Softpanorama Switchboard
He who will not reason is a bigot;
he who cannot is a fool;
and he who dares not is a slave.
- Sir William Drummond
It tries to counter brainwashing dominant in mainstream IT media. Due to resources limitation this
is a very limited and incomplete effort. Layout of the site Spartan with mostly plain vanilla HTML and
design tries to avoid overcomplexity trap even if at some expense of readability. Some pages are long,
some very long.
Not all pages are current: the site develops as a living tree and active area migrate with time depending
on the current interest of the author. Many links are broken, but using Google one can find new location
for probably 80% of them. The rest is gone: electrons have some weaknesses in comparison with paper
as for long term storage of information :-).
Softpanorama is a very simple in layout, Spartan site. It does not use any Web 2.0 technologies.
It's primary focus is self education and in this area content is the king. So based on limited resources
we have, sophisticated layout was sacrificed. The site is one of the few "compiled' web sites where
target pages are not generated on request, but are precompiled when a change in content arrives.
In 2012 "open source" is really old overused and abused concept and computer science education that
once was flourishing, now is a neglected area in deep crisis. Very few people understand that computer
science (CS) education is one important area were open source really shines: the academic value of open
source software (OSS) cannot be overestimated ( "free/open for education" is one of the most important
meanings of "free software".)
This site promotes exactly this usage of open source and view
open source development
as a special type of academic research (with
the same pitfalls and limitations involved). Open source like love is a very complex subject and
we reject romantic ideas inherent in both Stallmanism and
Raymondism. For example, I see nothing wrong with using open source development as a career jumpstart,
the stage on which talented programmers can demonstrate to themselves and the world the level of their
talent before moving on to other, possibly closed source, projects. And vice versa, after such
person works in corporate environment for several years, the frustration can reach level when some level
of participation in related to work experience open source project might be a good safety valve, the
best way to preserve sanity :-).
[Jul 27, 2012] Networking -- faster access
from www.softpanorama.net . Please use this domain for network
related links to offload the traffic form the main site.
- General :
TCP Protocol Layers
: OSI Protocol Layers
:Network Sniffers :
Tools :
Troubleshooting :
Firewalls and Firewall Rules
Auditing
- Application
Layer :
- SSH :
NFS :
DNS :
FTP :
Telnet :
Samba :
Telnet Protocol :
VNC :
SMTP
Transport Layer
NAT :
Subnetting
and VLSM : TCP
: TCP handshake
: UDP
- Internet Layer
:
ARP :
ICMP :
Routing :
IPv6
Scriptorama -- a slice of links devoted to scripting was created
as an experiment
- General :
Javascript
: Perl :
Shells :
True Python :
Tcl :
TCL-based editors :
PHP :
Regex :
Pipes :
Perl Admintools
Shells- Bash
: BASH Debugging
: Command
completion :
bash
Tips and Tricks :
bash Control
Structures
[Apr 18, 2012] Buss section of About
was created as an experiment. It contains Softpanorama related links that were mostly sent to the
Editor by readers in the feedback...
[Jan 5, 2012] Due to excessive volume links to new items are now duplicated on
softpanorama.info
- [Dec 12, 2013]
Two Party System as
Polyarchy : American
Exceptionalism :
Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2010
- [Dec 11, 2013]
AWK one liners :
screenrc examples
- [Dec 10, 2013] Elite [Dominance] Theory And the
Revolt of the Elite : Politically Incorrect
Humor : Neoliberalism as a New
Form of Corporatism
- [Dec 09, 2013]
Mayberry Machiavellians :
National
Security State :
Corporatist Corruption: Systemic Fraud under Clinton-Bush-Obama Regime :
Political Skeptic
Bulletin, 2011 : Libertarian
Philosophy : The
Iron Law of Oligarchy :
Media as a weapon of mass deception
- [Dec 08, 2013]
Insufficient Retirement Funds Problem :
401K Investing
Webliography
- [Dec 07, 2013]
Russian Music Oldies :
Taisia Povaliy :
Classic Ukrainian Songs on Youtube :
Russian Songs of the Wartime on
YouTube
- [Dec 06, 2013]
Copying config files from one RHEL server to another :
Moving non-critical partition such as /tmp or /home to a new disk
