lottalinuxlinks.com: The Weblog

RSEIUB sysrq linux kernel restart when frozen.

church pup linux;

ProCon - Parental Filter Add-on for Firefox; and

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 57;

Sat, 15 Dec 2007

Podcast 57 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave celebrates the two year anniversary of the podcast with Dann Washko from the Linux Link Tech Show.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 57 ogg vorbis format;

the linux link tech show.

lottalinuxlinks the web blog; and

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 56;

Thu, 13 Dec 2007

Podcast 56 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, random jabbering as dave rambles all free style like.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 56 ogg vorbis format;

lottalinuxlinks the web blog; and

zipit wireless gpl page.

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Wed, 12 Dec 2007

GRRRRR - The only thing I don't like about blosxom
Blosxom is great! I love being able to update my blog with vim over ssh. In fact, I can think on only one thing i don't like about blosxom. It's not as much of a problem with blosxom, as it is with my memory. If I forget, for instance, to include links, in the shownotes of my podcast, for the direct downloads of the media files themselves, in say like the last three podcasts shownotes' blog postings, then I have to go back and re-edit those postings to include the links. Simple enough, right? But if you are in a hurry, or the least bit forgetful (is that a word?), then the files will get new modified times, and blosxom will re-order those post based on the modified time stamp.; this can also cause you to have to re-edit forum post referenceing links to said blog postings.

I am sure that this can be fixed with a simple command (touch -m, maybe), and there may even be a blosxom plug-in out there that would take care of this for me. Don't forget though, that in addition to being in a hurry, and forgetful, that although I am lazy, I am not so lazy that I can't gripe about the stuff that I am too lazy to do right the first time. Evidently I also have a tendency to blame the blog software when it's clearly my fault. I wonder if i can blame blosxom for my poor spelling and sentence structure too?

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 55;

Podcast 55 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave talks with Droops about sayoss.org.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 55 ogg vorbis format;

sayoss - pronouncing open source.

lottalinuxlinks the web blog; and

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UCLUG podcast 0007 is out
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0007 is available for download or subscription.

Wes Yates gives a talk on how to build redhat-based bootable, custom install cdrom images using isolinux.

Get it now:

posted 21:11 [/podcast] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 54;

Podcast 54 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave podcasts from the kitchen, and talks with StankDawg and Droops from Binary Revolution Radio and Infonomicon Radio, about Hacker Public Radio.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 54 ogg vorbis format;

binary revolution;

infonomicon computer club; and

hacker public radio.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 53;

Sat, 08 Dec 2007

Podcast 53 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, the mini anti-hiatus continues. dave does a solo episode all scatter gun like; topics include: upcoming episode news, finch, dynebolic, open movie editor, ubuntu netboot images, bash command history tweak, shred, sayoss.org, svn check outs, ubuntuzilla, scramdisk, cli-apps.org, a listener tip, and a listener question too.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 53 ogg vorbis format;

Say-OSS Pronouncing Open Source;

shred command;

ubuntu netboot images;

open movie editor;

dynebolic;

Bash Command History with Multiple Terminals;

Use multiple tabs in Linux or OS X without losing your history;

Ubuntuzilla: Mozilla Software Installer;

scramdisk for linux;

ScramDisk - GUI frontend for Truecrypt and more;

command line interface apps; and

finch cli IM client.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 52;

Sun, 02 Dec 2007

Podcast 52 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave has a conversation with a linux user named Verbal.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 52 ogg vorbis format;

vlock - virtual console lock program;

stalonetray system tray;

Fvwm Patches;

fvwm patched deb package;

fluxbox from source deb packge for gutsy;

emelfm2 deb package; and

distro-timeline chart.

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Thu, 29 Nov 2007

Latest emelfm2 (0.3.6) for ubuntu gutsy
For those of you who don't want to go through the simple 2 step build from source procedure for emelfm2: Here it is emelfm2_0.3.6-1_i386.deb for ubuntu gutsy. Link to download page is on the left hand side of this page. Offical site : emelfm2.net. This is just a deb that I built from source. YMMV works fine on my system. This is an excellent release that took care of some annoying problems the previous version was having with gtk2.12.0.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 51;

Sun, 25 Nov 2007

Podcast 51 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave has a conversation with Duane Odom from the Panama City Linux User Group.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 51 ogg vorbis format;

Solving resource contention problems with fuser by Duane Odom;

pclug;

Making a backup reminder script by Duane Odom;

How to script songs lyrics retrieval by Duane Odom;

How to create a command-line password vault by Duane Odom; and

CLI Magic: Access your Bluetooth phone via the command line by Duane Odom.

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Wed, 21 Nov 2007

#lottalinuxlinks @ irc.freenode.net
Just thought I would test the waters with a lottalinuxlinks irc channel on irc.freenode.net

Let's see what happens.

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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Tux Day!

I am thankful for linux :-)

(I'm still just looking for an excuse to use this picture)

posted 22:39 [/computers/linux] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 50;

Mon, 19 Nov 2007

Podcast 50 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave has a conversation with Nathan Hale of the Productive Linux podcast.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 50 ogg vorbis format;

Productive Linux podcast.

the linux laptop company; and

posted 18:44 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Sun, 18 Nov 2007

latest (2.5.23) fvwm2 fully patched with translucency and more for ubuntu gutsy
From the fvwm website:

"FVWM is an extremely powerful ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system. Development is active, and support is excellent." For details of the patches included see: http://abdn.ac.uk/~u15dm4/fvwm/

Get it here or from the link on the right hand side of this page.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2007

Ubnutu 7.10 Official Documentation Released (finally)
The official documentation developed and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Project has finally been released. I wonder what took so long, and why the decision was made to release a new version without having finished documentation. I really think that documentation is an area where Ubuntu has a lot of room for improvement, not just in the timeliness of release, but in the quantity/quality department as well. Compared to other distros, Ubuntu's documentation is anemic.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 49;

Wed, 14 Nov 2007

Podcast 49 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave rambles while trying to review 3 distros, mentions a couple or three new releases, responds to listener voice mail, plays a listener tip, and mentions a couple of software packages you may not have heard of before, all the while driving a honda civic.

