monitor network usage in linux

monitor bandwidth for interface use this iftop

iftop -i eth0 -B

for the interface eth0 show usage is Bytes per second

i am using Fedora 13, I had to install this...

yum search iftop 

search if this package is available in your respository

else..

yum install iftop

it's very small... < 60K

iGoogle

well kinda old but I thought its kinda cool...

this is what my home page looks like...

display cpu and memory configuration in linux

proc directory is a special directory contains runtime information about the process, memory, device configuration etc.


more /proc/meminfo memory configuration
more /proc/cpuinfo cpu configuration

reference(s):
http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html

How to close a live/ hotmail account

closing your live or hotmail account...  go to the following web address (click the link). you are required to sign in to your account first :)

when you close your live or hotmail account, you cannot send or receive messages. But the account data remains.. I closed one of free accounts. when you send mails it just bounces back...