Trading Freedom for p0rn , r00t exploits by default in feisty fawn release

Thank you ubuntu for r00t exploits by default in binary drivers , also for the new p0rn like
beryl ,aiglx , compiz.  But all i want is an stable non-r00t-able distro maybe i might consider fedora core again to install it on my main desktops borkstation64 and borkstation32.
Think again , is like thouse pesky HacktiveX controls that are installed from the web (visit some p0rn sites with ie to see what i mean)
users will push yes even if they will read the warning messages . There is no education in that , Users will ignore security if operating systems tell them to do so.
Heck some spyware will install even if you don't wan't to (no warning messages)
I can't trust in a binary blob/driver or propietary cpu.

The announcement that Ubuntu will ship binary drivers by default in Feisty is getting a lot of negative commentary from users and Ubuntu members alike. Of course, there's also a vocal contingent that complains that Ubuntu and other distros are unsuitable for general users because they don't ship with Nvidia or other binary drivers enabled

Linux.com | Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, and bling

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raid 5 nano howto on ubuntu edgy

this guide might be useful for other edgy raid problemssee it how i solved (firs you need to read the original raid howto )

raid 5 in edgy howto - Ubuntu Forums

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interesting bird - it would be a nice project name

Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call which is uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter

Kookaburra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Creating Linux Screencasts

Great guide for learning how to make a screencast in ubuntu , I might use it to create some Firebird/flamerobin screencasts

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Winbuntu : Linux for Those who Won't Simply Jump into the Void

If you would like to try Linux- but you want a more complete test than a live CD and are not ready to attempt a dual-boot- this is the perfect solution. You can emulate Ubuntu or other distributions in Windows simply and easily with Qemu and the KQemu accelerator.
You can download the official ubuntu vmware images from


http://digg.com/linux_unix/Official_Ubuntu_Linux_VMware_Images
(now they uploaded the edgy version too)



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What's your favorite database engine on Linux?

seems that firebird is doing quite well , thanks for the votes :P

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle or some other more or less popular engine? Please vote, so that we all have better picture of the popularity of a particular database on Linux. It takes only a second, results available immediately!

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death by commitee

[Why there are 3 separate languages for the same thing ? why don't they use the java-vm ? seems to be more stable than the crappy flash vm , And yes java is used on 99% of devices (if you look in google analytics) better coverage than flash on various processors]
the ECMAScript standard used by languages such as JavaScript, Adobe ActionScript, and Microsoft JScript, the primary languages developers use for building rich Internet applications. Adobe and Mozilla are both active participants in the ECMA International Programming Language technical committee (TC39-TG1) developing the ECMAScript Edition 4 (ES4) standard.

Adobe and Mozilla Foundation to Open Source Flash Player Scripting Engine

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apache big scaling

At the time of writing (May 2005), ftp.heanet.ie; can sustain at least * 27,000 simultaneous HTTP downloads * can saturate a gigabit interface at the same time * has roughly 3.2 million downloads per day * ships about 3.5 Terabytes of content per day * mirrors over 50,000 projects * as 3.7 Terabytes of unique content * has circa 6 million unique files ... (on IDE hard drives!)

[ED big numbers for ONE apache server!]

 http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/Apachecon-EU2005/scaling-apache-handout.pdf

Fedora servers are that big | The Register

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ubuntu is used at google

for example, Google rolls out Ubuntu to their developer desktops, and they update every six months

A Linux start-up on the path to profits - page 2 | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

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PHP Accelerators ,xcache and apc seems to be quite fast

eaccelerator is very good too (just installed on main production site and response from serve ~ 2x faster )

http://itst.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/PHP%20Bytecode%20Cacher%20Review.html
via
PHP on Fire: Five Opcode Caches compared.
http://itst.net/654-php-on-fire-three-opcode-caches-compared

