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How to check total memory in Linux

Just checking if my Dreamhost VPS has had the memory reduced yet Before: [me@mybox]$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2300 97 2202 0 0 12 -/+ buffers/cache: 84 2215 Swap: 0 0 0 After: [me@mybox]$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 300...

Shared Hosting has Limitations

I've had this domain on dreamhost.com's shared hosting for a few years. It's been OK. For the dollar value it's got a lot of features. Linux Shell access (woo hoo!) One click install of a heap of opensource stuff Unlimited Disk space (meaning you can have more than a...

Running VirtualBox Virtual Machines Headless

# get a list of your virtualbox virtual machines [me@mtbox ~]$ vboxmanage list vms "Windows SBS Server 2011 Trial" {d0c766e8-252b-4016-a37f-db60894230eb} "LSMB" {259dea54-ef0a-48c2-b06c-fa164e87abab} "debian-6.0.2.1-amd64" {91b7ca3-2162-470e-aadf-df46046a468c} # start...

FreeNX Server Install & Setup on Fedora 15

Overview: I want to connect from a Windows 7 workstation to a Fedora 15 Computer using FreeNX How I did it On Fedora install FreeNX Server (Note: you already need to have the OpenSSH server installed and working) yum install freenx-server This is all I had to do to...

OpenOffice Tips

I have a deep and abiding annoyance with online loan calculators. I blame them for being: Clumsy Restricted Self-Interested So when I found that Open/Libre Office has good support for calculating repayments it has come as a relief....