Jackson Isaac Foss, Linux, Open Source

VIM – Developer’s Magic-Wand


I assume most of my blog visitors are familiar with Linux or Unix and FreeBSD. VIM is a very powerful editor for Linux and Unix based OS. It is pre-installed in most of the recent distros. VIM stands for "VI Improved", which is based on VI (used in command line interface). VIM can be used … Continue reading VIM – Developer’s Magic-Wand

Jackson Isaac Foss, Open Source

Getting Started with P2PU: Webmaking 101 #1 Introduce Yourself


It's been quite a time since my last post on account of exams and other academics. I have started with webmaking course on P2PU, A peer-to-peer University with loads of courses to take up. I came across this website from an email from OSFY(Open Source For You) India. You can Register for P2PU here. I … Continue reading Getting Started with P2PU: Webmaking 101 #1 Introduce Yourself

Jackson Isaac Foss, Open Source, Tutorials

using line_profiler with python


This post will help you to use line_profiler for python (2.5.x) as well as python3 (python 3.x) line_profiler will help you to profile the time taken to execute each individual lines of code. The profiler is implemented in C via Cython, an optimizing static compiler for Python programming language as well as Cython programming language … Continue reading using line_profiler with python

Jackson Isaac Foss, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials

Partition Resizing: Linux


Hey bloggers and readers 🙂 This post will help you to extend your Partition on a Linux System. (Thanks to koxbox) Here I will be demonstrating how to extend / parition by shrinking the /home partition and using some of it's space (WARNING: You may lose files if not CAREFUL!) --- HINT: Backup everything before … Continue reading Partition Resizing: Linux