tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61778121539958309142011-11-27T16:57:55.910-08:00Franknoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-11606767980499662412009-08-15T05:34:00.000-07:002009-08-15T04:35:12.808-07:00

One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV.  When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV.  I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had success under Linux.  It’s small, sensitive and selective. I was surprised, especially on Ubuntu, how easy it was to setup. My netbook runs Arch, so I installed it on that and my Dell 1545 running Ubuntu 9.04.

Franknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-9141003310390906982009-08-15T05:15:00.000-07:002009-08-15T04:23:43.706-07:00

It is common knowledge that you can’t have private functions and methods in Perl5. But it turns out that you can do it, one way is to use namespace::clean. Using this module you can either declare all the names of private functions at the top or use a serie of non-obvious “use namespace::clean“, “no namespace::clean” calls. Wouldn’t it be much nicer just to be able to write: sub foo :Private

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-73485088829564575732009-08-15T05:13:00.000-07:002009-08-15T04:23:13.136-07:00

While I am not a fan of scponly/sftp-server (openssh) many people are still using it to give users the possibility to up/download files from the host without the need to provide them with shell access. If you do a simple setup like http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/94 or configure scponly without using a chrooted environment and you do this on host that also has a standard webserver

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-36634718860874681532009-08-14T18:31:00.000-07:002009-08-14T17:33:10.361-07:00

COMMAND DESCRIPTION System information arch show architecture of machine uname -r show used kernel version dmidecode -q show hardware system components - (SMBIOS / DMI) hdaparm -i /dev/hda displays the characteristics of a hard-disk hdparm -tT /dev/sda perform test reading on a hard-disk cat /proc/cpuinfo show information CPU info cat /proc/

Franknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-14352528782000512992009-08-14T11:19:00.000-07:002009-08-14T14:49:19.101-07:00

I seem to have gotten it to work, more or less consistently (although I'll keep my fingers crossed). The first step is: do everything this guy says, and thank him profusely, as he seems to have blazed a path for everyone else to follow. http://www.slashdev.ca/2008/03/27/blackberry-simulator-in-linux-sort-of/ Keep in mind that newer versions of the JDE (mine is 4.7) have different devices, so

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-64379947469784385602009-08-14T11:14:00.000-07:002009-08-14T18:06:44.680-07:00

My main desktop is 7 or 8 years old and has never been reinstalled.dpkg has become so slow that I started to shy away from using it, e.g. to purge packages. Not good.I always suspected that it was due to /var/lib/dpkg/status, the ever-growing dpkg status “database”^W plain-text file, which the programme had to scan multiple times per run, and I sought a means to compact it, and by that I meant:

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-7203266285125037752008-02-23T04:11:00.000-08:002008-02-23T04:16:52.693-08:00

Nobody is buying it. Well. Employees, maybe. Microsoft is once again promising interoperability and adherence to standards, but its own version of each. Interoperability that is safe only for noncommercial software excludes Microsoft's number one competitor, Linux. It is noncommercial and commercial, depending on who is using it. So, right there it tells you that this is a promise to do nothing

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-62277062688101695752008-02-23T04:04:00.000-08:002009-08-13T15:18:00.717-07:00

Public Service Announcement: The LinuxBIOS project, a Free Software project which intends to replace the proprietary BIOS found in most computers these days, has been renamed to coreboot. The old name has become quite a misnomer in recent years; the name LinuxBIOS created the impression that it's a drop-in BIOS-replacement and that it's using Linux or is Linux-specific in any way. Neither is the

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-72749597402841547832008-02-23T04:01:00.000-08:002009-08-13T15:18:00.718-07:00

Using the “ulimit” controls over process resource use it is possible to limit RAM for processes and to limit the number of processes per UID. The problem is that this often is only good for accidental problems not dealing with malicious acts. For a multi-user machine each user needs to be allowed to have two processes to be able to do anything (IE the shell and a command that they execute). A

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-24258229092525344532008-02-08T23:54:00.001-08:002008-02-08T23:55:22.946-08:00

Ubuntu users can get direct, easy access to Parallels LONDON, February 7, 2008 - Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced the availability of Parallels Workstation for Linux through the Ubuntu Partner Repository – giving Ubuntu users the ability to quickly find, install and run Parallels software. read more

Franknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-48779247707762640172008-02-04T23:37:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.683-08:00

1. Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money 2. Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the previous version on the same hardware 3. Easily install and run different graphical interfaces if I don't like the default setup 4. Install twenty programs with one command 5. Have the system automatically update all my installed programs for me. 6. Install the

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-43904017767457738122008-02-04T23:31:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:27:01.800-08:00

Some topics : Hardy Alpha 4 Released Ubuntu Server Team Focuses on KVM New Ubuntu Advocacy Banners New MOTU and Council Election Results Hug Day, 5 February 2008 Interview with Soren Hansen In The Press In The Blogosphere In Other News Upcoming Meetings & Events Updates & Security Bug & Translation Stats Read it here.

