tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001901406208701312024-02-07T13:48:14.202+02:000x29A.0.gnu/linux.1010011010.0.*foobar.|_&&']['20/22.#4[x3/2.|*#!1050|*#`/.
gnu/linux; *nix. c 1 9 being redirected to /dev/null. issues to null@altair.uni.cx.
*alt*.serving./at/.`{altair,algol,antares,arcturus,aldebaran,spica,ceti,vega,fomalhaut,rigel,sirius}./dot/.uni./dot/.cx'.
---- this blog still exists only for historical evidence (to my embarrassment).
some of the non-laughable "articles" can be read at altair.uni.cx/growl/.
:wq.ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-70182161714720592682009-02-18T02:04:00.005+02:002013-04-25T13:34:07.769+03:00.knockd.## (to) knock; knockd. however, that `d' comes from `daemon'.<br />
<br />
% echo -e 'e.g.,\n'<br />
<br />
% iptables -L -n<br />
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)<br />
target prot opt source destination<br />
ACCEPT tcp -- foo.bar.qux.def 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22<br />
DROP tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22<br />
<br />
% cat /etc/knockd.conf<br />
[openSSH]<br />
sequence = foobar,def,plugh,fred,xyzzy,thud<br />
seq_timeout = 5<br />
command = /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -s %IP% -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT<br />
tcpflags = syn<br />
<br />
[closeSSH]<br />
sequence = thud,def,fred,foobar,xyzzy,plugh<br />
seq_timeout = 5<br />
command = /sbin/iptables -D INPUT -s %IP% -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT<br />
tcpflags = syn<br />
<br />
% knock -v foo.bar.qux.quux foobar def plugh fred xyzzy thud<br />
<br />
% echo 'however, knocks can be sent via netcat, hping, packit, etc.'<br />
<br />
% echo 'open_port command executed @foo.bar.qux.def.'<br />
% echo 'do sleep 16; while job_done; done...'<br />
<br />
% knock -v foo.bar.qux.quux thud def fred foobar xyzzy plugh<br />
<br />
% echo 'close_port command now executed @specific.host. all set. w00t!'<br />
<br />
n.b.<br />
#01. {def,foobar,fred,plugh,thud,xyzzy} == (tcp || udp) ports.<br />
#02. use as many as you want... anyway, 3 should be just fine (read as `secure').<br />
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ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-68132407380548846232009-02-18T01:36:00.003+02:002013-04-06T21:04:17.170+03:00.happy.1234567890!date +%s was 1234567890.<br />
we all celebrated, @##1234567890, on irc/dot/freenode/dot/net.<br />
<br />
you might want to check some irc logs: http://data.softwareliber.ro/irc-logs/%23%231234567890/%23%231234567890.13-02-2009.log.<br />
we also partied on #gsl (% lynx http://data.softwareliber.ro/irc-logs/%23gsl/%23gsl.13-02-2009.log | grep 1234).<br />
<br />
happy unix epoch.<br />
<br />
//...on the first day of y2k38, my server said to me: *epoch fail*<ss>.</ss><br />
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ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-24493553060282816882008-12-30T00:24:00.017+02:002013-04-25T13:36:57.071+03:00.unix.christmas.-.console.christmas|tree.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQJeTdO8_71sJ9a7wgYjVDHu8IG9rwA4GiTfHxS57JAnc4p5bQNEYeBAi-eYWRTU2t1dNGTp574zJAebvQojmFgxpNa59-xOBX09yx0JshJCR0E1QUXGeUrrMlb_NjAHFmwOHKyabhxVk/s1600-h/tree.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285351778672241666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQJeTdO8_71sJ9a7wgYjVDHu8IG9rwA4GiTfHxS57JAnc4p5bQNEYeBAi-eYWRTU2t1dNGTp574zJAebvQojmFgxpNa59-xOBX09yx0JshJCR0E1QUXGeUrrMlb_NjAHFmwOHKyabhxVk/s320/tree.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 206px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
we are going to install some perl modules, for a very line-oriented christmas.<br />
% perl -MCPAN -e 'install IO:Tty'<br />
% perl -MCPAN -e 'install Acme'<br />
% perl -MCPAN -e 'install POE'<br />
preferably as root.<br />
<br />
want to have `Acme::POE::Tree', and execute<br />
% perl -MAcme::POE::Tree -e 'Acme::POE::Tree->new()->run()'<br />
<pre>meaning: `http://search.cpan.org/~rgiersig/IO-Tty-1.07/Tty.pm';
`http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/Acme-1.11111/lib/Acme.pm';
`http://search.cpan.org/~rcaputo/POE-1.003/lib/POE.pm';
finally: `http://search.cpan.org/~rcaputo/Acme-POE-Tree-1.01/lib/Acme/POE/Tree.pm'.</pre>
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% wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/R/RG/RGIERSIG/IO-Tty-1.07.tar.gz<br />
% wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/I/IN/INGY/Acme-1.11111.tar.gz<br />
% wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/R/RC/RCAPUTO/POE-1.003.tar.gz<br />
% wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/R/RC/RCAPUTO/Acme-POE-Tree-1.01.tar.gz<br />
<br />
% perl Makefile.PL && make && make test && make install<br />
for each mod.<br />
<br />
or,<br />
% perl -MCPAN -e 'install Acme::POE::Tree'<br />
obviously, you'll have to set cpan first ($HOME/.cpan/Metadata).<br />
<br />
% perl -MAcme::POE::Tree -e 'Acme::POE::Tree->new()->run()'<br />
once you have it, play with it: modifying (the method) `star_delay', or `light_delay', etc.<br />
<br />
p.s.: `IO::Tty' determines tty's properties, by importing constants. w00t!<br />
p.p.s.: thanks to rocco for the geeky present.<br />
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ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-12891303924568755192008-12-30T00:22:00.011+02:002011-06-01T12:06:42.210+03:00.2.6.28-*.the good stuff within:<br /><br />pci/kvm changes (mmap legacy_io support, pci quirks removing; kvm supporting vt-d driver).<br />ext4/ext3/ocfs2/ubifs/gfs2/nfs mods (e.g., <br />ext4dev it's now ext4 (fs/Kconfig, fs/Makefile, fs/ext4/*), so no TEST_FILESYS anymore; error handling control option (i/o operations; buffer write errors don't get detected, if fsync() is not used, iow, determines whether to call printk() or to abort journalizing; however, ignoring will be set by default), (prominently fs/ext4/ext4.h); no HUGE_FILE flag auto-enabled; delayed allocation mode disabled (fs/ext4/inode.c).<br />default autodetection of a config option for raid configs.<br /><br />some drivers had been held on place, aka staging.<br /><br />grab the patch: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.28.bz2.<br /><br />|_|<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-4171238849225804672008-12-20T18:44:00.006+02:002011-06-01T12:08:45.507+03:00.jaunty alpha 2.2.6.28 kernel; x.org server 1.6 (memory loading problems on some chipsets); gui tool (scheduled) for hacking xorg.conf, exp user-space. <br />wget this: `http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-2/jaunty-desktop-i386.iso'.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-11824847516324330182008-11-17T22:36:00.010+02:002009-03-30T11:08:58.594+03:00._i__n__x_'s _n_ot _x_.console(-only) distro, ubuntu-based, runs just nice. more at http://inx.maincontent.net/info/info.html/.<br />wget this, to get it: `http://inx.maincontent.net/inx-1.0.iso.torrent'.<br />the.files: `http://inx.maincontent.net/files/'.<br />the.packages: `http://inx.maincontent.net/files/selections/'.<br />><br /># foo/bar.<br /><<br />[token == '\n'].<br /><br />inx's <a href="http://inx.maincontent.net/">webpage</a>.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-27602715368055765142008-11-03T17:16:00.016+02:002011-06-01T12:12:18.919+03:00.nvidia-96-kernel-source: 96.43.09.as expected/promised, 71.86.07/96.43.09 drivers are available.<br />add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: <br /># `"deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed restricted main multiverse universe"'.<br /><br />some apt-pinning:<br /><br />% sudo touch /etc/apt/preferences. then, edit it:<br /><br />"<br />Package: *<br />Pin: release a=intrepid-updates<br />Pin-Priority: 900<br /><br />Package: *<br />Pin: release a=intrepid-proposed<br />Pin-Priority: 400<br />".<br /><br />finally, switching:<br />% sudo apt-get purge nvidia-96-* -V ; apt-cache show nvidia-96-kernel-source -f \.<br />% sudo apt-get install nvidia-96-kernel-source -t intrepid-proposed -V ; sudo apt-cache show nvidia-96-kernel-source -f \.<br /><br />_d__k__m__s_ shall do the work, after that. have fun.<br />optionally, give nvidia-xconfig a try (appending, of course, "Option \"NoLogo\" \"True\", within the `Device' section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf).<br /><br />p.s. % glxinfo ; glxgears \. -- : ).<br />p.s.s. feedback /at/ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-177/+bug/287470/">here.</a><br />P.P.S. happy hackin.<br /><br />UPDATE.01:<br /># 96.43.09 -> stable repos (currently 400). hope to see that soon.<br />UPDATE.02:<br /># 96.43.09 :: 900 ; iow, stable.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-36168825631489975182008-11-01T23:36:00.022+02:002011-06-01T12:13:43.313+03:00.routine intrepid diggings.