- [Dec 05, 2013]
Sticky attribute
(sticky bit) in Unix :
World
writable files problem : mount command
- [Dec 04, 2013]
Maximum hostname length :
hostname : DNS
- [Dec 03, 2013]
Sony Smart Watch SW2 for Android :
Smartwatches :
Samsung Galaxy S4 :
Dell Venue 8 Pro :
Tablets with Wacom digitizer and stylus
- [Dec 02, 2013]
Russian Musical Humor :
Russian Romance: Those Were
the Days : Russian Music Oldies
- [Dec 01, 2013]
Russian Romance: Those Were
the Days : Russian Music Oldies
- Older entries
See also Softpanorama unique
collection of OSS humor The best medicine against
conformism, stress,
toxic managers (including
micromanagers) and
overload. It includes:
BSD logo story :
Cuckoo Egg Review :
Hired Magazine Interviews
Good Software Group Founder : Hoax Quiz
: Linux sucks collection :
Twenty-five Signs of a Completely
Americanized Russian Programmer : Russian
programmers : Drug Dealers
vs. Software Developers
Recent papers
Recent papers updates:
[Feb 20, 2012] Solaris vs Linux
[Feb 17, 2012] Skeptical View on Unix Security
[Feb 16, 2012] Softpanorama Laws of Computer
Security
[Jul 15, 2011] Softpanorama Malware Defense
Strategy (version 2.0)
- Algorithms
- General :
Sorting Algorithms :
Searching Algorithms : Bit Tricks :
Control Structures :
Compilers :
Decompliers :
Graph Algorithms :
Pattern Matching
- Administration :
- General :
Certification :
Perl Admintools :
Perl :
Shells :
Kernel :
Config_management :
Tivoli
- Access control
- General :
RBAC :
Sudo
- Authentication
- General :
PAM :
SecurID :
- Password Checkers/Crackers
- Copyright
- Social aspects of the BSD vs. GPL debate
: BSD vs. GPL :
Professor Samuelson
- Certification
-
General issues :
Softpanorama
Exam Strategy : Solaris Certification
: Red Hat Certification
: Security Certifications
- Commercial Linuxes
- General issues :
RHEL :
Suse
- Commercial Unixes
- General issues :
AIX :
HP-UX :
Solaris
- Databases
- General:
Mysql : SQL
- DNS
- General: DNS Ports
Usage : MX Records Checking for for Users of Web Hosting
: DNS Security
- Solaris DNS Server Installation and Administration
: DNS Tools : DNS Troubleshooting
: DNS Tutorials : History of DNS
: DNS Tips :
- Tools
- Classic DNS Tools :
dig : nslookup :
hostname :
DNS Zone Generators : Online DNS Tools :
DNS Audit Scripts :
Tutorials
- Solaris DNS Tutorial, part
1/3 : Solaris DNS Tutorial,
part 2/3 : Solaris DNS Tutorial,
part 3/3
- Education
- General :
SAT
- Editors
- General :
Eastern Orthodox (THE/Kedit) :
Western Orthodox(vi.vim) :
TCL-based :
Win32-super-lightweight :
Alt Office
- Hardware
- General : Dell
: HP : Sun :
Programmable Keyboards :
Mice
-
- Components
- Low Cost PC Components :
Intel CPUs Price/Performance Ratio :
CPU Instruction Set Architecture
: Memory
- ...
-
- Tablets
- Tablets with digitizers :
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with S-pen
: Galaxy 10.1 S-pen
- Dell
- Dell E6330/E6430 :
Dell E-Port
History
- The History of Computer Science
- Unix Scripting History
- OS History
- Links
- General :
Humor :
Organizations :
Discounted bookstores :
Computer Books Publishers :
Magazines :
Russian Links :
Russian Music Oldies :
Selected Reviews :
Softpanorama archive :
microCHP :
Cars : Mitsubishi
Outlander 2006
- Languages
- Assembler :
C : C++
: Java :
Pascal :
Algorithms :
Compilers :
Debugging
- Logs
- General :
Log Analyzers :
Log Management :
Log Rotation in Solaris
: Perl Log Management Tools
: Solaris Syslog Configuration :
Remote Syslog in Solaris
: Syslog-ng for Solaris
- Ethernet Protocol
- Mail
- General :
Mta :
Mua :
UUCP :
SMTP :
Spam :
Procmail filtering :
eMail Security :
MTA Log Analysers :
- Sendmail
- Sendmail :
Minitutotial :
Sendmail on RHEL
: Configuring Solaris sendmail
:
Sendmail performance
tuning : Sendmail
Security : Sendmail
Log Formats :
Sendmail file
permissions :
Dual-instance
sendmail
- Postfix
- Postfix :
Postfix Troubleshooting
: Postfix
Connection Refused Problem
- Spamfiltering
- Spam :
Email Etiquette :
Email Overload
- Malware
- General :
Spyware :
Spyware Removal Using
Spybot S&D : Non-Scanner AntiSpyware Tools
: Spyware Scanners :
Malware_ Defense_Secrets
- Micromanagement in IT
- General :
Understanding Micromanagers :
-
Surviving Micromanagers :
Rules of Communication with Micromanagers : Coping
with the micromanagement induced stress :
Anger trap
Muiltimedia
General : VOIP
: Working with computer sound
- Networking
- General :
TCP Protocol Layers
: OSI Protocol Layers
:Network Sniffers :
Tools :
Troubleshooting :
Firewalls and Firewall Rules
Auditing
