Esto es otra prueba con Google Docs , casi me gusta más que poner algo en mi ordenador, aunque sea un addon de firefox, porque de esta manera se puede tener acceso a los blogs desde cualquier ordenador.

Reboot Linux box after a kernel panic

If you want the server to get rebooted automatically after kernel hit by a pain error message, try adding panic=N to /etc/sysctl.conf file.

It specify kernel behavior on panic. By default, the kernel will not reboot after a panic, but this option will cause a kernel reboot after N seconds. For example following boot parameter will force to reboot Linux after 10 seconds.

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How to know what release of Red Hat or CentOS we have installed

It's very easy for the both, if we write cat /etc/redhat-release we'll see the release of Red Hat o de CentOS:

[jose@two jose]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5 (Final)

Video conversion with mencoder

Mencoder is part of the MPlayer media player package. While MPlayer can play audio and video files, mencoder converts and manages multimedia files. The application has a ton of graphical user interfaces, but you can use it from the command line to produce video files in almost any format you want. Here's how.

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SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops

Desktop customization in Linux is very flexible; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone. Jack Wallen covers some of your Linux desktop options.

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Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC

The worst-case scenario used to be that online ads are pesky, memory-draining distractions. But a new batch of banner ads is much more sinister: They hijack personal computers and bully users until they agree to buy antivirus software.

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Anatomy of the Linux SCSI subsystem

The Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) is a collection of standards that define the interface and protocols for communicating with a large number of devices (predominantly storage related). Linux® provides a SCSI subsystem to permit communication with these devices. Linux is a great example of a layered architecture that joins high-level drivers, such as disk or CD-ROM drivers, to a physical interface such as Fibre Channel or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). This article introduces you to the Linux SCSI subsystem and discusses where this subsystem is going in the future.

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