Difference between revisions of "Linux"

Revision as of 21:24, 13 February 2016

This section is dedicated for knowledge related to Linux regardless of distribution.

I am Gentoo Linux administrator/user for many years. I installed my oldest still running installation of Gentoo Linux on August 26th 2005. I started administering Linux during year 2002. I am using Linux on daily basics (my private computers are only Gentoo Linux based).

Linux is powerful operating system found in many devices across marketplace. You can find Linux pre-installed in computer and mostly likely hidden in media-center, network device, cell phone, controller appliance for automation or other device. It is good to know not only how Linux work but also how Linux work internally.

During years of usage i gain knowledge about Linux and i try to share it here. You can find useful details about Linux in following sections:

Software

Linux Loader

• Linux: Boot from LVM

System services

• Linux: Screen configuration
• Linux: Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
• Linux: Postfix with a remote SMTP relay host

Backup

• Linux: incremental backup using rsync on btrfs with snapshots

Hardware

• Hardware: HP EliteBook Revolve 810 G1 with Ubuntu Linux
• Hardware: Raspberry Pi
• Hardware: Raspberry Pi - security camera
• Hardware: Raspberry Pi - Matrix Pi
• Hardware: Raspberry Pi - NAS with advanced snapshot backup

Functionality tests

• Hardware: ZyXEL PLA-4201 Twin Pack - throughput test
• Software: GZIP vs. BZIP2 vs. XZ - performance

How to ...

• Linux: "video to mp3"