Tag: Linux
Scheduled Maintanance on Server
by amp on Feb.18, 2010, under File System, PC Maintenance, Updates
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Linux Servers
by amp on Jan.17, 2010, under Linux, PC Maintenance, Tutorials
Do you have an Old PC laying around that you would like to use as a linux box?
Wondering what you would use this linux box for or do you already have some ideas?
Send your ideas and emails to amp@txlans.com and we will see what kind of tutorials we can write for you. 
Clonezilla – Free Disk Imaging
by amp on Oct.10, 2009, under Administration, File System, General, Linux, PC Maintenance, Tutorials, Windows
There’s been many, many, many times I’ve had to re-image a hard drive. At my first job after I moved to a new city, we used “Zen Image” to pull a disk image over the network for deploying new PC’s at a school. My most recent job we use it to clone a customers hard drive and move it to a new hard drive.
Disk imaging is a quick and easy process with various types of software. Most are made in Linux. I’ve used Acronis, which can be found for free if you get it from Seagate, Maxtor, or Western-Digital. Of course it is re-branded but it’s not that big of a deal.
Anyways, to the point.
Clonezilla is a free disk imaging utility that pretty much anyone can use, assuming you know what disk cloning, imaging, reimaging, etc. even mean.
Consider this more of a resource for all the IT people out there, although they probably already know about it.
Clonezilla has pretty much the same features as many other disk imaging utilities. Save/Restore disk, Save/Restore partitions, etc.
Give it a try. To get it, head to their website which can be found here if you didn’t see the links above.
Create Slideshows Easily (Using “Ken Burns” effect)
by amp on Oct.05, 2009, under Pro Tips, Web Resources
Everyone loves slideshows; especially when they use the “Ken Burns” effect (Watch demo here). They fit nearly every occasion.
Funerals, High School Graduations, Proms…okay maybe not Funerals so much but you get the point. You want to make a slideshow with the tons and tons of photos you and your friends have taken to remember the “good ‘ol days”.
Free software for Linux and Windows can help you do it extremely easily. It’s called “PhotoFilmStrip“.
“PhotoFilmStrip creates movies out of your pictures in just 3 steps. First select your photos, customize the motion path and render the video. There are several output possibilities for VCD, SVCD, DVD up to Full HD.”
Set up a Linux Router
by amp on Jun.03, 2009, under Administration, Linux, Tutorials
The Linux Router.
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Introduction
Why would you want to make your own router?
Well, mainly because it’s a fun project, and it can handle alot more simultaneous connections then a normal Linksys or Dlink could. You also get complete control over your network and that’s always a plus.
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