Linux Journal Contents #198, October 2010
Linux Journal Issue #198/October 2010
Linux has a secret weapon! Know what it is? It's the command line. If you're not using it you're not getting the most out of your Linux system. For an quick look at a bunch of useful command line tools see our Command Line Application Roundup. Also see our article on article on Directory Bookmarks for Bash. And our blast from the past: SC: The Venerable Spreadsheet Calculator, a command line spreadsheet program. And another little know fact: in addtion to having a nice GUI, you can use VirtualBox is a command line Virutalization program. Also in this issue: rdiff-backup and rdiffWeb, Mutt configuration, Cassandra, Google TV, MeeGo, the Ben NanoNote, and a super cool cover.
Features
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Command-Line Application Roundup
by Jes Fraser
A quick overview of some popular command-line tools.
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DirB, Directory Bookmarks for Bash
by Ira Chayut
Making the command line go faster.
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sc: the Venerable Spreadsheet Calculator
by Serge Hallyn
A spreadsheet you can run in a terminal.
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Using rdiff-backup and rdiffWeb to Back Up and Restore
by Adrian Klaver
Are you backed up?
Indepth
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Introduction to the MeeGo Software Platform
by Ibrahim Haddad
Maemo + Moblin == MeeGo
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Virtualization the Linux/OSS Way
by Greg Bledsoe
Manage VirtualBox from the command line.
Columns
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Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge
Cassandra
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Dave Taylor's Work the Shell
Function Return Codes and Daylight Calculations
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Kyle Rankin's Hack and /
Take Mutt for a Walk
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Kyle Rankin and Bill Childers' Point/Counterpoint
Sane Defaults vs. Configurability
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Doc Searls' EOF
3G Hell
Review
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A Look at the Ben NanoNote
by Daniel Bartholomew
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Comments
hah
Cmn, it is not a secret weapon! :)