## 00.<br />nVidia:<br />nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx in Hardy, the 71/96 (currently 71.86.04 'n' 96.43.05) series (nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets) of proprietary nVidia drivers, are _not_ compatible with the X.Org included in Intrepid. ; resolution: mesa / no 3d rendering.<br />nVidia released some (two) betas, working with X.Org 7.4, so... waiting for these packages (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1821020/ - nVidia devs' confirmation).<br />ATI:<br />no more support[1] for Radeon 9500 - X600 Series (r300 based chips).<br />p.s. [1] == Support from the ATI Driver, for Ubuntu 8.10, of course...<br /><br />## 01.<br />Audacious 1.5.1 [UNSUPPORTED VERSION] :: segmentation fault ; resolution.01: remove -purge, remove/purge audacious-crossfade or alter ~/.config/audacious/config.<br /><br />## 02.<br />xchat 2.8.6 :: chanopt.conf feature. +1.<br /><br />## 03.<br />mplayer segmentation fault ; using nv driver (under x).<br /><br />## 04.<br />The possibility of $# sudo service < service.foo > [start|stop|restart] \, and $# sudo service < service.foo > status \ will report the state of service.foo (running or not).<br /><br />## 05.<br />Nice runlevel layout, making rcconf more easy to use on managing services/daemons.<br /><br />## 06.<br />Executable(s) randomize the in-memory location, net.services being compiled as PIE (position-independent executables) (e.g. postfix, openssh, apache2, bind9, dhcp3). +1 for security (vulnerabilities are _harder_ to exploit, on the 2.6-27-7-* kernel).<br /><br />## 07.<br />Sun's Java OpenJDK 1.6 included into the main repo.<br /><br />## 08.<br />the <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/283316">"CD eject"</a> thing.<br /><br />so, finally, happy release to you all.<br /><br />## # _more_ to come. : ). #<br />n.b. stay tuned! intrepid shall be here.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-52104417564534647882008-10-04T23:05:00.006+03:002008-12-20T18:38:38.045+02:00.the beta is here!.<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/display.js"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVmxaZFf1ZGl0Vfpwf_63q1OQWMkUK-t6uUGU0EoE-VQ0kKyQxGOB16JHCbwPJGmlHHE61E5xRcR8LdZ7M41Ck2zSj4iRAadOVxFINox_w-fjNhcBkIgp4r1mA7iNAeDHsU_iH6v17qc/s720/IMG_6031.JPG">Intrepid disc</a>.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-73546610593739999272008-09-27T19:57:00.005+03:002009-03-30T11:11:21.058+03:00.ten years of _g_oogle.ten years... ten years since larry/sergey's _b_ack_r_ub became google... *g*o*o*g*l*e*, mapping the web.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-53243269709166113782008-09-10T13:25:00.006+03:002008-12-20T18:32:07.191+02:00.intrepid alpha 5.Among the newest GNOME (2.23.91) with its new features (like the improved File Roller archive manager which now has extra support for ALZ, RZIP, CAB, TAR.7Z) and many bug fixes, official DKMS project testing on Intrepid (useful on third-party drivers updating, on a new kernel core update - highly increased stability/compatibility; less work for you), Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha 5 has began the official evaluation of kernel 2.6.27 (available for install since 28 August - AFAIK) for Ubuntu 8.10; also, the "Last successful boot" implementation (adding a last successful option on GRUB's /boot/grub/menu.lst, each time the boot process is successful - by making a copy of the running kernel), useful in APT's autoremove feature (by making it more safer - speaking of kernels).<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-33491539385925456612008-09-04T17:50:00.004+03:002008-12-20T18:38:42.951+02:00.happy birthday to _g__n__u_!.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KJqjMTUKO2qI4A3GP8z4IbyNgfMHL4EqHjMfhn0PE-4okhs7R3VkmPFF1mi4SYe5MFGssAN4XOwQG4RlyFVhd7VxKO3uZ_v-GPxPmbGBElJeo0suolzEfOQVura2aYJYYSDrg1NrJmtB/s1600-h/563px-Official_gnu.green.01.svg.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KJqjMTUKO2qI4A3GP8z4IbyNgfMHL4EqHjMfhn0PE-4okhs7R3VkmPFF1mi4SYe5MFGssAN4XOwQG4RlyFVhd7VxKO3uZ_v-GPxPmbGBElJeo0suolzEfOQVura2aYJYYSDrg1NrJmtB/s320/563px-Official_gnu.green.01.svg.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267076412255152962" /></a><br />The 25th anniversary of the GNU Operating System.