automation

I am trying set up some automatic tasks in ubuntu. I followed a tutorial that helped me set up some cron jobs for the periodic tasks. I was curious if there are any tools in cron jobs that would let me select a random time within a time period to do a task? The tutorial didn't have anything...

Hello Everyone, Is it possible to run a script automatically with every boot? There are some command line that I have to enter every time I want to update the date and time and every time I want to connect my device to Wifi. Thank you

I want to create a task that opens some apps automatically when I log in to my PC every time. How can I accomplish this??

IFTTT stands for "If This Then That" and currently allows me to power on and off my Linux servers. Below i'll lay out exactly how I accomplished this. Requirements Linux server with out-of-band (ilo, idrac) Always-on Linux server (I'm using an odroid c2) Dropbox account IFTTT Optional: Ability...