Working remotely

April 7, 2009 Posted by

Introduction PCAnywhere sells for dollars – gobs of dollars. Most of the equivalents also cost money. however, there are ways you can administer your Linux box (or even your Windows box) from another site. Depending on your requirements and restrictions, there are three or four methods you can use, and I’ll go through them. I […]

Kernel

April 7, 2009 Posted by

To make a new kernel you will need to know a few basic commands. Firstly go to your local kernel.org with an ftp client and grab a kernel. There are a lot of choices so heres a simple run down of them. 2.2.xx is the 2.2 series and stable and usually gets the job done […]

CPU frequency scaling

April 7, 2009 Posted by

Want to do your bit to help save the world? No real need to have the CPU in your home Linux box burning away flat out! This will idle the CPU at its lowest supported speed, and adjust the clock rate as needed depending on the load. This example is for an P4 based CPU […]