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-42000104067720119582008-02-03T01:08:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:29:17.061-08:00

Dillo is a extremely stable, fast and light web browser. Based on GTK+, you can install Dillo from apt-get or snyaptic for just about any hardware platform and window manager supported by Debian or Ubuntu. Dillo is written entirely in C for speed and compatibility and is best for tasks where being fast and frugal on memory are the highest priorities. Perfect for large image archive displays!more

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-14928154813489128732008-02-03T00:36:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.685-08:00

“We will introduce Linux every time we have to replace a desktop computer,” he said, “so this year we expect to change 5,000-8,000 to Ubuntu and then 12,000-15,000 over the next four years so that every desktop uses the Linux operating system by 2013-2014.“ The world domination continues… source: jonobacon.org

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-70983495903561991812008-02-03T00:17:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.685-08:00

Apc quotes Jonathan Corbet  on his “The Kernel Report” talk in LCA 2008: “We are adding about 2000 lines of code to the kernel every single day of the year, without exception,” Corbet said. “Nobody can really keep up with this [on their own] any more. It’s an amazing process, and it seems to be working.” Although I didn’t (and probably can’t) contribute a single line to the kernel,

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-35232506762985677402008-01-31T20:59:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.686-08:00

fcrackzip is a fast password cracker partly written in assembler. It is able to crack password protected zip files with brute force or dictionary based attacks, optionally testing with unzip its results.It can also crack cpmask’ed images. Install fcrackzip in ubuntu sudo apt-get install fcrackzip fcrackzip Syntax fcrackzip [-bDBchVvplum2] [--brute-force] [--dictionary] [--benchmark] [--

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-13474725312762602012008-01-30T11:20:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.686-08:00

1. Linux Kernel VFS Unauthorized File Access Vulnerability BugTraq ID: 27280 Remote: No Date Published: 2008-01-14 Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27280 Summary: The Linux kernel is prone to an unauthorized file-access vulnerability affecting the VFS (Virtual Filesystem) module. A local attacker can exploit this issue to access arbitrary files on the affected computer.

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-64539906583164748752008-01-30T11:04:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.687-08:00

The openSUSE Build Service delivers collaboration between all Linux developers, becoming a center for building software for any Linux distribution NUREMBERG, Germany (Open Source Meets Business Conference) -- Jan. 24, 2008 -- The openSUSE(R) Build Service, an innovative framework that provides an infrastructure for software developers to easily create and compile packages for multiple Linux*

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-29857136306617099552008-01-30T10:54:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.688-08:00

My mothers computer had died. Well, the Linux on it was still working, so she was able to open her document files, read her email and use chat. Pretty much everything works under Linux, with the exception of using the Fax functionality of the AVM Fritz!Box via CAPI-over-TCP. (Ironically, the Fritz!Box itself runs Linux, so it's just because AVM doesn't bother to supply a Linux client too).

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-16426051328904504212008-01-30T10:51:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.689-08:00

Freesoftwaremagazine has an interesting comparison (at the end of the article) between Vista and Debian (unfortunately, they use sarge numbers, but numbers for etch wouldn't be that different.) The (not really surprising) conclusion: Kernel + libc + X + KDE + Mozilla compared to Vista (assuming that this is about comparable, functionality-wise), Vista is more than three times as big (LoC) and,

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-90305898677775799942008-01-30T10:44:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.689-08:00

The first of my talks at LCA 2008 gave me a chance to talk about the current state of the Debian project, which got me my first LWN.net coverage — with a photo, even (subscribers only for now, the article will become public on 7 February). Thank you, Jonathan Corbet, for a very good article which nailed all the main points! Slides are here. I agreed to this talk on short notice because I like

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-70603867707605551342008-01-30T10:41:00.000-08:002008-01-29T11:33:40.463-08:00

According to a notification of trade on the Oslo Børs market, Nokia has made an offer for Trolltech of about 843 million Norwegian kroner , around €104 million. What this could mean for GTK+ is anyone’s guess. I’d expect at least that Nokia’s competitors that use Qtopia (like Motorola, Panasonic and Sony) are probably a little worried at the moment. Maybe there’ll be impetus for OSSO to move

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-4998997962008348462008-01-23T11:19:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:28:45.151-08:00

I realized the other day that the flashplugin-nonfree package appears to be broken.  It’ll act like its installing but at the end, if you pay close attention, it’ll give an error about the md5sum not matching and give up.  This applies to installing the package manually or via the browser notification itself.  I wanted to post a temporary fix while we wait for the package to be updated. Manually

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-9928641860928257452008-01-23T10:59:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.690-08:00

While the /tmp folder is not a place to store files long-term, occasionally you want to keep things a little longer than the next time you reboot, which is the default on Ubuntu systems. I know a time or two I’ve downloaded something to /tmp during testing, rebooted after making changes and then lost the original data again. This can be changed if you’d like to keep your /tmp files a little bit

Franknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-13757784491426381982008-01-23T10:15:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.691-08:00

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: openssh-client 1:4.2p1-7ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 6.10:

