ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application
for reading and writing meta information in image, audio and video
files. Modern Digital Camera including Canon, Minolta,Konica, Nikon, Pentax store all the settings you used, such as aperture or shutter speed along with the picture. For extracting the camera settings and Picture information , you can use ExifTool. ExifTool is requred for profesional editing of some Picture Files.
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Howto Extract camera settings and Picture information from a image file using ExifTool in Ubuntu
Submitted by panayara on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 13:155 Exciting 2D Graphics Design tools for Ubuntu Linux
Submitted by panayara on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 13:13Ubuntu linux is rich with exciting graphics utilities, Here you can see simple but very useful 2D Graphics Design tools for Ubuntu Linux. Yes welcome to the fantastic world of ubuntu graphics. Xara Xtreme, ( apt-get install xaralx) This is simple, easiest vector graphics drawing program. It is very userfiendly, it is very nice, which is not usual in this kind of applications.
Sabayon – Manage multiple GNOME user profiles
Submitted by david23 on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 07:45Sabayon is a system administration tool to manage GNOME desktop settings. Sabayon provides a sane way to edit GConf defaults and GConf mandatory keys: the same way you edit your desktop. Sabayon launches profiles in an Xnest window. Any changes you make in the Xnest window are saved back to the profile file,which can then be applied to user’s accounts.
Subversion cheatsheet
Submitted by sandip on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 17:25This post is a summary of the subversion book, only that the summary takes you straight in. Please find the subversion book here:
svnbook.red-bean.com
IANA port assignments
Submitted by sandip on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 09:55The port numbers are divided into three ranges: the Well Known Ports,
the Registered Ports, and the Dynamic and/or Private Ports.
The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023.
The Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151
The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535
Mod_Rewrite Tips and Tricks
Submitted by sandip on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 09:10Mod_Rewrite Tips and Tricks are lot of .htaccess rewrite examples that show specific uses for creating .htaccess rewrites to do all kinds of cool and profitable stuff for your site. Htaccess Rewrites are enabled by using the Apache module mod_rewrite, which is one of the most powerful Apache modules and features availale. Htaccess Rewrites through mod_rewrite provide the special ability to Rewrite requests internally as well as Redirect request externally...
Kismet – An 802.11 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system
Submitted by david23 on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 08:11Kismet is a 802.11b wireless network sniffer. It is capable of sniffing using almost any supported wireless card using the Airo, HostAP, Wlan-NG, and Orinoco (with a kernel patch) drivers.Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic.
Managing RAID and LVM with Linux
Submitted by sandip on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 16:51A general easy to follow guide to setting up RAID-5 and LVM on a modern Linux system.
Linux Command Line Reference
Submitted by sandip on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 16:29Linux command line reference for common operations...
Install Ubuntu kernel updates without rebooting using Ksplice Uptrack
Submitted by david23 on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 09:14Ksplice Uptrack is an update service for the Linux kernel; it automatically delivers security and reliability improvements to your machine, without the disruption of rebooting.