This one is a bit rough around the edges, so buckle up.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 49 ogg vorbis format;

bashburn;

command line progress bar; and

ccmixter.

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UCLUG podcast 0006 is out
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0006 is available for download or subscription.

Open discussion as main speaker could not make it to the meeting.

Get it now:

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 48;

Fri, 02 Nov 2007

Podcast 48 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, linux stuff and listener comments.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 48 ogg vorbis format;

Productive Linux Podcast;

mrgadgets;

gOS;

ssh menu; and

ccmixter.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 47;

Mon, 29 Oct 2007

Podcast 47 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave's back behind the wheel and talking about gutsy gibbon.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 47 ogg vorbis format;

Enemy Territory Quake Wars;

Vim online;

Vim online wiki;

invisible virtual terminal ubuntu bug 129910; and

posted 21:18 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Sat, 13 Oct 2007

Good stuff here for parents with linux
From linux.com: A parent's guide to Linux Web filtering. The article is from 2004 but is still useful. Fot those looking for an easier solution: Ubuntu Christian edition makes a Dans Guardian install so easy a caveman could do it.

posted 23:57 [/computers/linux/foss] permanent link

Fri, 12 Oct 2007

Monkey Boy predicts the future
From groklaw: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted. Here we SCO again.

posted 18:50 [/computers/linux/legal] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 46;

Podcast 46 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, tired and unshaven, dave is distracted by traffic and jabbers about linux, grand central, kde's release event, puppy linux 3.0, fluxbox 1.0, ssh tunnels, free geek, icecast tutorials and more.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 46 ogg vorbis format;

First ever patent litigation against linux;

Live streaming with MuSE;

Icecast Installation and Management;

HOWTO Icecast OGG and MP3 streaming;

home page of Internet DJ Console;

SSH and SOCKS Tunnels;

Ohio Linuxfest 2007 Defines the Linux Community;

puppy linux;

fluxbox;

Grand Central; and

posted 18:30 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Thu, 11 Oct 2007

New voice mail/audio comment solution
I got a Grand Central account yesterday. Grand Central, recently aquired by google, is really pretty neat. Grand Central gives you the ability to have all your phones ring from one number, have one universal voice mail box, and do all sorts of cool things. The feature I was/am most interested in is the "call me" button on the right hand side of this page. Click this button and enter your name and phone number (this info will remain private, but is necessary) and Grand Central will call your phone, free of charge, and connect you to my voice mail box. This is a really cool way for you to leave me an audio comment for the podcast. This solution works for me, and doesn't cost you anything. So, if your brave enough to fill out a web form with your name and telephone number (google probably already has this information anyway) you can leave me an audio comment for the podcast. You aren't too chicken are you? Anyway...I thought it was neat.

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Wed, 10 Oct 2007

UCLUG podcast 0005 is out.
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0005 is available for download or subscription.

David Nalley - Introduction to kernel compiling.

Get it now:

posted 00:20 [/podcast] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 45;

Thu, 04 Oct 2007

Podcast 45 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, Linux games and stuff.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 45 ogg vorbis format;

Gentoo wiki obscure mouse configs;

comic vine social comicbook encyclopedia;

google calendar for the command line;

Making a backup reminder script; and

To make a CD from the command line:

mkisofs -o name_of_file.iso -J -r /home/username/name_of_directory

Then,

cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0,0 name_of_iso_file.iso

(Note that you need to get the info for the 'dev=' part by running 'cdrecord -scanbus')

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 44;

Mon, 01 Oct 2007

Podcast 44 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, Ohio Linux Fest 2007 wrap up.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 44 ogg vorbis format;

NOOSS Radio; and

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 43;

Mon, 24 Sep 2007

Podcast 43 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Please forgive the extra wind noise due to the air conditioner during the first 4 minutes if the podcast.

Topics include:

In today's podcast, linux, dark houses, car-casting symmetry, and random tips.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 43 ogg vorbis format;

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pdftk;

kochizz;

newsbeuter;

nrss; and

remind and wyrd demo].

Tue, 11 Sep 2007

UCLUG podcast 0004
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0004 is available for download or subscription.

New mic, better quality sound.

Main topic: Fun with routers: Eric Wood will be facilitating an interactive discussion about Linux networking and WRT-based wireless access points.

Note: UCLUG will be hosting an event for Software Freedom Day at the downtown Greenville County Library from 10am til 2pm. Please come join us. We will be putting more information on the wiki entry for SFD.

get it now:

posted 23:51 [/podcast] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 42;

Tue, 04 Sep 2007

Podcast 42 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave rambles about linux and some movies.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 42 ogg vorbis format;

top 10 linux distros for audio production;

weather wallpaper;

windows is free essay;

aptitude vs apt-get;

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated; and

raw therapee.

