Get to know about Linux+ Certification

January 27th, 2012 — 04:26 am
Linux+ certification is a vendor-neutral certification planned and administered by the Computing Technology Industry Association, affectionately known as CompTIA. It's considered vendor-neutral because the exam isn't based on one meticulous vendor's hardware or software. This is somewhat unique in the information technology manufacturing. Many IT certification programs are centered on one particular vendor's hardware or software, such as Microsoft's Certified System Engineer (MCSE) ...
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Why Linux is the Best Server Hosting Option for Small Businesses

January 26th, 2012 — 02:57 am
Nowadays, serious business websites could not operate efficiently without the use of a server. May it be an affordable shared server type for small to medium sized businesses, or the costlier dedicated servers that are more apt for bigger sites, the fact still remains that servers now seem to be necessities for websites to function competently.When talking about the hosting plans available, users generally have two options. They can either opt for a Windows or a Linux-based server to satisfy ...
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Further Use of Damaged File System Cause Serious Data Loss in Linux

January 25th, 2012 — 05:14 am
File system is the most critical component of every computer operating system. It manages all the data on your hard drive. Operating system only interacts with the file system to access data from your hard drive. In some situations, this complex data structure gets damaged and all of your data stored on the hard drive become inaccessible. In Linux computer, you can check and repair minor file system errors using fsck. If this tool can not repair the damage, it alerts you unrepairable problems. ...
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Using Weblearning As A Course Management System With LMS

January 24th, 2012 — 12:48 pm
Information technology has turn out to be one of the common procedures for all those companies. With information technology companies and people will be able to do a variety of issues which include system adminstration, database management, programming and e-learning management system and design and style. To ensure individuals to do these tasks they will have to get some form of training. The training why these individuals need to get is training administration systems. With other course ...
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Reconfiguring SCM May Lead to Data Loss in Linux

January 24th, 2012 — 04:49 am
In Linux operating system-based computer, it is quite easy to discover all running system services and shut the unwanted services down. This is possible through SCM (Service Control Manager), which serves purpose of starting, creating, removing and stopping service on Linux system. It works as a single administration point for the Linux controlled nodes. The CMS (Central Manager Server) finds entry of local host and system name in /etc/hosts files and some related functions. In some cases, it ...
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Alternatives for Iphoto in Linux

January 23rd, 2012 — 06:26 am
Applications designed to organize, edit, and improve photos are a very useful tool for everybody who is serious about preserving pictures of memorable moments in their computers. Users of Mac OS X have iPhoto while those who prefer Microsoft Windows have Picasa. These are great apps but neither will run on Linux. What Linux users can use, instead, are Lphoto and F-Spot. Lphoto Lphoto is an open source photo management software embedded in Linspire that is available in different Linux versions. ...
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Interrupted Disk Moving Process in Volume Group Cause Data Loss in Linux

January 22nd, 2012 — 06:09 am
All of the computer hard drives come with a limited storage capacity and may become full or their performance may get degraded. In such cases, you need a new hard drive with high speed and more storage capacity. Before you remove the old hard drive, you should always move your data to new one, to prevent data loss. You can do it through pvmove command-line tool in Linux operating system. Before trying pvmove operation, you must backup all your data as a failed process could lead to serious data ...
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How to fix “No root file system defined” Error in Linux?

January 21st, 2012 — 03:08 am
In Linux operating system, root file system is a file system, which is contained on the hard drive volume on which root directory is located. Linux kernel require the root file system to be mounted on startup. All other Linux file system are mounted on root file system. In some situations, this file system gets damaged due to virus infection and improper system shutdown like situations. At this point, your system can not boot up and all your valuable data become inaccessible and you come across ...
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Damaged udev Device Manager Leads to Critical Data Loss in Linux

January 20th, 2012 — 04:44 am
Kernel is a core component of Linux operating system, which works as an interface between the application and actual data processing performed at hardware level. It is responsible for managing all of the system resources. Kernel uses a device manager to make its functions easier. For example, Linux 2.6 kernel series uses udev. Basically udev manages the device nodes in root directory. It also handles /dev directory and all of the user space actions while removing/adding devices. In case if you ...
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Interrupted Process of GParted Cause Superblock Corruption and Data Loss in Linux

January 19th, 2012 — 04:32 am
In Linux operating system, GPT (GParted) is a useful tool that facilitates you to create, resize, move, delete, copy and check the hard drive partitions/volumes. It also copy file system on newly created partitions. It is helpful to create space to install new operating system, copying data stored on hard drive, mirroring one volume with another and recognizing disk usage. In some cases, using this tool may become problematic. It might damaged Linux superblock and lead to critical situations of ...
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