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-23983097826892671652008-01-23T10:13:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.692-08:00

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, the second maintenance release of “Dapper Drake”. This release includes updated Server installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. About Ubuntu Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-27975113123388843762008-01-23T10:01:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.693-08:00

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libxfont1 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.4 xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.8

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-28421713288951773802008-01-23T09:28:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.694-08:00

1. Linux Kernel AACRAID Driver Local Security Bypass Vulnerability Remote: No Summary: The Linux kernel is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to issue IOCTL commands to AACRAID devices. This may lead to denial-of-service conditions, including data loss and computer crashes. Versions prior to 2.6.23-rc2 are vulnerable. more 2. Linux Kernel

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-64765310217536662862008-01-21T02:20:00.001-08:002008-01-21T02:29:22.287-08:00

It is not uncommon to run a Linux system with a kernel that was compiled for another distribution. One reason for doing this is the difficulty in compiling and testing a kernel to make sure it will do what you require. It’s not THAT difficult for someone who knows what they are doing, but if someone else has already done the work then it seems like a waste to re-invent the wheel. Sometimes it’s

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-24817266215588350282008-01-10T20:11:00.001-08:002008-01-10T20:22:25.705-08:00

Alexa Internet is one of the oldest and most recognized Web entities. In addition to providing detailed Web site traffic information that it collects from users of the Alexa toolbar, Alexa created the Wayback Machine, an archive of Web site snapshots, which it donated to the Library of Congress in 1998. Don Whitt, Alexa's vice president of operations, says Alexa, acquired by Amazon.com in 1999,

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-85776792736238790362008-01-10T19:58:00.001-08:002008-12-10T09:29:17.520-08:00

Steve Langasek has announced that the third alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04:"Hello Ubuntu developers,Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04.Pre-releases of Hardy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stablesystem or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, evenfrequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want

Franknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-1440918666876553012008-01-10T13:43:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.694-08:00

If you are running a blog (or any Web publishing system, for that matter) that relies on a database back end, you will sooner or later face the problem of backing up the content stored in the database. One way to go about it is to build a backup tool using OpenOffice.org Base. Since Base can pull data from a MySQL or any ODBC-compliant data source, you can create a simple database that connects

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-62492704658759664392008-01-10T13:18:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.695-08:00

I found myself toying with one of my test servers the other nite and realized that I didn’t know what the root password was for my MySQL database.  After a quick bit of Google searching I found a very easy solution.  Granted this may be limited to recent releases of Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 7.10), but other solutions did not work for me. Resetting the Password To reset the MySQL root password on

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-10019523529411133842008-01-10T13:08:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.696-08:00

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-560-1 January 07, 2008 tomboy vulnerability CVE-2005-4790 A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-87694808980672394902008-01-07T17:57:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.696-08:00

You might imagine that a utility as simple as a multiple clipboard would have become standard on the GNU/Linux desktop. All it needs is the ability to copy and paste text and some popular graphics formats, plus some basic controls to set the number of stored items and to clear the memory. Yet, although at least six multiple clipboards are available, choosing which to use is a matter of trade-offs

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-12992933288058426022008-01-07T16:25:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.697-08:00

Nmap is a very powerful tool with LOTS of options and features to visualize your network. Check which services are running on various hosts and find suspicious malicious programs running in your network. Even though Nmap is the swiss-army knife for network scanning, most of its benefits can be gained by the average Network Administrator without diving deep in to its complications. Chances are,

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-30271117565510476062008-01-06T06:45:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.698-08:00

Over the years there has been tremendous growth in Desktop Linux , and Linux distributions these days are getting more and more user friendly with all kind of fancy graphical interface . Still the power of Linux or any other UNIX distribution lies in it console and shell commands . Now  even though shell is often considered difficult by Linux newbies still it's possible to learn few basic

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-43949489882650478132008-01-05T14:27:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.700-08:00

Even if you work only in Linux, you'll likely have to use Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files at one time or another. Several open source projects use this common format, including Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, and PHP. Microsoft developed CHM as a proprietary format for Windows 98, leaving behind the previous WinHelp (HLP) format. CHM is still alive and kicking in XP and Vista, though

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-42671606794620148992008-01-05T14:24:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.701-08:00

1. ClamAV 'libclamav/pe.c' MEW Packed PE File Integer Overflow Vulnerability Remote: Yes Date Published: 2007-12-18 Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26927 Summary: ClamAV is prone to an integer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly verify user-supplied data. Successful exploits of this vulnerability can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-26687080298724884522008-01-05T14:17:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:24:43.703-08:00

About a year ago, Microsoft released Windows Vista, its most ambitious desktop platform to date. It's a great improvement over Windows XP primarily because it brings better security to the overall OS. Makers of Linux platforms are improving their desktop OSs too. One company making huge leaps forward is Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. In April 2007, Canonical released Ubuntu 7.04,

Franknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177812153995830914.post-44527986243385076312002-01-04T13:50:00.000-08:002008-01-04T13:52:33.788-08:00

HiRar Linux Rocks!

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