- Application
Layer :
- SSH :
NFS :
DNS :
FTP :
Telnet :
Samba :
Telnet Protocol :
VNC :
SMTP
Transport Layer
NAT :
Subnetting
and VLSM : TCP
: TCP handshake
: UDP
- Internet Layer
:
ARP :
ICMP :
Routing :
IPv6
Office - General :
MS Word :
Excel :
FrontPage :
Visio :
Alternatives
- Orthodox File Managers
- OFM page :
OFM book
- Open Source Software Problems
- Index :
Copyright :
BSD vs GPL :
Open Source Chronicle :
ERS_Quotes :
Raymondism FAQ :
Webliography :
OSS humor
- OS design
- OS history :
Internals :
Filesystems :
System_calls
Solaris :
Linux :
FreeBSD :
Hardware :
Linux MiniDistributions :
- Performance tuning
- General :
Performance Monitoring:
Linux Performance Tuning :
Solaris Performance Tuning :
AIX performance tuning :
NFS performance tuning :
Oracle Performance Tuning :
Database Performance Tuning :
Tivoli Performance Tuning :
Unix System Monitoring
- Scripting -- faster access from softpanorama.info
- General :
Javascript
: Perl :
Shells :
True Python :
Tcl :
TCL-based editors :
PHP :
Regex
: Pipes
: Perl Admintools
Shells- Bash
: BASH Debugging
: Command
completion :
bash
Tips and Tricks :
bash Control
Structures
- Security
- General :
Papers :
Integrity_checkers :
Intrusion detection :
DNS Security :
Perl scripts :
Audit tools :
Classic security tools :
Port Scanners :
Port Scan Detectors :
Log_analysers :
Antivirus :
Malware Defense_Secrets
- SE
- Literate Programming :
Architecture :
Testing :
Program understanding :
Reverse engineering :
Anti-OO
- Skepticism
- General :
Lysenkoism :
Pseudoscience and scientific fraud :
CS_skeptic:
Obscurantism in Information Technology :
Overload
OSS skeptic
- Financial skeptic:
- Insufficient Retirement Funds Problem
: Casino Capitalism :
Financial Sector Induced Systemic Instability of Economy :
Neoliberalism as a Cause of Structural
Unemployment in the USA :
Lawrence Summers :
CDS -- weapons of mass financial destruction :
Economics of Peak Energy :
In Goldman Sachs we trust: classic example of regulatory capture by financial system hackers
:
Corruption of Regulators : Financial
Skeptic Humor :
Rational Fools vs. Efficient Crooks: The efficient markets hypothesis :
Financial Sector Induced Systemic Instability of Economy :
Greenspan as the Chairman of Financial Politburo :
Helicopter Ben: Arsonist Turned into Firefighter :
Neoliberalism and rising inequality
- Political skeptic:
- Who Rules America :
Two Party System
as Polyarchy :
Media-Military-Industrial
Complex :
Corporatist Corruption: Systemic Fraud under Clinton-Bush-Obama Regime :
Libertarian Philosophy :
Politically Incorrect Humor :
Neoliberalism as a New Form of
Corporatism :
National
Security State / Surveillance State: Review of Literature :
Total Surveillance and Snowden Prism Revelations Saga :
Elite [Dominance] Theory And the
Revolt of the Elite :
America’s Financial
Oligarchy :
The Iron Law of
Oligarchy : Corporate Media:
Journalism In the Service of the Powerful Few :
The Guardian Slips Beyond the Reach of Embarrassment :
Neo-theocratic
Movements : Neocolonialism
as Financial Imperialism :
Corporatism : American
Exceptionalism : Fifth column
: Jokes about Russian Fifth
Column : Predator
state :
Neo-fashism
:
New American Militarism : Neoconservatism
as a stage of development of Neoliberalism :
Tea Party
and right wing rage :
Ayn Rand and her Objectivism
Cult : Compradors
: Mayberry Machiavellians
:
Diplomacy by deception :
Media as a weapon of mass deception :
Color revolutions
- Social aspects fo working in IT environment
- General :
Toxic managers:
Micromanagers :
Psychopaths
: Toxic stress:
Overload :
Burnout :
Open_Source :
Copyright :
BSD vs GPL :
OSS in Developing Countries
: OSS Pioneers
Softpanorama SNDP links
- Solaris
- General :
Open Source :
Whitepapers :
Certification :
Internals :
Installation :
Solaris Zones :
Solaris Packages :
Controlling System Processes
: Process Scheduling
: Virtual Memory
:
Disk and Filesystems :
RAID :
Solaris UFS :
Solaris TMPFS :
ZFS :
Swap Space
- Solaris Books :
Solaris Security :
CD burining :
Solaris Patching :
Documentation map :BluePrints
: Man Pages :
Humor :
Solaris history
: Stanistlav Lem Solaris
: Tips
Tivoli- General : .TEC
: TFM :
ITM :
Tivoli Redbooks :
- TEC Rules :
Testing TEC
rules
Tools - General :
Shells :
Awk :
Sed :
Diff :
Pipes
: Find :
Grep :
vi : xargs :
- Utilities
- General alias :
at : beautifiers
:cp : cron :curl
: diff. : diff_tools
: eval : expect :
expr : ln :
ps : rpm :
screen :
screenrc_examples :script
: Teraterm :
Teraterm_macros :top.
