There was a time in the distant past when Linux was hard for average consumers to use. Linux systems had no decent graphical user interface and you had to wade your way through the arcane thicket of the terminal syntax. Unsurprisingly, in what I consider Linux’ Pleistocene years the operating system was relegated to universities […]
Sowrabh Sharma (33), owner of IT Staffing companies SCM Data Inc. and MMC Systems Inc. pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court for using phony documents to fraudulently obtain H1-B visas for foreign workers and submitting false tax returns. According to U.S. Attorney Carpenito: “For years, Sharma and others […]
Indian student and Fanwood, NJ resident Paras Jha (21) pleaded guilty December 13, 2017 to three computer crimes involving cyber attacks on Rutgers University, creation of malicious software and Botnets. Paras Jha Rutgers Univeristy Hack According to the court documents: Between November 2014 and September 2016, Jha executed a series of attacks on the networks […]
There are a gazillion commands that you can deploy on the command line for various purposes. You can create a file, sort a file, connect to a remote server via ssh and do a million other things on the command line. In this post, I will provide a list of basic Linux commands that I […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is no fan of minorities. The whole world knows that. But Trump is also not a fan of America’s open door policy vis-a-vis immigration that has deposited millions of foreigners on U.S. soil in the last few decades. Indians should be extremely concerned about Trump’s views on immigration since he […]
Don’t delude yourself! Linux administration is not easy as pie. But neither is it hard if you apply yourself. A huge plus of learning Linux administration is the availability of good books and tools for free. If you’re a beginner to Linux, I suggest you get a cheap used PC on eBay or Craigslist for […]
If ever there was a time for home computer users to seriously consider moving to Linux, it is now. There are problems galore in the Windows universe (particularly as a magnet for malware and lack of updates). Windows XP no longer gets updates. Windows Vista is as slow as a Sunil Gavaskar century in the […]