BeOS source code has surfaced on the Internet.

The source code for the BeOS operating system has surfaced on the Internet, this is a very interesting source code leak. This is part of the source code for the BIOS functionality of the BeOS operating system. /src/boot/x86/bios.c1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13…

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Get information about running services with systemd on Ubuntu 17.10.

This is an easy way to get information about running services on your Ubuntu machine. I am after user services, so I am using systemctl to get this information. This is very easy. Get information about a certain service. jason@kaio:~$ systemctl status –user pulseaudio ● pulseaudio.service – Sound Service Loaded:…

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Some more useful Linux commands for the bash shell.

How to create an ISO image of a DVD or CDR disk easily with the command-line. dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/$LOGNAME/mydisk.iso bs=2kdd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/$LOGNAME/mydisk.iso bs=2k This will rip a copy of the disk to the hard drive. To write this image to a blank DVD disk; use this command. sudo wodim -dev=/dev/sr0…

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Using the Linux rename command and other useful commands for Linux Mint 13.

The rename command for the Linux shell allows you to rename a directory full of files en-mass. This first example, based on the examples in the rename manual page. Firstly renaming a directory full of xhtml files to the html extension. rename ‘s/\.xhtml$/.html/’ *.xhtmlrename ‘s/\.xhtml$/.html/’ *.xhtml And renaming a folder…

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