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apachetop on ubuntu/debian

 ApacheTop is used to monitor Apache in real time and generate a top-like output.
 sudo apt-get install apachetop
 cd /var/log/apache2
 apachetop -f access.log
 i wonder if there is something like apachetop module for apache
 that works for vhosts .
 Yes i know about server-status , all i need is top module for each vhost
 

Unix Review > Tool of the Month: ApacheTop & iftop

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Linux on More Dell Client Systems?

direct2HeLL project from Dell , bad part they are hosted on windows :(
http://www.direct2dell.com/aa

ps: all i want from dell is to have the choice of choosing the OS on any of systems I can buy from them (desktop,notebook,media center,servers)
no jedi tricks please (a few systems with free dos)
the same apply for the rest of OEMs

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Lesbian ...errr Debian conference videos dvd images - time for p0rn

Debian Conference Videos. Ben Hutchings announced DVDs with talks from this year's Debian Conference in Oaxtepec, Mexico, prepared by the video team. There are two discs with all English sessions and extras, and one disc with all Spanish sessions and all DebianDay sessions. The DVD images are available for download along with the respective source videos.

Debian Weekly News - October 31st, 2006

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dapper -> edgy upgrade (at home without internet connection)

for me it worked quite ok

downloaded the dvd iso and burned it , went home and booted the borkstation64 (from hdd)

$cdrom add

edited de /etc/apt/sources.list
and commented the dapper cdrom
and left out ony edgy cdrom line

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
wait ~ 1 hour
reboot

all was almost ok only the splash screen looks
a litle weird but workable system 99% good
this was on my home machine

http://forums.amd.com/lofiversion/index.php/t32217.html

install redhat 9 kernel and upgraded server is ready to be rebooted again

rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-46.9.legacy.i686.rpm
Retrieving http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-46.9.legacy.i686.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.tdJsx0: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 731002fa
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:kernel ########################################### [100%]
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
put default=0

grep default /boot/grub/menu.lst
default=0
reboot

redhat upgrade to rh9 part3 - finished
yum upgrade
... wait a few minutes
cross fingers
reboot
it booted and all ok
to do upgrade kernel
and upgrade to fedora core 1-2-3-4-5-6

rh9 upgrade part 2

getting /var/cache/yum/base/headers/pango-0-1.2.1-3.i386.hdr
Finding obsoleted packages
Resolving dependencies
.package perl-libwww-perl needs perl-Digest-MD5 (not provided)
package perl-libwww-perl needs perl-Digest-MD5 (not provided)
[root@ns2 root]# rpm -e perl-Digest-MD5
error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
perl-Digest-MD5 is needed by perl-libwww-perl-5.63-9
[root@ns2 root]# rpm -e perl-Digest-MD5 perl-libwww-perl
error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
perl-libwww-perl is needed by foomatic-1.1-0.20020313.3
[root@ns2 root]# rpm -e perl-Digest-MD5 perl-libwww-perl foomatic
error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
foomatic is needed by Omni-foomatic-0.5.1-3
[root@ns2 root]# rpm -e perl-Digest-MD5 perl-libwww-perl foomatic Omni-foomatic

upgrading rh7.3 to 9.0

Older versions of Red Hat Linux have been moved to the following location:

ftp://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/

rpm --rebuilddb

rpm -Uvh http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.4-1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.4-1.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libxml2-python is needed by yum-2.0.4-1
rpm >= 0:4.1.1 is needed by yum-2.0.4-1
so i skip this step

wget http://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/redhat-release-9-3.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvhr edhat-release-9-3.i386.rpm
yum upgrade

poison cookie - die firefox die

The Microsoft Internet Explorer Team sent us a cake for the upcoming release of Firefox 2!