<br /><br />In the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu.html">film</a>, Stephen Fry talks about freedom, comparing the free software operating system to "good science" and contrasts it with the tyranny _imposed_ by the proprietary software.<br />Mr. Fry also encourages people to use free GNU/Linux distributions.<br /><br />http://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu-download.html.<br /><br />Download Mirror:<br /><a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/gnu/fry/sf-large.ogv">Best quality (125MB).</a><br /><a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/gnu/fry/Stephen_Fry-Happy_Birthday_GNU-hq_600px_780kbit.ogv">Good quality (33MB).</a><br /><a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/gnu/fry/Stephen_Fry-Happy_Birthday_GNU-nq_600px_425kbit.ogv">Medium quality (21MB).</a><br /><a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/gnu/fry/Stephen_Fry-Happy_Birthday_GNU-lq_300px_190kbit.ogv">Low quality (7MB).</a><br /><a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/gnu/fry/Stephen_Fry-Happy_Birthday_GNU-vlq_192px_56kbit.ogv">Very low quality - dial-up connections (3MB).</a><br /><br /><br />Happy birthday to GNU, happy birthday to GNU! Happy birthday dear Freedom, happy birthday to GNU!.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-85526038349820937962008-09-03T08:10:00.005+03:002013-04-25T13:35:21.666+03:00.google chromium (beta).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRks9R-hGZwOSan_Q56NcPaSg6DApJn_KbbG7pwHwUeWtf2Y7aeJRlNQjbxLZbPdbU5iooD5qV1iUWt4J67l2hUQpPpKN7Sck2la2L-dwznCc4Qnkn1aBBwVXrxVybcT-Qg9BG4EozyD4S/s1600-h/chromium.black.02.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243946049008339330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRks9R-hGZwOSan_Q56NcPaSg6DApJn_KbbG7pwHwUeWtf2Y7aeJRlNQjbxLZbPdbU5iooD5qV1iUWt4J67l2hUQpPpKN7Sck2la2L-dwznCc4Qnkn1aBBwVXrxVybcT-Qg9BG4EozyD4S/s400/chromium.black.02.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br />
while it's not yet packaged for *nix-based systems, <a href="http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/">chromium code</a> is available for <a href="http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-linux/">downloading/installing</a> on a gnu/linux machine (so, i and my buddy ed tried it out last night, to see what we can get).<br />
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however, due to extreme loading, depot_tools from <br />
src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/depot_tools/linux depot_tools's svn were unable to get the source (src path).<br />
then I decided to throw a wget on chromium's /svn/trunk/src (http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src), downloading the source (btw, you will probably have scons already installed - found on third-party/ dir, anyway). <br />
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in the meantime, the folks uploaded an updated <a href="http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/archives/chromium.tgz">version of chromium</a> (equivalent of depot_tool's gclient sync - full synchronization was a subject to avoid just a few hours ago). so, check it out, compile it with scons (scons Hammer in /chromium/src/chrome/); give it a try.<br />
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update: this morning, i gave wine (<a href="http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb/">wine-1.1.3</a>) a chance. chromium ran, then crashed, but at least now I can take a tiny look under the hood (use <a href="http://cache.googlevideo.com/chrome/install/149.27/chrome_installer.exe">this</a> build).<br />
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() /exec true.<br />
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it uses the v8 javascript engine, (unique) multi-process architecture, "giving back memory" implementation, (first!) webkit implementation on mswin.<br />
also, chromium is very challenging to debug (it has about:memory facility, its own taskman, etc.). have fun.<br />
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p.s.: the code contains _a.lot_ of libraries (like webki, npapi, libxml, hunspell, bzip2, scons, sqlite, tlslite, etc.), search for readmne.google files for details about each of these libs.<br />
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... Such as:<br />
## # 1<br />
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## 1.0<br />
# A location for _human_ users to securely store data using filesystem encryption.<br />
# ~/Private directory, permissions maintained at 700.<br />
# Mount cryptographically (ecryptfs) on top of ~/.Private (also permission 700).<br />
## 1.1<br />
# Hook PAM to use login password to unwrap a mount passphrase.<br />
# Automatically mount and unmount ~/Private on login (console, ssh, gnupg, desktop, etc).<br />
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## # 2<br />
## 2.0<br />
# A temporary password-less user account with restricted privileges (the so-called\<br />
# "guest account").<br />
# Comfortably for a quick sharing of your desktop/laptop (an email check, a surf station for guests, etc).<br />
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## # 3<br />
## 3.0<br />
# Network Manager 0.7.x, which will work with any card that properly supports wireless extensions.<br />
## 3.1<br />
# New (management) features: PPP and PPPOE connections, routes for devices, static IP configurations, 3G connections, system wide settings - no\ # log in needed in order to get a connection, and also multiple active devices.<br />
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The new kernel, announced on 13 Jul 2008, by Linus Torvalds, along with its stable release has many improvements from 2.6.25 (including EXT4 new - experimental - features, built-in support for remote KGDB debugging, new KVM ports and USB Video Class driver, build-in-kernel memtest, /proc/pid/mountinfo, read-only bind mounts, wireless mesh networking support, security= boot parameter, and much more stuff), along with lots of driver additions and some architecture-specific enhancements. Oh, let's not forget about the Kernel Hacking make options, where you can configure and test some of the new features.<br /><br />However, there still is massively increased video drivers instability, so, while this still is an alpha release, you are advised not to install it on production machines. In the meanwhile, you can report bugs through <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs/">the Ubuntu bugtracker</a>. : )<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-13166280727530730722008-07-23T11:33:00.003+03:002008-12-20T18:34:38.688+02:00.floss camp 2008.<a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/">Grupul pentru Software Liber (GSL)</a> va organiza o tabără în cadrul căreia se va dori reuniunea comunităților de software liber din România. Considerăm că schimbul de opinii și comunicarea între simpatizanții mișcării Open Source sunt foarte importante în dezvoltarea acestui fenomen. Sperăm că această întâlnire va consolida atât relațiile dintre contribuitori cât și dintre utilizatorii de software liber.<br /><br />Tabăra FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) va avea loc la <a href="http://www.sibiu.ro/turism/ro/paltinis.htm">Păltiniș</a>, în zilele de 29-30-31 August 2008.<br /><br />Oricine este încurajat să se alăture acestei tabere, ce va fi una deschisă (precum orice eveniment organizat de Grupul pentru Software Liber), fără obligații suplimentare.<br /><br />Pentru mai multe detalii, vă rugăm să consultați <a href="http://camp.softwareliber.ro/2008/">pagina dedicată acestui eveniment</a>, ce va fi actualizată pe măsură ce vor apărea lucruri noi legate de organizarea și desfășurarea taberei (spre exemplu, lista participanților la eveniment sau alternativele de transport).<br /><br />Vă așteptăm cu brațele deschise la cea mai liberă tabără din România!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLw6t1fqOF-DyZHtp6jUGeRCLBQmah1hVot7-h0Sye7cJeAhn0fs3cg8P64wSZHtzXaN9ZR1iejpL5n95AJIhk3NCkA14thK0tIaRC6zIG8mA5vsqf8M1UpZRDc0-4DcyZdGap-k3p71/s1600-h/tent.2.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLw6t1fqOF-DyZHtp6jUGeRCLBQmah1hVot7-h0Sye7cJeAhn0fs3cg8P64wSZHtzXaN9ZR1iejpL5n95AJIhk3NCkA14thK0tIaRC6zIG8mA5vsqf8M1UpZRDc0-4DcyZdGap-k3p71/s400/tent.2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238328399857931474" /></a><br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-31122921818433108632008-05-24T21:37:00.001+03:002008-12-20T18:34:48.273+02:00.then, they fight you.Jani:<br /><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/tic-lobby/browse_thread/thread/2c8a27de59cb3f19#">[Romanian]</a>.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-47421194453922191552008-05-24T20:06:00.003+03:002009-11-16T22:26:35.096+02:00.openssl.security.mayhem.as you probably know already, there's been a security alert for openssl.