Telnet
1. What is Telnet? Telnet is a protocol or language which is used for communication between two or more computers and other machines on a...
Mr. Torvald, do you have the system time?
1. Why is it important to maintain the system time in a Linux distribution? Linux depends on the system clock to run certain programs at...


Linux Printing Systems
In 1997, the owner of Easy Software Products, Michael Sweet started developing Common Unix Printing System. CUPS, which is a modular...


A Boot Loader Called Grub
Hello, Harry N. Hacker here to discuss grub. I was out in the back yard the other day, and noticed a bunch of… what? We aren’t talking...


FSSTND and FHS: How do They Compare?
Release History Let’s compare The Filesystem Standard (FSSTND) FHS of old with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) of today. Linux...
Deny My Services Will Ya?
Ga day mate (s): Harry Nasty Hacker here (incognito) and up to my old tricks again. Today I am going to get that boss man for being so...


Linux OS and Hardware Driver Issues
Hello, and welcome once again to “Backyard Blog”. This trip we will be discovering two known hardware/Linux issues; what the fixes are;...


Linux OS Comparisons
Howdy again. Today we are going to discover Linux OS Comparisons. I found a wonderful article called 10 of the most popular...


Hacking Tool Review: John the Ripper
John the Ripper wins the award for having the coolest name. John the Ripper, mostly just referred to as simply, ‘John’ is a popular...