From Redmond With Love at fredericiana

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All the unix philosophy really boils down to one iron law, the hallowed ‘KISS principle’

The Unix Philosophy in One Lesson

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just replaced horde with telaen webmail on one server

horde install was insecure (old and buggy and i couldn't upgrade easily ) and needed special chrooted apache server (complex system to maintain) with special compiled php (imap extensions)

all is needed for telean is php ;) KISS

and works from first time , like ubuntu

Telaen Howto - Easy php webmail interface | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

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redhat 7.3 -> fedora core 6 upgrade path

On legacy servers where rh (7.3 or 9) is installed it  can upgraded with yum to
an secure supported distro (fedora core 1->2->3->4->5->6)
I guess it's easier to install ubuntu or debian stable ....

Upgrading Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core with yum

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Host eases transition from .NET Framework with Mono and firebird

GrokThis.net has unveiled support for firebird aiming to increase support for the Open Source Mono platform, and to ease the pain for customers migrating from the Microsoft Windows Server platform, while also offering those customers a migration path to MySQL and PostgreSQL, and the ability to run PHP, Perl, and Python scripts.

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upgrading from hoary->breezy->dapper issues

i had an error with exit code 10 when i upgraded from breezy-> dapper and can go further with upgrading by putting lvm2 package on hold

The best solution is to put lvm2 on hold:

 aptitude hold lvm2

Dapper dist-upgrade error with lvm2 - Ubuntu Forums

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increasing the journal size does help

[Here are some tips for optimizing ext3 file system , and here is how to increase the journal size ]

Running ext3 with larger journal sizes offers slight throughput improvements.

IBM developerWorks : Linux : Linux on zSeries : Tuning hints & tips : Journaling file systems - Results

advice for tor users : use lynx

[Or disable javascript/flash/java in IceWeasel/Epiphany]
Hacking Tor, the Anonymity Onion Routing Network

Hacking Tor, the Anonymity Onion Routing Network - The Community's Center for Security

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LS[D]B utopia

[ED: i talked one day with my co-admin about new fedora core 6 he just downloaded , so i wrote to him the dvd image with the new release and said what if i left the dvd in the tray and installed fedora core 6 over the ubuntu 6.10 and all just work , all major packaged kept like firefox iceweasel, epyphany, evolution ,opera and all my settings left in place , something like debtakeover , or apt-get upgrade , And if i want to switch back to do just that , choose and test every LSB based distro i want ]

The Linux Standard Base is a core standard for the Linux operating system that encourages interoperability between applications and the platform.

FAQ - Free Standards Group

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goodbye firefox and thank you for all the bugs

[ED: It's the attitude stupid! it's all about attitude (think of Mozilla Corp going MS route - we hate the corpo not the products like ie7 or dotnet) , i agree with him i have already installed konq and it looks small and speedy , i also use opera, epiphany as alternative browser, for email i will test mutt and evolution ]
I had been thinking of leaving firefox entirely for a long time (I had already traded thunderbird for mutt last year), mainly due to its huge memory print (I like to navigate with more than 20 tabs at the same time), its slowliness and a growing dislike of the mozilla attitude, especially since the creation of the Mozilla Corporation.

Alexandre Buisse - Post details: Goodbye firefox!

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Extracting meta data from Firebird system tables

You can find on his site the MDB2 module for php (next gen php db abstraction layer)
http://pear.php.net/user/quipo

The site lists example queries to retrieve information about tables, views, fields, indexes, constraints, triggers, generators, stored procedures, functions and users defined in the meta data of a Firebird database.

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everybody is waiting for ps3 - nobody wants an xbox

[Ed: i would like an ps3 linux/game console with cell cpu under xmass tree rather than an xbox360]
More worryingly, Thomas noted that the foundry was seeing particular weakness in the consumer video gaming market, referring it is assumed to the demand for Microsoft's Xbox 360 microprocessors.

Chartered guides on slowing foundry demand, Xbox 360 demand poor! - Semiconductor Fabtech

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Ubuntu Jesus Christ Edition

Six-years ago, there was a hoax Linux: Jesux, the Linux distribution for Christians. That was a joke. Today, it's real. In fact, there are several Christian Linuxes. Perhaps the most well-known of these is UbuntuCE (Christian Edition), which is built on top of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS.