<br /><br />canonical:<br /><br />”A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system. This particularly affects the use of encryption keys in OpenSSH.”<br /><br />debian:<br /><br />“It is strongly recommended that all cryptographic key material which has been generated by OpenSSL versions starting with 0.9.8c-1 on Debian systems is recreated from scratch. Furthermore, all DSA keys ever used on affected Debian systems for signing or authentication purposes should be considered compromised; the Digital Signature Algorithm relies on a secret random value used during signature generation.” (From the Debian Alert).<br /><br />launchpad:<br /><br />“You need to take action to continue using Launchpad features such as code hosting. We have deleted your SSH key from Launchpad because we have discovered a potential security vulnerability in the way your key was generated.”<br /><br />also reported on _the_fridge_ for ubuntu (http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1445/).<br /><br />right; how to fix this.<br /><br />## update your system:<br /><br /># install the security updates, i.e.:<br />feisty : openssh-client 1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.3 openssh-server 1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.3.<br />gutsy : openssh-client 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.3 openssh-server 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.3.<br />hardy : openssh-client 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.1 openssh-server 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.1.<br /><br />## once the update is applied, weak user keys will be automatically rejected where possible.<br /><br /># update openssh <known_hosts> files.<br /><br />that is, one shall check whether the key is affected by running the ssh-vulnkey tool (from the security update). (if in doubt, destroy that key and generate a new one.)<br /><br /># to check all your own keys, assuming they are in the standard locations (~/.ssh/id_rsa || ~/.ssh/id_dsa || ~/.ssh/identity):<br />% ssh-vulnkey.<br /><br /># to check all keys on your system:<br />% sudo ssh-vulnkey -a.<br /><br /># to check a key in a non-standard location:<br />% ssh-vulnkey /path/to/key/.<br /><br />if ssh-vulnkey says "COMPROMISED", the key is vulnerable and __should__ be replaced.<br /><br /># regenerate any affected user keys openssh or, generate new keys using ssh-keygen, e.g.:<br />% ssh-keygen.<br /><br />if necessary, update the <authorized_keys> files.<br /><br />however, this situation occurred as the result of a programming bug, not as the result of making some weak key.<br />we all thank luciano bello, who discovered that the random number generator in deb's openssl package is predictable.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-88116665788968021932008-05-20T13:36:00.001+03:002008-12-20T18:35:25.142+02:00.ubuntu hardy disc.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXfVG-aCpH5Z9t1HOuuvAK7_NvpDIsN__DQRcxVE0jbGM2BUfJmLzxJ0ti2Oy0XGtiP2QuPRwJFN5N7Hg4iRLbFYY5p5tSLXAyFpg3ajTn9RRLWAotWIYaaEX-Dp2KqRtwPfxeBLjgoaT/s1600-h/HardyCD.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXfVG-aCpH5Z9t1HOuuvAK7_NvpDIsN__DQRcxVE0jbGM2BUfJmLzxJ0ti2Oy0XGtiP2QuPRwJFN5N7Hg4iRLbFYY5p5tSLXAyFpg3ajTn9RRLWAotWIYaaEX-Dp2KqRtwPfxeBLjgoaT/s400/HardyCD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202431100651814338" /></a><br />The new Ubuntu Hardy Heron disc.<br />Arrived today.<br /><pre><br /> .<br />..:<br /></pre>ionuț julahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177797504623025384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400190140620870131.post-73733588670087321792008-05-08T21:14:00.001+03:002013-04-05T23:10:27.181+03:00.ubuntu 8.04 release party - la final.<blockquote>
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Totul a mers foarte bine: prezentarea (Adi și Jani), poster-ele și sticker-ele, iar apoi, ca de obicei - bere, geek talks și multă voie bună.<br />
Pozele sunt aici:<br />
<a href="http://stas.nerd.ro/blog/index.php/photos/?album=UbuntuReleasePartyClujNapoca">Stas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.softwareliber.ro/poze/?gallery=Evenimente%2F2008-05-07+-+Ubuntu+8.04+Release+Party">Softwareliber.ro</a><br />
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