Network Monitor – Ntop

(taken from www.ntop.org) Ntop is a network traffic monitor that shows the network usage. It display a list of hosts that are currently using the network and reports information concerning the (IP and non-IP) traffic generated and received by each host. It is similar to what the popular top Unix command does. Ntop may operate [...]

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Network Monitor – tcptrack

Tcptrack is a sniffer program which can be used to monitor the tcp connection on the network. It passively watches for connection on the network interface. It’s similar to ‘top’ command. Installation taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install tcptrack Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following NEW packages will be installed: [...]

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NmapFE – nmap front end

What is NmapFE? It is a graphical front end for nmap security scanner. Because the limited help available from the nmapfe help menu, better you read from nmap manual page first. NmapFE was originally written by Zach Smith (key@aye.net). It’s now maintained by Fyodor (fyodor@insecure.org). The newest version of nmap can be obtained from www.insecure.org/nmap/. [...]

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Gnome Control Center – Desktop Properties Manager in Ubuntu Gutsy

Gnome control center is a front end to configuration applets (capplets) that lets you configure your GNOME desktop. It’s the same like YAST in openSUSE or Control Panel in Windows. You can run it through Run Application screen or enable it from ‘Main Menu’ Menu Available: Personal About Me Assistive Technology Preference Keyboard Accessibility Keyboard [...]

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Sony PSP – Upload games, music, movie, photo, save games data from Linux Ubuntu

I think PSP is one of great game devices have ever made. You can play games, hear music, see video, see photo, take photo (additional device) even browsing the internet with its wifi capabilities. When you plug the PSP to your Ubuntu with USB cable, it will act like a flash disk. So, you can [...]

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Suddenly I lost my sound in Ubuntu

When I turn my laptop this afternoon, I suddenly lost my sound and got this ugly red cross beside my speaker. When I double click the icon, I got this message. Then I open System > Preferences > Sound ……I lost my sound device. I can’t run ‘alsamixer’ from the terminal, then I did log [...]

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Google Tools for Linux – Google Earth

Google Earth is a great program to see a place from satellite. It’s designed for Windows before but it’s also available for Linux. You can download the program from www.google.com. It’s in linux installer format, so you don’t have to compile it again. Step 1. Installation Process After you downloaded the program, go to its [...]

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The easy way to change your login screen background in Ubuntu

Sometimes I get bored with my login screen. Then I try to figure out, which is the most easy way to change it. Then I came out with this solution. For your information, all your login themes are stored in /usr/share/gdm/themes directory. For default, there are 6 themes that you can choose. You can download [...]

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