Christian Linux, and it's not a joke this time

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say goodbye to the rodent $sudo apt-get install ratpoison

Ratpoison is a simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. It is largely modelled after GNU Screen which has done wonders in the virtual terminal market.

ratpoison: Say good-bye to the rodent

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woopwoop PC - just in time for xubuntu lite

woopwoop rhymes with (p0rn word) xubuntu or fluxbuntu

The Puppy Linux site currently suggests using the MicroClient Jr. as a "woopwoop" PC, a term derived from an aboriginal word for "remote."

Tiny, sub-$100 PC runs Puppy Linux

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i will test Jabbin soon

Jabbin 2.0 will switch to Jingle, thus making it the first Jingle-compliant open source Jabber client with a GUI that can do VoIP and interoperate with Google Talk.

Linux.com | Review: Jabbin adds VoIP to Jabber

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IE7 just launched - eXploit included

A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

Internet Explorer 7 "mhtml:" Redirection Information Disclosure - Advisories - Secunia

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Firefox is replaced with IceWeasel, now Thunderbird is replaced by IceDove

The Ubuntu team has started work on the icon for this Thunderbird fork.

I switched from firefox->epiphany my next email client would be IceDove
or go back to Evolution, sylpheed



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steal me, I'm full of RAM and dualcores - project blackbox

you can go in holiday caring the portable datacenter in the back of truck

Pugs 6.2.13 released! (aka perl6)

The latest release of Perl 6 is available! For those interested in the future of Perl, get your hands on it. audreyt++

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L.S.D.N: an MSDN for Linux developers

L.S.D.n is always better than msdn ...
"One major advantage Microsoft developers have over their Linux counterparts is that they have access to MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network)"
I guess is for people without Google Network (search engine)

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debian recovery status

i have created the partitions on new drive and formated them (with fdisk)

/dev/hdb1 6.5G 3.5G 2.7G 57% /home/ubuntu/mnt/root
/dev/hdb5 30G 18G 11G 64% /home/ubuntu/mnt/opt
/dev/hda1 9.2G 3.6G 5.2G 41% /home/ubuntu/mnt/rootnew
/dev/hda3 56G 6.2G 47G 12% /home/ubuntu/mnt/optnew

now I'm waiting cp to finish
$cd /home/ubuntu/mnt/opt
$cp -rp * /home/ubuntu/mnt/opt

/dev/hda1 is the new root partition (/boot dir is there too)
all i did to install grub was
sudo grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
quit

after that reboot with new driver

black cats and western digital
yesterday some bad blocks (or maybe is the hdd overheating > 50C) started to be logged in the console
it's /dev/hda

So today i have an plan to move the old drive (40G) to a new one (80G)
1.I will create an new partitions ext3 and swap
2.I will copy old drive data on the new drive
3. boot with an live cd and install grub on boot following this guide
4.reboot

if all ok add the drives that are used for raid

backup plan : i will use dd

"White and Nerdy". hip hop by weird al - again

don't download this song by weird al

apache tunning part 3 (debian, *buntu)

Now i searched for files with .shtml extension , there was no file and in server-info cofiguration was empy for mod_include

So this one is now disabled http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_include.html

apache performance part 2 (ubuntu/debian/linux)

i have made KeepAliveTimeout 5 and found that mod_mime_magic is not used and it does have some performance penalties .

"This module is not for every system. If your system is barely keeping up with its load or if you're performing a web server benchmark, you may not want to enable this because the processing is not free."