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Sat, 01 Sep 2007

lottalinuxlinks.com apparel and stuff at cafepress
I feel a little silly doing this, and I am not sure how the final products look in real life, but here it is: the lottalinuxlinks.com store at cafepress. Buyer beware :-)

posted 11:44 [/podcast] permanent link

Linux from Kindergarten to High School | Linux Journal;

Sat, 25 Aug 2007

Linux education links
Thanks to Jim, a listener of my podcast, for the following links:

Linux Resource: Education;

Linux in the classroom links;

Schoolforge News Journal - Community (SF);

Edubuntu Home Page | edubuntu;

[Free Education Software GCompris];

http://www.ltsp.org/;

K12Linux in Schools Project - Home Page;

Education, Free Software, Open Source, Teaching resources | SchoolForge;

Seul/Edu Application Index;

Open Admin for Schools;

Site@School - General - Site@School;

ATutor: Learning Content Management System: Demo:;

The KDE Education Project - The KDE Education Project;

Centre SIS - Home;

Debian -- Debian Jr. Project;

Linux For Kids!;

K12OS.org | It works. It is free. Duh...;

HOME - OFSET;

Trackballs;

The SchoolTool Project — The SchoolTool Project;

K12LTSP - K12 Linux Terminal Server Project;

K12Linux in Schools Project - Home Page;

K12OS.org | It works. It is free. Duh...;

DebianEdu - Debian Wiki;

.LRN Home;

Moodle - A Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning;

Download k12admin-server 0.3.6-1 for Linux - k12admin-server project is a web-based server administration tool for K-12 school systems (server package). - Softpedia;

SourceFiles.org - Use the Source, Luke;

KGeography - a geography learning tool;

A Computer Lab with No Windows, Part I | Linux Journal;

A Computer Lab with No Windows, Part II | Linux Journal;

Windows PCs vs. X Terminals: A Cost Comparison | Linux Journal;

The Linux Game Tome;

Linux Links - The Linux Portal: Software/Home_and_Education/Educational_Games;

Freeduc-primary, a live-cd for primary school - OFSET;

GNU Edu, an educational resources catalog - OFSET;

TuxReader - Summary [Savannah];

Circus Linux! [New Breed Software];

SourceForge.net: Software Searchand;

Fun Educational Morsels, Linux-Style | Linux Journal

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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mainactor/index.html

Petition to Open Source Mainactor
Thanks to Pat from TLLTS for the heads up regarding this:

There is an effort to have MainConcept release the source code for the MainActor video editing application which recently ceased development. Dan Dennedy (from the Kino project) has volunteered to lead the project if it's open sourced.

Please take a few minutes and sign the petition:

Story here:

http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8000

http://pdavila.homelinux.org:8080/blog/?p=225

http://pdavila.homelinux.org:8080/blog/?p=226

And Digg it here:

digg it

Thanks for your support

posted 13:42 [/computers/linux/foss] permanent link

Wed, 15 Aug 2007

UCLUG podcast 0003
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0003 is available for download or subscription.

Forgive the less than perfect job at noise removal; there were two servers, 5 laptops, and a couple of projectors in the room.

Short topic: Frank Mobley from Immedion will be telling us about the opening of Greenville's first data center.

Main Topic: Andrew Armstrong Will Be Speaking about VMware, specifically dealing with DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) and heartbeat for clustering applications.

get it now:

posted 21:56 [/podcast] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 41;

Wed, 08 Aug 2007

Podcast 41 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's some what rushed and under-prepared podcast, dave talks about his experiences with three very different computers, real time, low latency linux, jack, and compiz-fusion.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 41 ogg vorbis format;

Underground the audio novel;

Upstate Carolina Linux User Group Podcast;

HOWTO: Set up SHOUTcast-server at home and Internet DJ Console.

Realtime Linux Kernel;

What is JACK?;

HOWTO Jack; and

posted 21:28 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 40;

Fri, 20 Jul 2007

Podcast 40 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave talks They Might Be Giants' new album,the Ohio linux fest, 15 minutes of wikipedia fame, Debian on the slug ideas, the internet radio fight, icecast 2 servers and relays, NOAA weather radio, NWSMon, sending email from the command line, and the most useful weather application in the world, StormSiren. He plays some listener audio comments, and begs you to listen to the Upstate Carolina Linux User's Group podcast.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 40 ogg vorbis format;

NSLU2-Linux - Debian / FAQ;

nslu2-linux;

audacity beta source;

sendEmail; and

posted 21:55 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Wed, 11 Jul 2007

UCLUG podcast
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's podcast 0002 is available for download or subscription.

Main Topic: Sapna Kumar, Esq. Will be focusing on GPL, enforcement, licensing issues etc.

get it now:

posted 06:28 [/podcast] permanent link

Tue, 03 Jul 2007

News like this can't be bad
A recent survey of some 400 developers found a 12% decrease in development for the windows platform, and a 34% increase in development for linux. Read the article: Windows losing ground with US developers. You can say almost anything with statistics, but assumming the population polled was represenative, this seems like wonderful news to me.

posted 20:57 [/computers/linux] permanent link

This answers some questions that I had
In my most recent podcast, I expressed some concerns about a quote in a reuters news story from Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. This article, Red Hat, Microsoft talk Tux, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, possibly clears up some of the confusion the Rueters story may have caused.

posted 20:35 [/computers/linux] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 39;

