Recently I blogged about installing Adobe Acrobat reader by way of the Medibuntu repository. This got me thinking about some of the other great (albeit non-free) software that is available there. Here I’ll review how to add the Medibuntu repository and then how to install Google Earth!
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and
the [...]
Network security is a primary consideration in any decision to host
a website as the threats are becoming more widespread and persistent
every day. One means of providing additional protection is to invest in
a firewall. Though prices are always falling, in some cases you may be
able to create a comparable unit using the Linux iptables package on [...]
This tutorial will walk you through setting up DHCP fail over on CentOS
5.1 using the default ISC dhcp server, this can easily be adapted to
any other Linux distro out there. You will most likely need Failover in
environments where network down time can not be tolerated. My home is
running a DLNA setup so I need my [...]
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 5 Elyssa R1
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on [...]
Databases are the key repository for critical data. If you are storing information that needs to be kept secure from prying eyes, especially credit card or personally identifiable information (PII) you might be required to control access using two-factor authentication. This tutorial demonstrates how to secure Postgresql with two-factor authentication from WiKID.
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This tutorial explains how you can install MySQL Proxy
on a CentOS 5 (x86_64) system. MySQL Proxy is a simple program that
sits between your client and MySQL server(s) that can monitor, analyze
or transform their communication. Its flexibility allows for unlimited
uses; common ones include: load balancing; failover; query analysis;
query filtering and modification; and many more.
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This tutorial explains how to set up PHPIDS
on a web server with Apache2 and PHP5. PHPIDS (PHP-Intrusion Detection
System) is a simple to use, well structured, fast and state-of-the-art
security layer for your PHP based web application. The IDS neither
strips, sanitizes nor filters any malicious input, it simply recognizes
when an attacker tries to break your site and [...]
The current leading SSH server, OpenSSH, offers two main methods of authentication: interactive password and public key authentication. While interactive password authentication is the default, there are several reasons for using public key authentication. After reading some background information about public key cryptography, you should have a firm understanding of what public key cryptography is [...]
In Vi or Vim, use the forward slash to search. Then type in your search string and hit . You can navigate through occurrences of your search string using to move forward and to move backwards. Below is an example search for the string ‘array’.
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GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.
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Jubler is a tool to edit text-based subtitles. It can be used as an authoring software for new subtitles or as a tool to convert, transform, correct and refine existing subtitles. The most popular subtitle formats can be used. Preview of the subtitles in realtime or in design time, spell checking, translation mode and styles [...]
June is Bandwidth Conservation Month (well, not officially, but let’s say that it is), so if you have multiple machines running an APT-powered Linux distribution such as Debian or Ubuntu, you should take a look at apt-proxy, a utility that caches package downloads in a shared pool for all interested parties on your LAN. This [...]
You turn on your trusty old Linux box, and things are going well as you pass through the boot loader, until the disk check reveals that your hard drive partition table is corrupt, and you are unable to access your machine. You need a good rescue disk — and the best way to get one [...]
SSHMenu adds a button to your GNOME panel that displays a configurable drop-down list of hosts that you have might like to connect to with SSH.
SSHMenu is packaged and available in repositories for both Ubuntu (as sshmenu-gnome) and Fedora (gnome-applet-sshmenu). Other SSHMenu packages available for both distributions do not include GNOME support. In those, the [...]