Also in production is good to disable mod_status and mod_info (mod_status is called for every request for getting unix time)

I have read the lighttpd vs apache thread and seems that apache 2.2 is quite fast on php requests.
For static content or flash movies lighttpd is quite fast (youtube and wikipedia are 2 examples)

pr0n 2.0 - second life

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5182759758975402950
it looks to me as vrml like world (matrix 2.0)

Here is the google info

http://www.google.ro/search?q=second+life

Libya to buy 1.2 million Linux laptops and Romania 0 Millions

Libya reportedly plans to purchase 1.2 million of the OLPC project's low-cost laptops.

I guess the next silicon valley will be in Libya or other countries who purchased (or plan to do it) OLPC
The only question is :is an proprietary lock-in or not (see the wireless card issues around the inter-web)

One Wireless Lock for child

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songbird screen cast
the ending is very funny

http://www.songbirdnest.com/screencast

linux kernel developer job in romania ?
wow that would be an dream job for an linux hacker :P

time to read linux device drivers

Mount Remote SSH Filesystem with FUSE
in ubuntu or debian

is good to mount thousands of servers in your home (secure way)

the only bug i see is that my servers has 7.5T of free space ! no way (there are only a few gigs there)

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
sshfs#foobar@example_server: 7.5T 0 7.5T 0%


the rest is working transparently without problems (creating and deleting files)
and is waaaaay better than samba or nfs or whatever

quad core amd/intel road map confusing ?
read this article on quad core future at both companies

if you don't want to wait an year for systems with >4cores
then there is T1,T2 based on opensparc and ubuntu works on it

Another option is mips64 with 4-16 cores (firebird is working on mips cores thanks to the siemens port)

ps3 pictures and mini review

"Linux? Can it run Linux? Does it run Linux? Hmm, we forgot to ask about Linux… But, let's be brutally frank here - we're not Linux programmers here on PSM3. We're here to play brilliant PS3 games. We'll leave the operating system innards of PS3 to the experts (and people who like to tinker). Soon as Sony divulge more on this, we'll let you know."

resolution is amazing even if you see just cam shots
http://www.psm3mag.com/page/psm3?entry=ps3_meets_psm3_the_aftermath

spread the iceweasel icon is ready

if you don't know wtf is iceweasel
read here

i tell how i view it: firefox hits in my blogs is between 60 and 80% (linux,windows,mac)
so firefox is an successful project that is on top
and they got loads of money from google too (~10-20M)
so is like big rock bands , once they hit the top of charts they forget where they came from
and who helped them (oss comunity in our case)

I will use opera or epiphany or go back to lynx/lynx or dill[d]o

Plugin Provides Tagging Inside iTunes or songbird

New music search service Qloud allows you to organize your tracks inside itunes or songbird using tags. You can also search the entire community easily at qloud.com. There's a good flash demo here (you can also download the plugin there):
www.qloud.com/tutorial/iTunes/tutorial.html
http://www.qloud.com/download_songbird_instruction.html

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tuxguitar on ubuntu linux (dapper drake and edgy)

Download and install the deb file from site

http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/download.html

sudo modprobe snd_seq

and add it to /etc/modules

tail -n 1 /etc/modules
snd_seq

install alsa-oss package

sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

modify the startup script and add aoss

it shold look (the end of file )
like this
sudo gedit /usr/bin/tuxguitar


aoss ${JAVA} ${VM_ARGS} -cp :${CLASSPATH} -Djava.library.path="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ${MAINCLASS} "$1" "$2"

here is the mighty shot

Automatic update of packages using cron-apt in ubuntu/debian

Another alternative is to use an little bash script

cleaning apache logs - perl way of doing it

tip of the day , how to show memory used by apache in ubuntu/debian ?

