Category: Linux

Linux: European threat to our computers

If you're in the mood for some rather amusing trolling about Linux, check this out: Linux: European threat to our computers Make sure to read the comments too or you'll miss gems like this: Linux is that bad; The only...

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Gentoo Portage for Mac OS X

It will be interesting to see how this is going to compare to Fink and DarwinPorts. Gentoo Portage for Mac OS X...

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SBCL and SLIME a no-go on Ubuntu

Just for the heck of it, I installed SBCL from a package. Worked fine. But then I tried to use it in SLIME (latest version from CVS). No go. (more…)...

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LMMS: Linux MultiMedia Studio

From http://lmms.sourceforge.net/: LMMS aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by...

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Fixing “invalid Python installation” error on Ubuntu

While attempting to install DenyHosts, I got an error about "invalid Python installation". I found the solution here. Basically just: sudo apt-get install python2.4-dev...

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Review of GNOME 2.14

Interesting review of GNOME 2.14 Talks about various user interface and performance improvements - Yelp, Metacity, Pessulus, Sabayon, Gedit, Evolution, Ekiga, Beagle, etc....

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Ubuntu security advisory

SecurityFocus reports a vulnerability in Ubuntu The problem is that the root password is stored in clear-text in a world-readable installer log file, verifiable by running grep password /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat...