More of a reminder for myself than anything else .. since I've got a terrible memory! If you want to check disk space usage from the command line you can use the "du" command. But if you want to check a large number of directories for usage and sort them so that you can see where all the disk space is gone to use: du -sh * | sort -h That will output it in a more human … [Read more...] about Sorting Disk Usage By Size On Linux
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Ubuntu Grub Error
More for myself than anyone else .. While cleaning up the kernels and doing some updates on an Ubuntu machine you might get this error: you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub] Not 100% clear to me, but the solution is pretty easy. As root or using sudo run: update-grub Problem solved! … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Grub Error
Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Conn and I did an experiment earlier this week with the technology.ie podcast. Instead of simply recording it and then publishing it we streamed the entire thing live using IceCast.We'd previously played around a bit with Google "hangouts', but running our own streaming server was fun and also gave us more autonomy. Media streaming always struck me as being incredibly … [Read more...] about Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Updating Whois On Debian
Getting an up to date whois client on Debian is a requirement if you work in my world: wget http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.0.17_amd64.deb dpkg -i whois_5.0.17_amd64.deb Problem solved .. Related articles IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date (internetnews.me) A Confession About The ICANN WHOIS Data Reminder Policy … [Read more...] about Updating Whois On Debian
Linux Sysadmin Type Wanted
We're hiring for a number of roles at the moment over in Blacknight The latest one we announced was this one for a Linux Systems Engineer Think you qualify? Then please apply … [Read more...] about Linux Sysadmin Type Wanted