$ps -ylC httpd --sort:rss

S UID PID PPID C PRI NI RSS SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD
S 500 3487 3483 0 78 0 836 3712 - ? 00:00:00 httpd
S 500 3478 3473 0 78 0 840 3881 - ? 00:00:00 httpd



I have seen it on debianhelp.co.uk apache optimization howto

ps: php is really fat (~22Megs sometime if compiled with all kind of options)

Who has the most impressive facial hair in the Open Source community?

optimize apache for speed (in ubuntu)
I usually compile/enable only the very basic modules for apache (httpd core and php)
but if you have an production sever you can check and disable modules that are not used
You can find them by looking in the server-info area in apache (http://localhost/server-info)

Here is the basic list that is left after cutting the fat :

mod_php4, mod_ssl, mod_so, mod_auth, mod_access, mod_rewrite, mod_alias, mod_cgi, mod_dir, mod_autoindex, mod_include, mod_info, mod_status, mod_mime, mod_mime_magic, mod_log_config, mod_vhost_alias, http_core

If there is more need for speed you can cut more

and use only http_core,mod_php4,mod_mime, mod_mime_magic, mod_log_config,mod_vhost_alias,mod_ssl
basically you reduce the apache to an small core similar to lighttp web server.

ps: i like the list of sites powered by lighttp
who the hack are u2bes ?

jabbin - open source client for google talk ...with voice
It can be configured to work with google servers
http://www.jabbin.com/int/configure-jabbin-for-google-talk/
So now i can remove skype :P

playing sauerbraten on ubuntu edgyeft

download the game from their site http://sauerbraten.org/

$tar -zxvf sauerbraten_2006_09_12_water_edition_linux.tar.gz
$sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2
$sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2
$cd sauerbraten
$./sauerbraten_unix
or
$sh sauerbraten

I get around 15FPS in 1280x1024 resolution with on board graphics card

guitar pro replacement for composing muzik , I present you tuxguitar

http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/home.html

i spotted it via the newxt linuxgazette article

Wolfmother band - their music is like szex
Alex (aka FaCe) told me that is like Lenny Kravitz before he started to sing love songs :P
Well the sound is harsh and raw and is good old ACID rock
it sound like doors , it sounds like led zeppelin or jimi hendrix (they have that "something")
Music brings that excitement when you listen the best rock bands , is like szex as i told you
and makes womens wet

debian on various emulated machines - roundup
it might be useful for porting firebird on them

I booted debian on 3 machines from bellow (didn't tested mipsel yet)
mipsel - http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~letouzey/emul_debianmips.en.html
arm - http://www.aurel32.net/info/debian_arm_qemu.php
powerpc - http://digg.com/linux_unix/How_to_run_Debian_PPC_via_Qemu_Easy_way
s390 - http://digg.com/linux_unix/Debian_image_for_Hercules_s390_emulator_available

Left to do (test on)

* Alpha
* HP PA-RISC
* Intel IA-64 (seems that hp does have one itanic emulator)
* Motorola 680x0
* SPARC (qemu can be used for booting maybe)

r00t login into Debian Hercules (s390 emulator)

you need to prefix the debian commands with "." :

A Linux boot sequence takes place that looks more-or-less as it does on Alpha, Intel or other platforms. Interaction here is still via the virtualised HMC, where the rule is that any commands prefixed by a dot "." are passed through to the mainframe session and anything else is interpreted as an HMC command.

Quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_emulator

Here are my results
.cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/cpuinfo
vendor_id : IBM/S390
# processors : 1
bogomips per cpu: 50.68
processor 0: version = FD, identification = 002623, machine = 3090
debian:~#




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in the electric power break i booted ubuntu breezy (5.10) livecd on powerpc ibook
tip :
you have to press "c" key to boot from live cd
cat /proc/cpuinfo shows that is an g3 @~400mhz

Debian image for Hercules (s390 emulator ) available

Mainframe in an bottle do you want to emulate an IBM T-Rex mainframe , here is how you can do it with emulation:
Matt Zimmerman, the maintainer of the Debian Hercules packages, has created a compressed 3390 image of an installed Debian system.

