Category Archives: Linux
Window manager smackdown
The challenge: Gnome 2 is dead, long live the king !! The contestants: Gnome 3 (gnome shell), Gnome 3 fallback mode, Unity, KDE, XFCE, and fluxbox. The battle field: Family of 6, the two youngest, 6 and 4, were not … Continue reading
SSH logs as a Honeypot
You can use your logs as a "poor mans" honey pot. Review your logs and modify the following awk command to suit your needs. The exact syntax will vary depending on your authentication (passwords or keys) and server. Debian: awk … Continue reading
A 5 minute guide to Fluxbox
With all the rage about Unity and Gnome 3, people are sometimes looking for an alternate window manager. While KDE or XFCE are often suggested, Fluxbox is another viable alternate. The purpose of this guide is to suggest a few … Continue reading
Fedora 15 Virt manager bridged networking
I recently upgraded my virtual host node from Fedora 13 to Fedora 15 and alas virt-manager / NetworkManager do not yet configure a bridged network device for use with KVM guests. There have been some changes to how Fedora names … Continue reading
Fire SSH
Just a quick blog about a openssh client I came across recently, FireSSH, a firefox extension. The most notable features are: FireSSH is by definition cross platform. Unlike putty, FireSSH uses openssh keys. FireSSH will use proxies (such as privoxy … Continue reading
Gnome 3 focus follows mouse
Although normally I am a fan of xfce or {open,flux}box, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to take gnome 3 for a spin. One annoyance was the need to click a window to change the focus. I … Continue reading
Privoxy on Fedora 15
I am a fan of Privoxy and initially had some problems on Fedora 15 in that privoxy failed to start on boot. A work around is to enable both privoxy and network service at boot. su -c "systemctl enable privoxy.service" … Continue reading
Congratulations to the new Ubutnu Members
I am pleased to announce a major milestone in the Ubuntu Community and what I hope will result in increased integration between the Ubuntu Forums and participation of forums members with support (IRC – #ubuntu) documentation (Ubuntu Wiki) and development … Continue reading
Zenix 2.0
I have once again been playing with custom live CD and have released my second incarnation of Zenix. Zenix 2.0 is built using the live build scripts and Debian Squeeze as a base and is designed to be a minimal, … Continue reading
Transfer firefox 4 passwords
Just a brief post on transferring Firefox 4 passwords from one installation to another. There are several online resources to sync bookmarks and passwords and while you may be "OK" using these services for bookmarks, you may not wish to … Continue reading