Mon, 02 Jul 2007

Podcast 39 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave talks about an audacity beta, ati's latest driver, compiz-fusion, google desktop for linux, installing debian on the nslu2, blocking adult sites with opendns , how to Monitor Your Website in Real-Time with apachetop, url auto complete keystrokes, puppy linux, fedora 7, and dynebolic impressions. He will also talk about a couple or three new releases for some linux games, how to convert midi files to ogg using timidity, and how to use find to delete files over X days old. He will probably bore you some with details of his vacation, frank miller's the dark knight returns, free wifi, his new haircut, his insignificant opinion on the gplv3, and his impromptu visit to the panama city linux user group. Be warned, he will complain about the frustration of being 500 miles from home when his dsl connection goes out too.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 39 ogg vorbis format;

panama city linux users group;

nslu2-linux;

audacity beta source;

zfs the ultimate file system;

Operating system Family share for 06/2007 | TOP500 Supercomputing Sites;

Ubuntu on Two New Inspirons;

google desktop for linux;

google linux repos;

FSF celebrates release of GPLv3;

Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL;

Red Hat CEO says he talked patents with Microsoft;

dynebolic;

puppy linux;

fedora 7;

linux game news site;

professor fizzwizzle and molten mystery game; and

testdisk and photorec.

posted 01:42 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Sat, 30 Jun 2007

I'm back....
In more ways than one too. I am back from vacation and my dsl connection is back from the dead. While on vacation last week, happily ssh'd into my home network using a free wifi signal from the condo one floor above me, I noticed that my dsl connection at home, 500 miles away, had gone down. After several failed attempts at talking my 61 year old mother (over the phone) through the process of bringing my dsl back from the dead, I finally gave up and tried to enjoy the rest of my vacation in spite of the fact that my server was down. I just got back about 2 hours ago, and the first thingI did was get reconnceted. Lightening ran in and fried the dsl surge protector, taking my connection down. The surge protector did it's job, and took the blow for my modem. I hate thunderstorms.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 38;

Wed, 20 Jun 2007

Podcast 38 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave talks about his new laptop, a swap partition doubling bug in ubuntu, the underground and ULUG podcast, the return of the lip, his new linksys slug, the pain involved in cleaning up others people's windows computers, streaming audio with dynebolic, muse, and icecast2, manually configuring ethernet devices, openddns, picard musicbrainz, how to ward off brute force ssh attacks, electricsheep the screensaver, ZFS on linux with fuse, and he mentions a couple of key board shortcuts, and a cool on-line documentary.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 38 ogg vorbis format;

Picard Quick Start Guide;

sshdfilter;

ifconfig howto;

zfs on linux with fuse;

opendns;

On Piracy documentary;

ElectricSheep screensaver; and

linksys nslu2 linux page

posted 22:21 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Wed, 13 Jun 2007

UCLUG podcast
The Upstate Carolina Linux User Group's, uclug.org, podcast 0001 is available for download or subscription. Forgive the rough edges; recording quality WILL improve in future podcast. Expect new episodes on, or shortly after, the second Tuesday of every month

Main topic: Dr. Tom Holt - Adventures in the Internet Black Market.

ENJOY :-)

posted 06:37 [/podcast] permanent link

Mon, 11 Jun 2007

Podcast news:
If all goes as planned, I am going to resume attending my local LUG uclug.org starting tommorow night. I am going to try to record each meeting and make the audio available in both ogg and mp3 for download as a podcast. Stay tuned....

posted 20:28 [/podcast] permanent link

Thu, 31 May 2007

Correction on podcast 37
The podcast fates are working against me. In addition to thinking I had un-paused the recorder, and audacity giving me fits, I am pretty sure that I failed to talk about dnsmasq on the dd-wrt. The shownotes make mention of the topic, but I think I just forgot. Maybe next time.

posted 20:59 [/podcast] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 37;

Podcast 37 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's podcast, dave offer yet another lame excuse for being so late doing a podcast. After that he will talk about purchasing MoneyDance and completely ditching windows from his home computers.He will also talk about azureus' autospeed feature, a couple of serious ubuntu bugs, his new camera, the gphoto fuse plugin gphotofs, the game world of padman, raggle the command line rss feed reader, a cool firefox extension, rockbox, dd-wrt's dnsmasq, Eben Moglen on microsoft's summer of fear tour, and a fix for putty's ssh ncurses display problems.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 37 ogg vorbis format;

Eben Moglen on Microsoft's Summer of Fear tour;

rockbox;

gnucash;

moneydance;

Eben Moglen MS should remove patents from Novell agreement;

Eben Moglen GPLv3 not about MS and Novell;

WHR-G54S; and

posted 19:09 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Wed, 30 May 2007

CRAZY BUSY
I am not dead, just busy. Everything is fine. To those of you who have contacted me to ask if I was alright: thank you. I am sorry that I have had to neglect the forum, blog, and podcast for nearly a month; it was unavoidable.

Your normal broadcast schedule will resume shortly. Thanks for your concern :-)

posted 07:54 [/personal] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 36;

Fri, 04 May 2007

Podcast 36 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's entirely unedited podcast dave will talk dd-wrt on the Buffalo WHR-G54S. He will talk about about his experiences upgrading his laptop and desktop to the latest and greatest offering from ubuntu. He will compare the upgrade to his recent debian upgrades. He will mention installing rockbox one last time on his ipod. He also virtually rids his home of windows wile he documents his search for a quicken replacement program for his personal banking bookkeeping needs.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 36 ogg vorbis format;

WHR-G54S; and

posted 00:12 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Tue, 01 May 2007

