Practical Technology: "Sometimes, people do such stupid things that words almost fail me. That's the case with a Debian 'improvement' to OpenSSL that rendered this network security program next to useless in Debian, Ubuntu and other related Linux distributions..."
Boycott Novell: "As rudimentary as Splashtop may be at the moment, this could be the start of something greater that will be extended and improved over time..."
Editor's Note: "In this, I completely agree with Aslett: there's a lot of friction between the community and the vendors who are working with Linux and open source software. Where I diverge from his opinion is that this is anything
LinuxPlanet: "Author John Terpstra continues his look at the challenges facing the desktop and server markets, with a close examination of current market dynamics..."
I am writing a program that uses random numbers. I have found in the past I get a little more "random" results if I use 100th of a sec for my seed. however, since coming to Linux I can't find
Right... so here's the story. A friend got pissed off at WinXP and asked me to setup linux on his Thinkpad T21. I'd like to think I know my way around Slack decently, but this is the first laptop...
Published at LXer:This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip with lighttpd on a Debian Etch system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address of the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block...
I just rebuilt an old box I had laying around to run linux, and handle some of my research projects on. I haven't built a system in a while, and now really want to put the time into setting my
he is telling as follows { *root (hd0,0)filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0*83kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21.5 root=/dev/hda1Error 15:file not foundpress any key to...
Hi everone,I have been experiencing this issue for 48hours now. I did openSuse Online updates, rebooted the system I got the following error on the reboot. /etc/initscript: line 106:...
have Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp1Have a working system disk and would like to clone it to a handful of other hard drives.The other drives are the exact same make/model/size also.And they...
HiIve downloaded eterm and i downloaded serveral themes, but one theme had some cool features, so i installed it on my work laptop running fedora. When i got home and was going to install eterm on...
I have a problem... I'm trying to boot into my system. I get to choose my kernel and the normal boot messages start flowing down on the screen, but then this happens:Code: Begin: Mounting...
Published at LXer:Australian citizens who use GNU/Linux in their businesses should be asking exactly that question of their tax authority. (However, I doubt that anyone will do so - apart from one...
I recently changed Internet providers,as i moved to the country..I have a dual boot system..Now i have windows configured and i have internet access, however i am having problems getting access on...
Is there any way by which we can tell dpkg/apt system not to create available-old and status-old files under /var/lib/dpkg directory?For example:Code: debian:~# ls...
How do you change your Login Password in Linux Xandros Open Circulation Edtion 3.0 ? I tried reading the manual that came with it but it didn't say how to do this from what I have read. Please...
Microsoft has announced an agreement with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that will make Windows XP available on the non-profit's low-cost laptops for third-world children. Thank goodness third world children will no longer have to struggle to learn Linux, one
As has been widely reported, the maintainers of Debian's OpenSSL packages made some errors recently that have compromised the security of any sshd-equipped system used remotely by Debian users. System administrators may wish to purge authorized_key files of public keys
