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I saw a third Novell Linux add on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1RCg-Ccp0. I’m not quite sure what they mean with this latest one though…

I am not a big fan of Novell, but these spoof ads I saw on YouTube are quite good really. They are based on the Apple ads “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC”.

First they have to introduce the cute Linux to PC and Mac:

Then then compare “attributes”:

I guess, they will be more to come…

A while ago, I posted a Kubuntu init script for the Tecplot license manager. I have now switched to Fedora Core 6 so here is the Fedora version. It seems to work well for me but, as usual, use at your own risk… If you spot any error/problem, please comment on this page.

Here is how to install it (you need root access):

1. Copy the script in your /etc/rc.d/init.d directory
2. Rename it tecplotlm:
   mv tecplotlm-fc6 tecplotlm
3. Make it executable:
   chmod +x tecplotlm

4. Add it to the relevant runlevels by entering:
   chkconfig --add tecplotlm

The Tecplot license manager will start at the next reboot.

If you want to start it now enter:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/tecplotlm start

Note that to stop the license manager, you need to enter:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/tecplotlm kill

I got fed up of forgetting to start the Tecplot license manager on my laptop (laptops are rebooted more often that desktop computers usually) so I decided to write an init script to have it done automatically. As my laptop runs Kubuntu, it’s a debian style init script. You can download it from here, put it into “/etc/init.d/” and make it executable. The syntax is very simple and self explanatory:

sudo /etc/init.d/tecplotlm start
sudo /etc/init.d/tecplotlm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/tecplotlm restart


You might want to customize the location of the Tecplot directory before using it. I cannot remember if /usr/local/tec360 is the default or not…
After having tested the script and making sure it works, you can add it to the relevant runlevel to have it started at boot. On (K)ubuntu (and probably other debian derivatives), just issue:

sudo update-rc.d tecplotlm defaults


Et voilà.

I am very new to writing things like this so the script can probably be improved. However, I believe that it is better that the hack-ish solution described in the Tecplot 360 Installation guide…