[Blackpool] Arran and Ed's conversation on Saturday

[edward kenworthy]

Hi Mike

We mention that you weren't fully involved in mine and
Arran's conversation on Saturday, so here's a summary.

As I am a linux newbie and most of my IT experience is with Windows I was
interested to here how linux might achieve things such as backing up data
and whole drives in the same way as ghost does for windows. I was also
interested to see how someone with more linux experience uses the command
line to manage the system and run applications.

We discussed hacking and security in particular the backtrack distro. I also
saw how you can run multiple sessions with a single terminal window useful
if managing a system via ssh.

I saw how I can view network information and we also installed wireshark.

I recently wondered why using the ifconfig did not display any information
about the wireless network connection. The answer was that I should use
iwconfig instead.

Piping things into "less" was also very useful when a command produces more
than a screens worth of information.

I think that covers most of it, unless Arran can add anything.

Ed