More router fun
Last week (5 days ago to be exact) I replaced my primary router, a wrt54g ver.5.0 (linksys firmware) with an inexpensive belkin f5d7230-4 router. Today I replaced the belkin with a buffalo WHR-G54S. I am happy now. The belkin was an impulse buy with little to know research done before hand. I was tired of the problems and just went and bought a cheap router. It worked perfectly too. But I wanted to be able to do more with less so I bought the buffalo, and am returning the belkin tomorrow. I have already put dd-wrt on the new router. The buffalo is a cheap and good router, and now it's even better with dd-wrt. Now both my routers, primary and wirless bridge client are running dd-wrt. Maybe my downtime woes are a thing of the past.

posted 16:41 [/personal] permanent link

Wed, 25 Apr 2007

my linksys router will die no more
My wrt54g ver 5.0 router is not a part of my network anymore:-) It has been giving me fits for the last month. I replaced it today. I still have happily using my wrt54gl running dd-wrt, but the primary router has been replaced. Hopefully this will end the downtime.

posted 17:41 [/personal] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 35;

Wed, 18 Apr 2007

Car wreck photos
As you can see the car doesn't look too bad. It's amazing really how little damage was done to have been hit by an 18-wheeled truck when going 70 mph on the interstate. To say thAT I am forunate to have fared better than the car did would be an understatement. There is actually just over $6000.00 damage. It's been 20 days. I should be getting the car back early next week.

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Podcast 35 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

In today's today's somewhat disjointed, and entirely unedited podcast, dave will talk about his new iAudio U3, plans for his old iPod, twenty-three podcatchers, etch and apache upgrades, and how to clean and prepare your debian or ubuntu system for an upgrade, or how to transition from apt-get to aptitude. Buckle up cause dave's in the truck again.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 35 ogg vorbis format;

Yaird, Yet Another Mkinitrd;

aptitude user manual;

sparc32: ESP not included in initrd;

SPARC etch release notes;

removing unnecessary packages with deborphan;

cleaning up a debian system;

more cleaning up a debian system;

upgrading to apache2;

more apache2 upgrade goodness; and

perfect debian etch setup.

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Fri, 13 Apr 2007

WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!
Debian etch is hotness. I finally got all the gotchas worked out and I am running Debian etch, kernel-2.6.18-4 and apache2.2 on my sparc ultra2 server:-) YEA ME! Only thing that I haven't got figured out is how to make the switch to udev from hotplug on the sparc. I got around the whole udev/hotplug/2.6.18-4 thing by installing Yaird,(Yet Another Mkinitrd). I had to specifically load some modules in /etc/yaird/Default.cfg to get it working; I am happy now.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2007

On debian and downtime
Yesterday, after 21 months of work, the debian developers released debian etch. Debian is a wonderful thing. I have played with etch 3 or 4 times since last fall, and debain stable has been on my web server for a long, long, long time. When woody passed the torch to sarge, I held off upgrading my server for about 6 months. When I finally did upgrade to sarge, I was amazed; debain upgrades are modern day miracles. With debain you really can just install the OS one time, and apt-get dist upgrade all future releases. As long as you don't go skipping releases, or going straight from stable to unstable, upgrading a debian system is a very very pleasant experience. So, when I read that etch had been deemed stable, I jumped all over it. Literally within hours (less than 4) of the upgrade announcement I was upgrading my old sparc ultra2 production web server.

There was a voice inside my head though, speaking softly to me, as I went about upgrading my trusty sarge box to debain etch. The voice was warning me to go slow, to be sure to read the release notes, to make sure i had all the bases covered, the i's dotted and the t's crossed. I mostly ignored the voice. I was aware of the pitfalls (or at least I was aware that there could be pitfalls), but another louder voice in my head said, "just do it, woody to sarge went so smoothly, what could go wrong?" I knew better, but I did it anyway.

First a little background info: this box used to be a desktop, and later became a server. It used to have a monitor and keyboard. Now it's a headless sun box in a corner of my youngest daughter's room. The reat of my computers are in other parts of the house. I do all my administration on this box via ssh. Beofre i stared the installation I did a trial run; i changed my sources.list file to call for etch repos instead of sarge and did the whole update upgrade thing-but stopping short of selecting yes and letting dpkg make the changes. I saw that a great many packages, that I have long since stopped using were going to be upgraded. So I changed my sources.list file back to sarge repos, and went about uninstalling any and everything X-windows related. As I mentioned before this box is a true headless server now, I don't need all that GUI stuff anyway.

After cleaning up the GUI packeges that I didn't need anymore, I stared the upgrade proper this time, and was pleased to see the number of files to be upgraded was significantly less than before. The upgrade itself went as I expected--perfect. Maybe too perfect. There were some tense moments though. The one foremost on my mind, was will the upgrade finish, before my wife wakes up and comes in and tells me that I have to be at work in 5 hours and need to get my butt in bed. The other thing I was concerned about was apache 1.3 vs 2. My server is still running apache 1.3 and I don't want to move to apache 2 yet. I sat there watching the text scroll by occasionally checking the time, and listening for my wife to wake up. I noticed that apache 2 was installed along side apache 1.3 and apache 2 took over web server and replaced my web page with a page that said "It works!". That was easily fixed though, by uninstalling apache 2. My box was upgraded, my site was only down 10 minutes (due to apache 2 taking over momentarily), and the wife didn't wake up and fuss at me, and I was in bed before 12:30 am. Life was good!

I woke up the next morning feeling great! My very old Ultra Sparc 2 box had new life. This is what is good about linux and debian. I got to work and ssh'd into my box and poked around some; it was then I noticed that the upgrade didn't upgrade my kernel from 2.6.8-3 to 2.6.18-4. "That won't do", the voice in my head said. What i did next was stupid. I have been using linux for 13 years, what I did was dumber than dumb. I upgraded the kernel, and removed the working kernel after I was done. I did this 40 miles from home, and then I rebooted my machine! Did I say that what i did was dumb?

