[Blackpool] Arran and Ed's conversation on Saturday

Les Pounder lespounder at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 20:40:45 UTC 2011


Blog post has been updated

Thanks Ed.
Les

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:27 PM, edward kenworthy <
edward.kenworthy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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