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Howto Turn your old webcam into a motion-detecting security camera in Linux. If you have an old cam that you are not using, you can use it as a security cam. Control Motion is a program that monitors the video signal from one or more cameras and is able to detect if a significant part of the picture has changed; in other words, it can detect motion. The program is written in C and is made for the Linux operating system (using the video4linux interface). Motion is a command line based tool whose output can be either jpeg, ppm fies or mpeg video sequences. Motion is strictly command line driven and can run as a daemon with a rather small footprint. What motion can do? Watch some examples here Install Motion - For ubuntu / LinuxMint and other debian based systems, you can install motion from terminal using the command: sudo apt-get install motion - For Fedora : RPM for Fedora 12/13/rawhide on x86/x86-64 – Available on RPM Fusion, build without DB support.

Yum install motion -For other linux distributions download and install the tar package. ln -s motion-3.2.X motion . make. Multibooting multiple Linux distros. Fingerprint GUI : “Fingerprint readers integration” team. Packages for Fingerprint GUI ( for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04 and any distribution based thereupon Supported readers (run command lsusb to find out the ID of your reader) ============ 045e:00bb 08ff:1683 08ff:2580 08ff:268d 045e:00bc 08ff:1684 08ff:2660 08ff:268e 045e:00bd 08ff:1685 08ff:2680 08ff:268f 045e:00ca 08ff:1686 08ff:2681 08ff:2691 0483:2015 08ff:1687 08ff:2682 08ff:2810 0483:2016 08ff:1688 08ff:2683 08ff:5501 05ba:0007 08ff:1689 08ff:2684 08ff:5731 05ba:0008 08ff:168a 08ff:2685 138a:0001 05ba:000a 08ff:168b 08ff:2686 138a:0005 061a:0110 08ff:168c 08ff:2687 138a:0008 08ff:1600 08ff:168d 08ff:2688 147e:1000 08ff:1660 08ff:168e 08ff:2689 147e:2016 08ff:1680 08ff:168f 08ff:268a 147e:2020 08ff:1681 08ff:2500 08ff:268b 147e:3001 08ff:1682 08ff:2550 08ff:268c 1c7a:0603 and 0483:2015 147e:1003 147e:3000 0483:2016 147e:2015 147e:3001 147e:1000 147e:2016 147e:5002 147e:1001 147e:2020 147e:5003 147e:1002 Installation ========= 0. 1. 2.

Can I install multiple distros on a single box. Top 10 Best Cheat Sheets and Tutorials for Linux / UNIX Commands. Cheat sheet act as a reference tool which provides cut and paste kind of commands to complete a specific task. I often recommend following set of best cheat sheets to students and IT professionals. It include Linux/UNIX command and shell scripting. Unix Toolbox This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users.

This is a practical guide with concise explanations, however the reader is supposed to know what s/he is doing. => Visit UNIX Toolbox UNIX Tutorial for Beginners A beginners guide to the Unix and Linux operating system. => Visit UNIX Tutorial for Beginners Linux Command and Learning Shell Tutorials You have Linux installed and running. => Visit Learning the shell Learn UNIX in 10 minutes This is something that I had given out to students (CAD user training) in years past.

=> Visit Learning UNIX in 10 minutes How To Look Like A UNIX Guru => Visit How To Look Like A UNIX Guru Linux command line reference Share this on: 64 bit - How can I get flash working on Kubuntu 11.04 64bit. Connect to a wireless network via command line. I know, the first thing you are asking is "Why would I want to have to connect to a wireless network from the command line? " To that question I can give you a simple answer...What if you want to create a script to run that will bring up your wireless network as soon as your desktop is loaded?

You could get really complex and create a start up script to load a desktop based on what wireless access point you needed to join. That's one of the beauties of Linux, if you can dream it, you can do it. But I am getting too far ahead of myself. Let's get back to the basics shall we? Ifconfig: Enable your wireless device.iwlist: List the available wireless access points.iwconfig: Configure your wireless connection.dhclient: Get your IP address via dhcp. The first command you need to use is ifconfig. Ifconfig wlan0 up You won't see any feedback unless there is a problem. The next step is to scan for your wireless network to make sure it is available. Iwlist wlan0 scan dhclient wlan0 Make it a script #!