Back In Time

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux

The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified directories

so if you’re taking the first snapshot of a directory it’ll take all the files from that directory and put them in the backup directory

but when taking another backup for the same directory, it’ll compare the new snapshot with the old one, and take only the difference between the two snapshots

in fact “Back In Time” is only the GUI for a combination of rsync, diff, and cp.

it also uses cron to make backups in specific periods

here is a short video from Linux Journal that shows how to use the application

Download Back In Time

Top 3 Bittorrent Clients for Linux

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files

BitTorrent protocol allows users to distribute large amounts of data without putting the level of strain on their computers that would be needed for standard Internet hosting.

Today we’re introducing top three bittorrent clients for linux :

• qBittorrent

The qBittorrent project was started in March 2006 to create a lightweight but featureful BitTorrent client that would be multi-platform and very easy to use.

qBittorrent v2 is the closest open source (GNU GPL v2 license) equivalent to µtorrent. qBittorrent is based on Qt4 toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar.

• Transmission

A Fast, Easy and Free Bittorrent Client

• Azureus

Powerful torrent meta-search with login support for private trackers

Flash Block

FlashBlock

Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won’t get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it

FlashBlock is a Firefox Extension that is used to Block the Flash contents from loading and slowing down the connection

 

its really useful for those who are running operating systems that do not fully support flash contents like Linux

notify-send

its nice to get notifications on a running tasks

this can be done easily on linux using the libnotify package, (libnotify-bin on Ubuntu)

after installing the package using yum on fedora or apt-get on ubuntu

it provides a nice command called “notify-send“

you can start using it now

#notify-send “Hello World”

you’ll find a nice small notification on your screen like this one:

now you can combine some useful commands to have your notification

#notify-send “logged in as:” “`whoami`”

you can set an icon using the “i” option

#notify-send “logged in as:” “`whoami`” -i /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-term.png

you can also add a notification expiring time using “t” option

#notify-send “logged in as:” “`whoami`” -i /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-term.png -t 2000

this closes the notification after 2 seconds

Enjoy your time using notification

Shareaholic

Shareaholic

What is it?

Shareaholic is the better, quicker, easier way to share, e-mail, tweet, and bookmark stuff you care about online with friends, family, and co–workers.

Who is it for?

If you like to connect and share with people in your life using any service like Facebook, Email, Twitter, etc, you’ll likely love Shareaholic.

Why use it?

Shareaholic makes online sharing better, faster and easier. Once you have Shareaholic, you’ll be able to simplify your online social life.

Installation:

Shareaholic.com

Tweet from linux command-line

Hello there

you should read this post if you’re a Twitter fan

today I read a tutorial about “Tweeting from your Linux Desktop“

sounds interesting huh?!

okay lets figure out how to do that:

Create a bash script file (Example: Twitter.sh) in your home directory

then write this data into it:

#########################################

#!/bin/bash
USERNAME=”your-mail-or-username”
PASSWORD=”your-password”

URL=http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

result=`curl -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -d status=”Hello, i’m Tweeting from my linux command line” $URL`

exit 0

#########################################