Local DNS Server for faster DNS response time

Here’s a quick tip for faster DNS response time. I installed a local DNS server which can contact the remote DNS server and enabled caching for the local DNS server. This ensures that the response time for the DNS queries is much faster. I am on Fedora 10, so here’s what I was required to do: yum install dnsmasq After this I created a file called /etc/resolve.dns with the nameserver address’s and heres what it looks like: Continue reading

Delete all files in a folder that don't match a certain file extension

$ rm !(.foo|.bar|*.baz) Deletes all files in a folder that are NOT *.foo, *.bar or *.baz files. Edit the pattern inside the brackets as you like. <a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/5351/delete-all-files-in-a-folder-that-dont-match-a-certain-file-extension">View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/commands/by/hutch">View all commands by <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/commands/by/hutch">hutch <a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/header-logo.jpg" alt="" align="bottom" /> by David Winterbottom (<a href="http://codeinthehole.com">codeinthehole.com) <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kewaFMgsXI4A1vQfeLscg2Vcv8o/0/da"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/img.zemanta.com/~a/kewaFMgsXI4A1vQfeLscg2Vcv8o/0/di" alt="" align="bottom" /> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kewaFMgsXI4A1vQfeLscg2Vcv8o/1/da"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/img.zemanta.com/~a/kewaFMgsXI4A1vQfeLscg2Vcv8o/1/di" alt="" align="bottom" /> <img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/img.zemanta.com/~r/Command-line-fu/~4/TCRb2ku_V1Y" alt="" width="1" height="1" align="bottom" /> Continue reading

Setup of gdm

gdmsetup is the command you are looking for… Just run gdmsetup and you get a whole lot of configurations that you can modify.

Building Your Own Linux Kernel, part 1

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/category/linux/">Bookmark this category There are a lot of reasons to customize your own Linux kernel: better performance, bugfixes, try out new features, and earn valuable geekcreds. In this new series Akkana Peck introduces us to the fundamental steps of building a Linux kernel. URL: <a HREF="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=125920">http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=125920

Do not close stderr

<a href="http://bashcurescancer.com/do-not-close-stderr.html">A few years ago, I wrote a post commenting on how ugly this was: $ someprog 2>/dev/null I was nearly imploring the reader to close stderr: $ someprog 2>&- Some very knowledgeable anonymous commenter explained why that was a bad idea. At the time, I didn&#8217;t understand exactly what they were saying. As such, …

25 Awesome GIMP Brush Sets (Download 1000+ FREE Brushes)

Tech Source From Bohol: &#8221;To help you further enhance the functionality of GIMP, I have here a huge collection of awesome, high-quality brushes that can be utilized for whatever projects you may have.&#8221; URL: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-10-11-005-35-MM-SW">http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-10-11-005-35-MM-SW<h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em;">Related articles by Zemanta <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.slumpedoverkeyboarddead.com/2009/10/10/five-super-simple-photo-fixes-with-the-gimp/">Five Super Simple Photo Fixes with The GIMP (slumpedoverkeyboarddead.com) <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/a5cb830f-a1ff-41d0-b3e7-27bd261ff52c/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border: medium none; float: right;" src="http://blog. Continue reading

Spruce up your firefox with lightweight themes – Personas

Head over to Firefox addons site for persona <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10900" target="_blank">here. This addon will give you the ability to change the look and feel of the browser without restarting it. Though it is not completely like themes and does not change the look and feel of the buttons and plenty of other things but this does make the browser a lot better. Here are some screenshots to show you how it feels like: Continue reading