What happened next was 10 hours of downtime for my website, for my blog, for my forums, and my podcast rss feeds. That, and a lot of fussing at myself. Was i really so stupid, or was it because I was feeling good (read smug) about myself and the upgrade the night before? Or was it because I was at work, and in a hurry? I have to think it was a little of all of those things. One thing i do know though, thus was my fault NOT debian's. I knew better, and did it anyway.

On the drive home, I hoped against hope that I hadn't done what I knew hat I had. I kept telling myself, maybe just maybe, you did a shutdown -h instead of a -r. When I got home my fears were realized. The sparc was running, but linux wasn't. Luckily, I did still have a 2.4 kernel on the system and was able to boot into that, and determine that the reason the box didn't boot was that the new 2.6.18-4 kernel and/or udev didn't recognize my hard drive or my cd. Uninstalling the 2.6.18-4 kernel and reinstalling the 2.6.8-3 kernel fixed the problem. The server is up and running etch. Life is good again.

I said earlier that this was my fault, not debian's. Either the new kernel or udev is buggy, at least on my hardware., but I have no one to blame but myself for rebooting a new kernel on a production machine from 40 miles away. Live and re-learn.

posted 22:05 [/computers/linux/distros/debian] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 34;

Thu, 05 Apr 2007

Podcast 34 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

Recent run in with a eighteen wheel truck, why chocolate in your pocket makes for bad news for an iriver mp3 recorder/player, ordering an iAudio U3, slackware news, wordpress and podpress impressions, Cantenna goodness, why etch belongs on my power pc, converting WMA to MP3, more plans for wrt54gl's or sneaking linux in the church, and how to get back the virtual terminals that nvidia ate. Buckle up cause dave's driving record isn't perfect anymore.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 34 ogg vorbis format;

how to change bootup resolution;

convert wma to mp3; and

Cantenna.

posted 22:32 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 33;

Tue, 03 Apr 2007

Car Wreck
Last Friday, March 30th 2007, at 5:30 am, I was driving to work, and was one mile into the interstate portion of my commute, doing about 70 miles per hour in my Honda Civic, when a 18 wheel truck (also driving near 70 miles per hour) drifted into my lane and his front right tire hit my car on the rear driver's side door. I immediately lost control of the Civic. I was somehow able to eventually bring the car back in control and stop on the side of the interstate.

The first thing the truck driver did was rush to my car and apologize for hitting me. He apologized at least two more times for "hitting me".

IT CROSSES NO ONE'S MIND TO APOLOGIZE FOR A WRECK, IF THEY KNOW THEY WEREN'T AT FAULT

He changed his story though after having several conversations with his boss; he told the patrolman that he never left his lane. The patrolman found us both non-contributers to the accident, as we both maintained we were in our own lanes, and there were no eye-wittnesses. I told the patrolman I was very confused by this, as the truck driver felt the need to apologize three times for "hitting me". The cop said his hands were tied at this point, it was either find us both at fault or both non-contributers.

I was NOT podcasting at the time of the accident, but did have my recorder with me. I wish very badly that I had recorded the truck drivers apologies, so I could play them back to the patrolman.

It was a miracle that I was not killed or even injured.

The podcast studio on wheels didn't fair as well though. The car is unfortunately NOT totaled and is being repaired. The body shop tells me the estimate is a little over $6000.00 to fix the car. They are going to have cut the car in half (but not the frame) and replace everything. The car is less than two years old and only has 32,000 miles on it. My choices were to file this on my collision insurance, pay the $250 deductable, watch my rates go up, and let my insurance company seek reimbursement after the car is repaired, OR fight the trucking company myself. I chose the first option.

I have been VERY sore, pulled muscles in the back and left arm and sholder, but I am feeling better now.

I will post pictures when I can.

I thank God for miracles and advil.

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Wed, 21 Mar 2007

Podcast 33 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

hackermedia.org's return, underground audio book, daylight savings time, DC Comic's Crisis on Infinite Earths,linux's beryl:the wow started when you weren't looking microsoft, and setting up a wireless bridge using dd-wrt and his new wrt54gl.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 33 ogg vorbis format;

Crisis on Infinite Earths;

hackermedia;

DD-WRT Tutorial 3: Building a Wireless Bridge;

Installing DD-WRT on a route;

The Open Source WRT54G Story;

standard wireless bridge graphic;

Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS/GX;

Telnet/SSH and the Command Line on the dd-wrt; and

vi and vim graphic cheat sheet.

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Wed, 14 Mar 2007

WRT54GL
In the very near future I am going to have to move all my computers to another part of the house. This is going to require a wireless bridge. This is also going to be the reason I am finally going to get around to installing a 3rd party firmware on a linksys router. I just ordered a linksys WRT54GL, and when it arrives I am going to install DD-WRT v23 on it. I was not looking forward to the computer room move, but now I am. I am already thinking about replacing my current router, (a crippled WRT54G v 5.0) which will become my primary router with the new WRT54GL acting as the client bridge, with a WRT54GL as well. I will hold off on that until I get the computers moved upstairs and the wireless bridge up and running. The good thing about linksys router replacements, is they all look the same to the wife. New toys are invisable if they look identical to the old ones. Maybe I shouldn't have said that:-) It's not like she doesn't know though, I spent 10 minutes telling her what I was going to do, and she didn't understand a word of ti.

