Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category

After providing an introduction to Linux swap in part 1, this article highlights basic analysis and management techniques for controlling swap space.

The first article in a multipart series exploring swap space, familiarizing the reader with the concept of swapping, why it exists, and what it’s used for.

What is it? It’s a bidirectionally synchronized folder in The Cloud. I’m amazed. It works on every major platform. It works seamlessly. It just works.

You’ve installed VirtualBox Guest Additions in Windows 7, but Shared Folders don’t yet work. There is a simple workaround that can provide basic functionality.

Got a misbehaving application preventing logout or maybe there’s a game that demands then entirety of your screen? There’s a couple of different ways to start a second X11 instance, both of which are very easy to use. One requires just a few keystrokes, and the other allows you to embed one session within your existing.


  • shiva ramani: good instruction. How to push data to MySQL from SQL 2005 [...]
  • Winkey: I've created a linked server for mysql successfully, and also can do Insert, Select. But when I try [...]
  • RaghuRam: Thanks a lot buddy it helped me to change the root password when I got the error trying to c [...]
  • Taylor Gerring: If you're on a 64-bit OS, did you run the 32-bit version of ODBC applet? Run: odbcad32 [...]
  • Taylor Gerring: If the issue is the guest sync'ing to the host, can't you just force time sync the host if you can't [...]


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