MAC/IP address using Linux shell script
Posted by Srinath
Ever wanted to get the MAC/IP address of your computer in a Linux shell script? The following two commands should work on most flavours of Linux/Unix
Note: It retrieves the address of eth0 interface by default. Make necessary changes as required.
IP:
/sbin/ifconfig | grep '\<inet\>' | sed -n '1p' | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f3 | cut -d ":" -f2
MAC (H/W address)
/sbin/ifconfig | grep 'eth0' | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f5
Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala
Posted by Sandeep
So begins the battle between the Operating Systems again. And this time a much fierce battle I guess. With Microsoft Windows 7 and Apple's OS X Snow Leopard 10. 6 already rumbling in the arena, there enters Ubuntu 9.10 codenamed Karmic Koala.
Karmic Koala
- Linux kernel - Version 2.6.31
GNOME - Version 2.28
Firefox - Version 3.5.3
Software Center - graphical utility for package management
GRUB2 as the new default bootloader
Ext 4 filesystem default
But, the best part of Karmic Koala is Ubuntu One, a new web sync feature that gives you 2 GB of free online disk space and also allows you to syndicate and synchronize contacts, notes and share files between several computers. Yes! I know! I can already see people ruminating from Windows. Wait! There's still more to come.
You can chat to your friends and your office colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, AOL, Jabber and many more. There is F-Spot for you through which you can manage and upload your photos to photo-sharing sites like flickr, facebook, picasa and what not!
Create your presentations, documents with Open Office v 3.0 which is quite compatible with all other available office applications including the most famous Microsoft Office. Access Last.fm, Internet Radio portal directly using Rythmbox.
Cannonical COO Jane Silber quotes "Ubuntu 9.10 gives users more reasons than ever to seriously consider Linux at a time when many are thinking again about their operating system options. We are delivering a platform for users interested in an easy-to-use, great-looking, web-friendly operating system".
The average boot time is about 26 seconds with the Xorg showing up around 15th second. The eventual goal is to deliver a 10 second startup. Probably, we can find one such thing happening in 10.04. Software Center has an excellent selection of software, revamped audio framework improves sound control across multiple applications and many new and improved features.
At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and whatever your circumstances.
Sugar on a Stick
Posted by Srinath
What can be sweeter than a name with Sugar in it? Does it help that its for students, its open source and is fun too? Well then I'm definitely talking about "Sugar On A Stick" - A new initiative that aims to put accessible, fun software on a pen drive that students can carry around:
- Sugar on a Stick as 1-to-1 computing in an elementary school
- Sugar on a Stick to empower middle- and high-school students to help test, and learn computing platforms as learning tools
- Sugar on a Stick for learning conferences to let people try Sugar and collaborate with other conference participants
Its based off Fedora 11, comes as a 380 MB ISO, and is primarily runs off your USB or CD media. The first release, tastily titled "Strawberry was released on 24th of this month. So here is to a great initiative, and I'll be taking it for a spin this week and get back with my thoughts.
Transmission 1.50 Final Ubuntu 8.10 Deb Package
Posted by Srinath
The transmission team is out with the final release 1.50. The release has various bug fixes, enhanced IPv6 support among others. You can see the complete changelog here.
Download the pre compiled one-click install package for Ubuntu 8.10 32 bits