CPU and Memory monitor on Ubuntu Panel and Unity on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Unity users can easily monitor CPU and Memory usage by using indicator-sysmonitor application.

Conky mypapit ubuntu

To install it, you just need to add alexeftimie PPA repository using these simple command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexeftimie/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor

Note that this doesn't work on previous Ubuntu 10.xx releases.

Alternatively, you can install Conky by running the command:
sudo apt-get install conky

Conky mypapit ubuntu

Howto solve ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host error

I’ve keep getting the message “ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host error” after I managed to finalized my CRUX linux on my decTOP box today. After enough looking into documentations, I finally found out that I need to edit the “/etc/hosts.allow” file to allow SSH connection, for example:


#/etc/hosts.allow
sshd:ALL

or for more conservative setting


#/etc/hosts.allow
sshd:LOCAL
sshd:192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0

I can connect ssh to my box normally after that.

Video: Cracking Wifi WEP Keys using Backtrack 4 and aircrack-ng

Here’s a video showing you how to crack Wireless WEP keys using Backtrack 4 and aircrack-ng.

Additionally, you need a compatible wireless adapter or compatible wireless chipset which can be used with aircrack-ng.

Here are the list of the best wireless cards to use(according to aircrack-ng wiki):

Good luck!

Ubuntu: How to erase CD-RW/DVD-RW from Command-line

Here’s an easy way to erase CD-RW and DVD-RW from command-line in Ubuntu:

you only need to install ‘wodim’ package:
sudo apt-get install wodim
Then run:
wodim -scanbus
To search for the cdrw device in case if you don’t already know.

To erase the entire disk, run:
wodim dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast

That’s all!