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Formatting a partition from command line

When you need to format a partition from the command line, a few commands are all you need. Here’s the typical workflow.

First, create the files[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on May 31, 2012June 25, 2026Categories How ToTags Bash, Hard Disk, Linux, PartitioningLeave a comment on Formatting a partition from command line

Please Insert Windows Install Disk #1

This would be the perfect solution to so many Windows problem! :-P

Please Insert Windows Install Disk #1[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on April 9, 2012January 25, 2017Categories FunLeave a comment on Please Insert Windows Install Disk #1

Drush intro – Drupal

Drush is a command-line shell interface for Drupal. It lets you do almost anything you would do through the Drupal admin interface — enabling modules,[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on April 4, 2012June 25, 2026Categories OpenSource, Review, TipTags CMS, Cross-Platform, Drupal, PHP, WebLeave a comment on Drush intro – Drupal

XBMC 11 (aka Eden) stable release download available

XBMC Media Center (formerly Xbox Media Center) is a free and open source cross-platform media centre and HTPC application. I have been using it for ju[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on March 26, 2012June 25, 2026Categories News, OpenSource, ReviewTags Audio, Cross-Platform, Free-Software, MultiMedia, OpenSource, Pictures, Software, Video1 Comment on XBMC 11 (aka Eden) stable release download available

Accelerate downloads with lftp

lftp is a versatile command-line file transfer tool. What makes it stand out is its ability to open multiple connections for a single download, which[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on March 18, 2012June 25, 2026Categories TipTags Free-Software, Linux, OpenSourceLeave a comment on Accelerate downloads with lftp

PHP UK Conference 2012 slides – London

As mentioned in the last post, I was going to go to the PHP Conference in London.
Well, I have been! :-)
It was the first time for me but was exactly[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on February 26, 2012June 25, 2026Categories EventTags OpenSource, PHP, Web2 Comments on PHP UK Conference 2012 slides – London

PHP UK Conference 2012 schedule – London

This year, for the first time, I will be attending to the PHP Conference in London. There are going to be so many interesting talks.
Have a look with[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on February 20, 2012June 25, 2026Categories EventTags OpenSource, PHP, Web1 Comment on PHP UK Conference 2012 schedule – London

Logical Volume Management basics

I have explained how to activate an LVM logical volume before, but never talked much about LVM itself. Here is a brief introduction.

I have been playi[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on January 31, 2012June 25, 2026Categories How ToTags Hard Disk, Linux, LVM, OpenSource, PartitioningLeave a comment on Logical Volume Management basics

How to run a system command in background from PHP

If you are at the command line and want a process to run in the background, you add an & at the end of the command:

sleep 10 && echo "Done!" &

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Author AndreaPosted on December 4, 2011June 25, 2026Categories How To, ProgrammingTags Linux, PHP, Web2 Comments on How to run a system command in background from PHP

jQuery shorthand for the document ready wrapper function

If you use jQuery, you know the $(document).ready() wrapper is the standard way to make sure the DOM is fully loaded before your JavaScript runs. But[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on November 29, 2011June 25, 2026Categories TipTags javascript, jQueryLeave a comment on jQuery shorthand for the document ready wrapper function

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