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Here are the screen shots

How to run Debian PPC via Qemu - Easy way

This page describes the emulation of a Debian PPC system using the Qemu emulator and how to build an image yourself.
I asked him by email the r00t password , seems that isn't provided in the guide ;)
screen shots soon , on my system i downloaded the openhackware too (qemu-system-ppc complained about the missing bios) http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/

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You can read the comments on digg on how it worked
And here are the results



ps: My next stop debian on mipsel emulator (on the same page where i got this guide is described)

at last ! i can subscribe on the twit.tv podcast named floss weekly
and auto download works in rhythmbox (ubuntu edgy)
choose the rss feed in linux (from the dropdown) and copy paste into the
rhytmbox->Podcast (Right click) -> New podcast feed

Firebird 2.0 RC5 is out

Get your copy now! Probably this will become FB 2.0 final release

Time to spread the news on various sites

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why don't we have 64bit displays and vid cards ?
we have quad sli cards with gigs of ram but display colors depth is still 32/24 bit

Does Clinton do Ubuntu? - yah time for pr0n

well ubuntu is for the naked people (do you remember the old desktops) and it starts to look sexy (bling bling)


Or Maybe he likes ubuntu philosophy

When Bill Clinton made his speech to the Labour Party conference, he bamboozled a few by finishing with the sexy word "Ubuntu".

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reducing an unused physical volume in ubuntu
make sure is not used


sudo pvdisplay /dev/hdd1
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdd1
VG Name Ubuntu
PV Size 74.53 GB / not usable 0
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 4096
Total PE 19079
Free PE 19079
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID f7juxh-Bb1Z-aHU1-zeP2-Gz11-rM2G-jBePR4

vgreduce Ubuntu /dev/hdd
Removed "/dev/hdd1" from volume group "Ubuntu"

sudo pvdisplay /dev/hdd1
Password:
--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdd1
VG Name
PV Size 74.53 GB
Allocatable NO
PE Size (KByte) 0
Total PE 0
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID f7juxh-Bb1Z-aHU1-zeP2-Gz11-rM2G-jBePR4
sudo pvremove /dev/hdd1
Labels on physical volume "/dev/hdd1" successfully wiped

sudo pvdisplay /dev/hdd1
No physical volume label read from /dev/hdd1
Failed to read physical volume "/dev/hdd1"

inspired by the lvm howto (how to add an new hdd)
I need the /dev/hdd for an partition transfer (/dev/hda crash in progress )

A History of Scaling

They use perl + mysql but main ideas can be used for scaling other sites based on Firebird+php/perl ...

An intersting look at what was involved in scaling the LiveJoural backend

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Free ARM emulator beats real hardware

I tested and works really great, the only thing left to do is : network configuration so machine can be visible in local network

"When run under Linux on a fast PC, the open-source QEMU emulator can outperform actual ARM target hardware."



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Hello kitty
funny desktop for ubuntu

http://www.chipx86.com/blog/?p=189

New Official Ubuntu Linux VMware Images

In case you want to test Ubuntu inside windows (without rebooting)

These are official VMware images of Ubuntu, including the latest stable releases (both desktop and server), as well as support for i386 and amd64.

Run multiple operating systems inside Windows/Linux using free VMware player.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

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pimp my rights vol 1.

boycott music industry
I like the first heavy metal song Liquid Cloud 9 - Who Can We Trust

http://www.ccc-r.de/boycott/
http://xrl.us/rvxp (Link to translate.google.com)

Xgl and Compiz bling for Dapper - on the machine that does bling

Ubuntu guru Jason Smith shows us how to pimp our Ubuntu rides, using the latest Xgl and Compiz eye-candy.

