Android 4.2+ Screen Capture with DDMS via USB in Linux

I cannot get good screen capture without volume control images on my Android Phone. Therefore, I decide to use DDMS (Dalvik Debug Monitor) to help.

Linux Process Viewer with Thread Support

When optimizing Turnkey ZurmoCRM within VirtualBox, I want to know how it handle session by thread and physical multi-core processor. I am also interested how hyper-threading works, too. Therefore, I need a replacement for top and the buil-in monitor in QTS.

I choose htop.

Check your RAM usage with free in Linux

Running free in terminal on Leveno Edge 72z with 16GB RAM.

free show RAM usage information. It helps you to know how much RAM is used by system, buffers, and cache. But it is a little bit complex for first time user, especially line 2. I am going to explain line by line and with some example.

Linux: My Missing Manual

Some Linux commands are useful but I didn’t use it very often. Here I prepare a list to look up faster. It will be maintained and updated here.

1. cat
2. e2fsck: Check and Repair File System
3. find: Look for files in directories
4. free: Check Memory Usage
5. ifconfig: Manage Network Interface
6. rm -rf <directory>: Remove directories and contents
7. tar: Compress or decompress directories and contents
8. Accelerators

FileSync for Different Device

There are many file synchronization software available. It compares source with target and copy only the changed files. Save time for a full copy.

You may choose online storage like Copy.com and Dropbox. They both have version for undelete. SkyDrive seems only have recycle bin without version. Box.com provides Version History in paid subscription. Unfortunately, Neither SkyDrive nor Box.com have official Linux client.

But for private data, huge and archived files, I will backup to external storage or NAS. Here I am going to explain my preferred software for different devices.

Copy.com’s Official CopyAgent in OpenSuSE 13.1

In my previous post Online Storage with File Sync Client in Linux, I have install CopyAgent on OpenSuSE 12.3 x64 but fail to install the official app.

Download and Verify OpenSuSE 13.1 Image with Hash

OpenSuSE 13.1 is available for download on 2013/11/19.  To make sure it’s the same as the original, I use SHA-256² and MD5³ to confirm.