November 2015

Linux: show apt history

At the moment the Linux distribution that I'm using is Debian, the packages manager that I'm usually to use in it is the apt and the simplest way to check apt-history is to use the bash script apt-history . With apt-history we can check the list of packages installed, removed or upgraded with apt. As we can see the last update of the script has been wrote the 26/02/2005 but it is correctly...

Syslinux from USB Stick: boot the next hard disk in the boot sequence

I use the great Syslinux bootloader to boot the frugal installation of Slacko PuppyLinux from my Usb Stick, in this way i have a complete portable OS always with me that i can use for every evenience when i can use a pc that isn't mine, for example to surfing the web with my synced bookmarks in FireFox. Syslinux is fully customizable and in my boot menu i added a voice to simply boot the next...