Linux Tips - Linux, Clocks, and Time. Introduction This document explains how to set your computer's clock from Linux, how to set your timezone, and other stuff related to Linux and how it does its time-keeping.
Your computer has two timepieces; a battery-backed one that is always running (the ``hardware'', ``BIOS'', or ``CMOS'' clock), and another that is maintained by the operating system currently running on your computer (the ``system'' clock). The hardware clock is generally only used to set the system clock when your operating system boots, and then from that point until you reboot or turn off your system, the system clock is the one used to keep track of time. On Linux systems, you have a choice of keeping the hardware clock in UTC/GMT time or local time.
The preferred option is to keep it in UTC because then daylight savings can be automatically accounted for. Setting your timezone ln -sf .. Replace your/zone with something like Australia/NSW or Australia/Perth. Setting UTC or local time Setting the system clock Summary. Moving A Single Drupal Install from default Directory to Multi-Site ... Recently I decided to modify my configuration of Drupal 6.
Previously, I had just one site, and I had innocently left everything in the default/ directory. This install in retrospect was easy but not an example of good planning. I later had to do some minor changes when I decided to migrate to multi-site. When it later became clear that I wanted to host multiple sites, I had to move my 'files' directory from inside of /sites/default to /sites/central-america-forum.com.
That was easy enough. Except... So then I found some tips on Drupal: changing "files" directory configuration setting. Except.. ** NB - Update - January 1, 2010. I just wanted to let you know that based on your post and experiences I've had of migrating sites in a mult-site setup I've created a module to make it much easier. So in some ways this module was created thanks to you and your blog post! Screen - The Terminal Multiplexer. By Chris LumensMarch 24, 2004 screen is a terminal multiplexer: it takes many different running processes and manages which of them gets displayed to the user.
Think of it as a window manager for your console or terminal emulator. With screen, you can have interactive processes running on your home computer and connect to them from anywhere else to check on their progress. What sorts of programs are good for running in screen? Movie downloads command line mail clients log watching giant compiles (kernel, make World, etc) There are three different ways you can think about what screen is displaying to your console. Session - A session is created when you start a new instance of screen on the command line. Additionally, it helps to know what the following mean: detach - Detaches the currently running program from the terminal. Commanding screen screen tries to stay out of your way as much as possible. Making New Sessions You make a new session on the command line. . $ screen $ screen -S edonkey. Training. Ubuntu Desktop Course 8.04 LTS is now available as PDFs in several languages, instructor and student versions.
Many thanks to community members who worked hard writing, reviewing, editing, proofreading and translating! Note: You can generate localized docbook and HTML from project source. Overview The course is modular, taking 2 days if all lessons are covered. Topics and lessons can be selected as required. Download PDFs Here are the currently available PDFs of guide. Project Source and Development Community participation in development and translation is greatly appreciated. Download Source and Build PDFs Install bzr as follows: sudo apt-get install bzr Obtain the source in a new directory as follows: bzr branch lp:ubuntu-desktop-course See the README file for instructions on building localized HTML, PDF and docbook and on localization (including images).
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