May 25, 2016 Systems Administration 12 comments linux
In this article I show to clone a hard drive in Linux. You will be able to create a mirror of your hard drive, allowing in example to boot operating system from the cloned drive. All you need are two hard drives (or SSD drives) and Linux/Unix operating system. No extra hardware required. (more…)
May 16, 2016 Systems Administration 2 comments
In this short guide I show how to find hardware model names that are installed in your Linux computer. (more…)
May 8, 2016 Book reviews 2 comments
Today I will not review a book, but a Java video course: Core Java Complete Video Course by Cay Horstmann, the author of the Core Java books. If you do not know the Core Java books yet, you can read my review of Core Java Volume I: Fundamentals, the latest 10th edition.
When I learned that there exists a Core Java video course I got pretty excited, especially when I found that it features Cay Horstmann himself. The Java video course is available on InformIT website. I have never seen any of their video courses, so I was very curious what can I expect. In this review I am explaining the entire experience that I had with the Core Java video course. (more…)
April 24, 2016 Book reviews, Java 10 comments java basics
Core Java, Volume I – Fundamentals by Cay Horstmann is one of the most known and respected books about Java. You are reading this review most likely because somebody recommended that book to you and you wanted to learn about it more. When I was looking for new Java books some time ago, almost every forum or blog was recommending to give Core Java a try. The first edition of this book was released in 1996 covering the very first edition of Java. Today, 20 years later, we can read the tenth edition covering Java 8. (more…)
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March 14, 2016 Java 2 comments java basics
This article explains Java literals. If you don’t know why float pi = 3.14 fails to compile, this article is a must read for you. (more…)
