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Landing a Linux job really doesn’t have much to do with your school qualifications or what your resume says. With Linux, it’s all about experience. What you actually know will determine how far you get with a Linux job. Now, I’m not declaring that you must know everything listed in this article, but it’s important to be well versed in all aspects of Linux. Besides, if you plan to make Linux a part of your career, why not learn everything you can? In this document I will present you with Linux applications and what you should know about them at the very least. I then will present you with some outside links for further reading so that you can indulge and become more familiar with each Linux application listed. If you’re looking to land a Linux job you must be familiar with these Linux applications or daemons. Apache Apache is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program. A large portion of the Internet web sites you visit run Apache on the server the site is hosted on to...

Here is a quick tip on how to find out what host IPs are on your subnet using nmap. This is useful to find out what IPs are being used or just to know how many devices are connected to the subnet. # nmap -v -sP 192.168.1.0/24 You can replace the 192.168.1.0/24 address with whatever your IP and subnet is. Also, for a cleaner output that removes the lines that tell you an IP is not used, try the following: # nmap -v -sP 192.168.1.0/24 | grep -v "appears to be down"

Do you use Ubuntu and wish to set a static IP for your machine? It’s simple. Follow the steps below to find out how. * Right click the network manager icon at the top right of your desktop * Select Edit Connections * Select Wired * Click the EDIT button * Click the IPv4 settings tab * Select Manual from the method drop down list * Click the ADD button to add your static IP address * Add your DNS addresses in the DNS servers field. You can separate each DNS entry with a comma * Click OK. * Restart networking using this command: /etc/init.d/networking restart