Cron is the Unix/Linux event scheduler. It's great for automating a multitude of administrative tasks like backing up your data. See Wikipedia: Crontab. When I examined the man pages I found that it is relatively straightforward but ...

Obtain an old Intel based PC. Anything in the last 6 years should suffice, although you can use older, it's not recommended. Obtain two network cards, preferably realtek or another cheap brand that supports NE2000 drivers. this is really ...

Linux Virtual Server (LVS) is a kernel module that allows one to set up machines as load balancing servers. There are many tutorials on how to get it to work. However, when I tried all those tutorials, for some reason ...

Filesystems Hierarchy Standard (FHS). In Linux or other UNIX like operating system, the directories tree begin with the ' / ' root directory. The example ...

Using Linux rm command on the bash shell command prompt to delete or remove file, hidden file, folder, hidden folder and meta character filename and folder name on Linux fedora core ...

RSync is a useful tool.  It facilitates directory replication across servers.   It will compare a source directory and a target directory and 'sync' them up.   It is implemented to run quickly and to use minimal bandwidth. The syntax goes ...

Want to automate your backups?  Want to do it securely?  Want it to be efficient and fast?  Then Rsync backups over SSH using public/private keys are for you. The following script will setup a nightly rsync backup of a directory you ...