This might be stale news by most security alert people, but I felt compelled to write this post nevertheless. Byy this time most security alert people have realised that a serious security vulnerability has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems, and there are a lot of […]
Finally I’ve gotten the time and budget to get myself a new bookshelf. Previously I’ve been squeezing my books on the premium space left on my old bookshelf which is filled with books from my school days. Now I can arrange my technology books neatly on the new bookshelf.
Sometimes when you are about to ask questions or to get help about something related to your Linux computer, you might be asked which distro and the release of the distro you are using. Same goes if you need to fix something or install binary packages on someone else’s computer. The first thing you should […]
This was brought to my attention when I’m working on a python code to parse xml documents. I found out that in Ubuntu Hardy, the python-xml package has moved xml.dom.ext.* package to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/oldxml thus breaking python code which depended on python-xml. One way to work around this bug is to append : sys.path.append(‘/usr/lib/python%s/site-packages/oldxml’ % sys.version[:3]) […]
Are you one of Ubuntu users? Then you can proudly display it with one of the “Powered by Ubuntu” stickers stamped on your computers. The only problem was, it used to be difficult to get one of those stickers as they were not offered in Malaysia. Fortunately, Kebayan IT now offers “Powered by Ubuntu” stickers […]
Though some might argue that Serial port are things in the past, it is still the most popular port for those who are into electronic DIY. Building electronic device with serial port interface is cheaper than buiding one that uses USB. That is the reason why people still sell USB-Serial adapter to those electronic DIY […]