Time to pimp my edgy :)

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last post was marked as #666
yah and ati ... (evil ati;))
anyway with this post i bring good news
3d acceleration works now in ubuntu edgy
and here is why it didn't worked : it's about composite extension's fault
doesn't work with ati proprietary drivers
Here is how to disable it

ubuntu..::..compiz:..ati

How to install ATI Graphics Drivers in Ubuntu

All worked except the 3d acceleration (at least i have 2d acceleration -doh! and dual monitor)

(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *


ubuntu..::..3d:..ati

AMD opens office in Romania ,
That is great news for both amd and romanian sw/hw developers
I guess they can hire some smart people from here . At first i guess will be just an branch for
local clients (in Romania, Hungary ...)

http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193003880

Freenode Founder Rob Levin (aka lilo) Has Passed Away

[Free node is dead , RIP lilo ]

Read more at laughingsquid.com/2006/...

How the packet travels? - Linux iptables firewall song

[Here is the netfilter/iptables song , i have some hip hop rythm in my mind with these lyrics]

iptables is so cool, It makes my packets sing, That Rusty he is one hot coder, OOPS: my box is crashing...

Read more at lists.netfilter.org/pip...

Create your own Planet

The Planet software was developed to power Planet GNOME and Planet Debian, but now it's being used by dozens of open source projects.
[ seems to be easy installing the planet , another alternative is www.plagger.org (written in perl)

ps:

I guess is time for planetfirebird.com (seems that every project has one planet) , i will ask on the devel-lists when or where can be installed .. [EORant]]

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Trooper band - new mp3s

[you can download them from their main site ]

Read more at www.trooper.ro/

Improv HOWTO video on linux

[cool video on how he is using jack + sampling + looping , i guess it can work on ubuntu too :) ]

Read more at spindazzle.org/greenblo...

War-on-Terror-themed photo spread in Vogue Italia

[Kill thouse Mother F#_K_Rs! , Aggressive girls ]

Read more at www.boingboing.net/2006...

: German police seize TOR servers

[Za German SS....err Police is killing Onions ( Tor servers ) all over the contry ]

Read more at www.boingboing.net/2006...

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Is Naked

[Posted by Will Wheaton , Hack i have to borrow the dvds from atika , previous week-end i consumed the Voyager ]

Read more at www.tvsquad.com/2006/09...

Small side project Telaen - Jim's Ramblings

[I agree with these comments, telaen is very easy to setup , i also updated my howto for version 1.1.x]

Read more at www.jimjag.com/imo/inde...

Ubuntu Vmware server: Linux installer aborts on ...

[I had this error when installing vmware server into the /opt/vmware : Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".

Ps:seems that is some hardcoded path

]

Read more at www.vmware.com/communit...

Maximum Rock festival - Crematory is back

[it's an festival in Cluj-Napoca at the airport , Wasp will be there too ]

Read more at www.promusicprod.ro/max...

Jesus Loves you man

[no doubt]

Read more at www.grig.fotopic.net/p2...

Nude of the day

[what can i say more ...]

Read more at www.grig.fotopic.net/p2...

pciture of the day

[you can see all the gallery ]

Read more at www.grig.fotopic.net/p2...

pciture of the day

[you can see all the gallery ]

Read more at www.grig.fotopic.net/p2...

FanFest 2006 - PeerCast Radio

[You can listen the radio on windows and linux with the peercast client , Here is what i did on ubuntu

Step 1:sudo apt-get install peercast xmms

Step 2:

mkdir /opt/peercast

vi /opt/peercast/peercast-enqueue-in-xmms.pl

with this content

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $args = shift;

$args =~ /peercast:\/\/pls\/(\w*)/;

my $regex = $1;exec("xmms --enqueue \"http://127.0.0.1:7144/stream/$regex\"")]

step 3: open the strem from the link bellow (peer cast url)

/opt/peercast/peercast-enqueue-in-xmms.pl peercast://pls/7EF82525BFB749F098053BB37E81AA0B?tip=86.106.54.165:7144

Read more at www.fanfest.ro/2k6/inde...

Peninsula Festival - Tirgu Mures / 26-30 iulie 2006

[some pictures from the fest ]

Read more at drumandbass.ro/dnb/foru...