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mp3 files and link to feed

Sat, 10 Mar 2007

Underground audio book podcast now available
Ogg and mp3 feeds are now available for the audio version of Suelette Dreyfus' and Julian Assange's book Underground: Tales of hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier

ogg files and link to feed

The rest of the chapters will be arriving over the next 2 months or so. Enjoy.

posted 22:17 [/podcast] permanent link

Wed, 07 Mar 2007

Underground the podcast coming soon I hope.
Underground: Tales of hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier is a book written by Suelette Dreyfus with research by Julian Assange. You can find out more at Undergound the book web site.

I have converted the text of this book into audio (mp3 and ogg) using festival and audacity. I have made several attempts to contact the authors of this book, to make sure I had permission to make an audio book of their work available as a podcast. Just this morning I got a reply, and they said "Please do!"

I hope to make these available for download in the near future.

One of the things I have to work out is how I am gonna do this on my libsyn account without going over my monthly upload quota. I will probably just have to be careful and schedule the post. More later...

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Tue, 06 Mar 2007

Photos from the Dominican Republic
I took these pics on the beach today. It's around 87 degrees F here today, but feels cooler on the beach. By the pool though, it's VERY hot. If you love the beach as much as I do, Punta Cana, Domincan Republic is hard to beat. This place is really really nice. It's by far, the nicest beach that I have ever been too. I decided on which graphic novel to take to read while down here: Crisis on Infinite Earths. This is probably not technically a graphic novel, as it is just the 12 monthly issues, orginally published in 1985, compiled in book form. I enjoyed reading it very much. The wait staff and employees here only make about 150 US dollars a month. One of the waiters here became quite excited when he say me reading a a 300 plus page comic book. He stopped and offered to buy it from me. That, I am told, is VERY unusual; normally the people here are trying to sell you stuff at inflated prices, and you have to go back and forth with them on the price to keep from getting ripped off. I had never had a local offer to buy something from me. The last thing i thought might end up in the hands of a local here was my new comic book. I don't think I could have slept good if I ended up selling him the book; so today I gave it to him. He was very happy about that. It was fun to watch. I hope it doesn't get fired for reading it on the job.

It's also been sorta fun using my linux laptop down here in the sports bar too. Everytime I come in here I get to give a linux demonstration. No really, I do linux demonstrations. Noting organized or planned of course, but curious window and mac users haven't been the least bit shy about coming up and asking what kind of computer I am running. It's been funny really; I sit down here and try to get something done, when somebody will walk up and say excuse me what is that you are running. I have shown beryl to at least 2 different curious windows users, and one mac user. They were VERY impressed! To quote one one of the windows users after seeing beryl,"you have just blown my mind". I even had one conversation with a windows user that lasted almost 2 hours; he had LOTS of questions. I was more than happy to talk about linux though. Most of the tourist here are from Europe. I guess I was thinking more Europeans knew about linux, but to the ones here at least, linux was very new to them.

It's been a great vacation, and it's not half over yet

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Mon, 05 Mar 2007

SSH saves the day
While here in the Dominican Republic, using the free wifi, I tried to connect to irc.freenode.net. I kept getting kicked off though--something about the network running an open proxy. No biggie for linux and ssh. I simply ssh'd into my home machine and ran irssi from there. All good now. I could have done the same thing with a ssh port tunnel, but running screen over my ssh session was nice, as I was able to do many things at once.

I hope to post some vacation photos tomorrow.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 32;

Sun, 04 Mar 2007

Greetings from the Dominican Republic
I just found out that the resort I am staying at has free wifi; it's a good thing I brought my laptop. Without the laptop, the resort would have charged me $4/20 minutes for internet access! Speaking of getting ripped off... I left my cell phone on the plane. When I got to the resort, I had the front desk call the airport. Long story short, $66 dollars in taxi fares later, I had my cell phone back. Someone had made 8 calls on it too! Anyway, that's behind me now; It's 86 degrees F and beautiful. I will be the tannest geek on earth by weeks end. I will try to post some pictures. I better get get off the computer now though, before the wife starts complaining.

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Wed, 28 Feb 2007

Podcast 32 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

spam prevention on phpbb2,beryl breakage, vector linux, arch linux, and debian etch

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 32 ogg vorbis format;

How to Stop Spam On phpBB Forums;

vector linux;

arch linux; and

debian linux.

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Sat, 24 Feb 2007

Podcast 31 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

artwiz and terminus font packages, making dvd's devede, streamripper, and tuna pie, editing remote files with konqueror and kate, the new lottalinuxlinkscom forum, mysql database creation, phpbb2, beryl skydomes, listgarden, blosxom, PPC distros and listener email too.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 31;

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 31 ogg vorbis format;

remote file management with kate and konqueror;

flickr equirectangular pool;

setting up a database from the command line;

phpbb2 guide;

amarok;

amarok new features;

Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty and downgrades PPC;

blosxom;and

To stop errors in ubuntu and debian when installing artwiz and terminus font packages:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts /usr/lib/X11/fonts

To make artwiz fonts look right (enable bitmapped font support)

sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config

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Thu, 22 Feb 2007

ATI 8.34.8 released
Continued success. This is the 3rd driver release in a row from amd/ati that works with the Radeon Mobilty Xpress 200M card in my laptop. It makes me happy.

fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)

It works with Beryl (albeit using XGL) and I am experiencing noticable frame rate increases too (yes I know glxgears isn't a benchmarking tool).

glxgears 11199 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2239.679 FPS 17053 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3410.522 FPS 17057 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3411.321 FPS 15395 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3078.930 FPS 11926 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2385.025 FPS

I installed it using this file, made executable and run as root.

#!/bin/bash apt-get update apt-get install module-assistant build-essential wget apt-get install fakeroot dh-make debconf libstdc++5 linux-headers-$(uname -r) wget -c https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ \ ati-driver-installer-8.34.8-x86.x86_64.run chmod +x ati-driver-installer-8.34.8-x86.x86_64.run ./ati-driver-installer-8.34.8-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/edgy dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.34.8-1_i386.deb fglrx-kernel-source_8.34.8-1_i386.deb fglrx-control_8.34.8-1_i386.deb rm /usr/src/fglrx-kernel*.deb module-assistant prepare module-assistant update module-assistant build fglrx module-assistant install fglrx depmod -a aticonfig --initial aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

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Sat, 17 Feb 2007

The forum is up and running
I have mixed feelings about this. In spite of not knowing if I have an audience that will support yet another forum, in spite of not knowing if I have the time to run a forum, and in spite of not knowing anything about forums, I went ahead and did it anyway. The lottalinuxlinks.com forum has been activated. No one requested this; this is really just something I thought would be fun to get up and running. If this forum falls flat on it's face, is wildly successful, or just basques in the same glow of mediocrity that my podcast enjoys, I can know I was right about one thing: it was a great deal of fun setting it up. Now that the up and running part is done, time will tell if it was a good idea.

Regardless of what I think this forum's real chances of success are, I would really like to see this forum thrive. If this thing takes off in any shape, form, or fashion, I may need to look at getting some moderators. That's probably premature speculation at this point though.

Being the spam hater I am, I have set the user activation setting to require admin approval. This means that to become a registered user, you will have to register, wait for an email from me, reply to my email, and then wait for me to activate your account. This may reduce the forum's chances for growth, but again, time will tell.

So, for what it's worth...have at it.

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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 30;

Mon, 12 Feb 2007

Podcast 30 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include:

Ohio Linux Fest, Quake4, Doom3, Alien Arena, UT3, Curse the Weather, gajim, mcnlive virtual city live cd, Beryl installation and experience on nvidia aiglx, and on ati xgl too. Listener question's and more.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 30 ogg vorbis format;

Gimp Fractal Background howto;

OLF;

ut3;

MR's Response To Steve Jobs' Call For MP3;

kvm vs xen;

beryl;

beryl features;

Install Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy with nVidia From Beryl Wiki;

Install Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy with XGL From Beryl Wiki;

Install Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy with XGL graphical instructions;

beryl default commands;

beryl usability;

fixing obconf;

yacy p2p search engine;

CurseTheWeather;

knoppix rescue;

computer first aid;

use your knoppix cd as a rescue cd;

knoppix rescue faq;

ddrescue;and

dd and netcat.

my .xinitrc

#!/bin/sh #exec /usr/bin/startxgl

eval `dbus-launch --exit-with-session --sh-syntax`

gnome-settings-daemon&

exec /home/norris/.fluxbox/startup

#exec gnome-session

#exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4

#exec startkde

#exec wmaker

#exec pekwm

#exec /usr/share/lg3d/bin/lg3d-app-full

#exec icewm-session

#exec /usr/local/bin/fvwm

#exec fvwm-crystal

#exec starte16

#exec openbox

/usr/bin/startxgl

#!/bin/sh

Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel xv:pbuffer -accel glx:pbuffer &

DISPLAY=:1

cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"

xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session xfce4-session

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fvwm with translucency patch for ubuntu

Tue, 06 Feb 2007

malformed linkage correction
I just noticed some bad links in the shownote for eposode 26. Here are the correct links:

afuse sshfs automounter for ubuntu

fvwm2

posted 10:50 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 29;

Sat, 03 Feb 2007

Podcast 29 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include: Why linux isn't ready for non-geeks, Revolution OS, video downloader firefox extension, devede, k3b, gaim2.0beta6, emelfm2, cnr, sonata, exaile, penguintv, xfce 4.4.0, virtual box, dreamlinux, vim's new tab feature, apt-file, listener mail, dyndns, .htaccess authentication, and how not to put in batteries.

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 29 ogg vorbis format;

Revolution OS on google video;

xfce 4.4.0;

emelfm2 for ubuntu 6.10;

cnr;

Vincent's festival howto;

quick ubuntu virtualbox howto;

dreamlinux;

.htaccess authenticaion;

vim tabs; and

Today on the way home from work I recorded podcast #29 -- or at least I thought I was recording it. Turns out, I had the batteries in backwards :-(. Anyway, after I recovered from my misfortune, I re-recorded the podcast from my house. I think I have cometo rely on the ambient road noises in the podcast as a crutch of sorts though. Without the road noise, the recording is really TOO good, meaning he normal mouth sounds,swallows, and smacks, are more audible. This is unfortunate for the listener, but if you can suffer through my normal car/podcasts, then a little more mouth sounds want kill you, and remember, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Besides, if it gets too disgusting for you, you can always turn it off:-). I debated re-recording from the car, but that would have had to wait till Monday. I won't (fingers crossed) make this mistake again. So, suffer through this one if you can, and I will resume the normal carcast starting with podcast 30.

posted 02:50 [/podcast/shownotes] permanent link

Mon, 22 Jan 2007

XFCE 4.4 released!
After more than two years of development, Xfce 4.4.0 has just been released. Xfce 4.4 features new tools such as the much awaited Thunar file manager as well as several huge improvements of its core components. Get it now

posted 06:40 [/computers/linux/foss/xfce] permanent link