Java Time Zone is messed up *

Question I am running a Tomcat application, and I need to display some time values. Unfortunately, the time is coming up an hour off. I lo...

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How do you find the age of a long-running Linux process and then kill it? *

Question I have a problem with some zombie-like processes on a certain server that need to be killed every now and then. How can I best iden...

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Securing a linux webserver for public access *

Question I'd like to set up a cheap Linux box as a web server to host a variety of web technologies (PHP & Java EE come to mind, but...

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Text Editor For Linux (Besides Vi)? *

Question Let me preface this question by saying I use TextMate on Mac OSX for my text needs and I am in love with it. Anything comparable o...

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Lightweight IDE for Linux *

Question Even though I have a robust and fast computer (Pentium Dual Core 2.0 with 2Gb RAM), I'm always searching for lightweight softwa...

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Shell scripting input redirection oddities *

Question Can anyone explain this behavior? Running: #!/bin/sh echo "hello world" | read var1 var2 echo $var1 echo $var2 ...

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XML Editing/Viewing Software *

Question What software is recommended for working with and editing large XML schemas? I'm looking for both Windows and Linux software (d...

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What should a longtime Windows user know when starting to use Linux? *

Question We've finally moved our websites to a decent host , and for the first time we have Shell Access. I know very little about us...

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Getting root permissions on a file inside of vi? *

Question Often while editing config files, I'll open one with vi and then when I go to save it realize that I didn't type sudo ...

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GTK implementation of MessageBox *

Question I have been trying to implement Win32's MessageBox using GTK. The app using SDL/OpenGL, so this isn't a GTK app. I hand...

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Is gettimeofday() guaranteed to be of microsecond resolution? *

Question So I find myself porting a game, that was originally written for the Win32 API, to Linux (well, porting the OS X port of the Win32 ...

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