: touch :vmstat :
YUM : zip
- Unixification of Windows
- General :
SFU :
Reskits :
Process viewers :
Dual Boot :
Windows Scripting Host
Monad Shell
- Virtualization
- General :
Light-weight virtualization :
VMware :
Xen on Suse 10 :
Notes
on five different types of virtualization
- Windows
- General :
Registry Tools :
Edit_win32 :
Process viewers :
Norton Ghost
: Filesystems Recovery :
Alternatives to Norton
Utilities : Windows XP Slow
Startup and Shutdown : VBA :
Windows Security
- WWW
- General :
Content management :
Maintenance Scripts :
Logs :
CGI :
CGI Security :
Authoring : SSI :
Mirroring :
HTTP Protocol :
Apache on Solaris :
Web Server Security :
Perl Blogs :
Perl Wiki :
HTML Pretty Printing and Beatifying :
Cheap Web hosting with SSH access
- Xwindows
- General :
VNC :
VNC on Linux :
VNC on Solaris
Most popular humor pages:
Manifest of the Softpanorama IT Slacker Society
: Ten Commandments of the IT Slackers Society
: Computer Humor Collection : BSD Logo
Story : The Cuckoo's Egg : C++ Humor
:
ARE YOU A BBS ADDICT? : Object oriented programmers of all nations :
C Humor :
Financial Humor :
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 :
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 :
Richard Stallman Related Humor : Admin Humor
: Perl-related Humor :
Linus Torvalds Related humor :
PseudoScience Related Humor : Networking Humor :
Shell Humor:
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 :
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2012 :
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2013 :
Java Humor : Software Engineering Humor :
Sun Solaris Related Humor : The Most Comprehensive Collection of
Editor-related Humor : Microsoft plans to buy Catholic Church :
Education Humor : IBM Humor :
Assembler-related Humor : VIM Humor
Computer Viruses Humor : Bright tomorrow is
rescheduled to a day after tomorrow : Classic Computer Humor :
Best Russian Programmer Humor :
Russian Musical Humor :
The Perl Purity Test :
Politically Incorrect Humor : GPL-related
Humor : OFM Humor : IDS Humor :
Real Programmers Humor : Scripting
Humor : Web Humor : Programming Language
Humor :
Goldman Sachs related humor :
Greenspan
humor :
The Last
but not Least
Copyright © 1996-2013 by Dr. Nikolai Bezroukov. www.softpanorama.org
was created as a service to the UN Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) in the author free time. This document
is an industrial compilation designed and created exclusively for educational use and is distributed under the
Softpanorama Content License. Site uses AdSense so you need to be aware of Google privacy policy.
Original materials copyright belong to respective owners. Quotes are made for educational purposes
only in compliance with the fair use doctrine. This is a Spartan WHYFF (We Help You For Free) site written
by people for whom English is not a native language. Grammar and spelling errors should be expected. The site contain
some broken links as it develops like a living tree...
Disclaimer:
The statements, views and opinions presented on this web page are those of the author and are not endorsed by, nor
do they necessarily reflect, the opinions of the author present and former employers, SDNP or any other organization the
author may be associated with. We do not warrant the correctness of the information provided or its fitness for any purpose.
Last modified: November 10, 2013
