Linux And Friends

How To Master Your Emotions

As human beings, we are all affected by emotions. I am sure every one of us have had to face emotions like anger, hurt, guilt, regret, sadness, dejection and so on. Many times, we are overwhelmed by these emotions thus making us less useful to us and people around us. Learning to master these emotions will help us to gain more control of the situations we face and thus sustain balance in our lives.

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Determine The Current Runlevel In Linux

There are different ways of finding the current runlevel in Linux. Two of them are as follows :

Using who command

$ who -r

You can also use the option --runlevel instead of -r.

runlevel command

Linux has a command called runlevel which also prints the current runlevel.

$ runlevel

How To: TrueCrypt Setup On Ubuntu Linux

TrueCrypt is an open source software that helps you set up and maintain an on-the-fly encrypted volume. On the fly encryption means data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention.

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Infographic : Satellites Orbiting Earth

This infographic depicts the number of  man-made satellites orbiting Earth as of this writing. The satellites are segregated country wise and are further divided into three groups namely -

1. Orbiting functional satellites
2. Orbiting dysfunctional satellites, and
3. Space debris greater than 10cm size.

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CMS And Website Design

You will find  many articles on Wordpress, Dokuwiki and other content management systems on this blog. It also contain good web design tips.  This post consolidates all the articles related to content management systems, web designing, and web hosting in one place. Check them out !

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Find Your Correct Ergonomic Posture While Working On A Computer

Computer posture is important. You will probably spend many hours sitting at your PC and how you do this will have implications on your health as well as your productivity.

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What Type Of Vegetarian Are You ?

I am a vegetarian. At home we do not cook / eat meat or fish. A large percentage of the populace in India are vegetarians. The motives for pursuing a vegetarian diet range from economical, to health, and religious reasons.

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The Well – An Interactive Horror Game From The BBC

The Well is an interactive horror experience which is a combination of movie and game play. Produced by Melvin Burgess, “The Well” allows you to explore the house, play games and discover the evil underneath the house.

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Play The Piano In YouTube

Would you like to play the piano ? Now it is simple and can be played in YouTube. Here is how you do it. Just let the following YouTube video fully load and then start playing the video. While the video is playing, pressing any piano keys shown in the video will play the corresponding  sound.

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VUE : A Free, Open Source Mind Mapping Tool

Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an open source mind mapping software. VUE is designed with a motive to enable faculty and students integrate electronic content into their teaching and learning. Currently in the beta stage, this Java based mind mapping software is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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