seen by the coders! Developers love reading some things like this between two lines of code  !...

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