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Stuff about Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux
Seems that almost everybody that uses Debian uses Ubuntu too. Here’s a link to original posts that has a story on Ian Murdock’s Ubuntu Screenshot.
For those who don’t know, Ian Murdock is the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution project. The word ‘Debian’ is the result of combining his name and his wife’s, Debra.
Sources.lst is a file located in /etc/apt/ directory. It is used in Debian-based (which includes Ubuntu) Linux operating system as a configuration file for software management.
Sometimes it is necessary to alter your sources.lst to include the nearest apt-get mirrors from your location, this is to ensure faster downloads during software upgrades and installations.
Fortunately, the good people from Ubuntu-NL has made this task easier by creating an online tool (source-o-matic) which helps you generate sources.lst file based on the list of available mirrors
source-o-matic supports Ubuntu releases on all architectures from 4.10(Warty) to 7.04 (Feisty). It is an easy tool to use, you only need to choose which country you’re in, put on your Ubuntu release and architecture, tick few radio boxes and your sources.lst file will be generated automatically.
Source-o-matic also includes a list of unofficial apt-get mirrors for installing softwares that isnt included in the normal Ubuntu distributions.
[tags]ubuntu, linux, sources.lst,apt-get[/tags]
I believe some of you have already read my blog and will summarize that I’m an Ubuntu user and advocator.
However, having said that doesn’t mean that I dont have things that I hate about Ubuntu, and they are :
Those are the 5 things that crossed my mind when I switched on my computer and use Ubuntu everyday. What’s yours?
[tags]ubuntu,debian,linux,opensource,distro[/tags]
I came across this interesting post about how to secure your SSH without changing the SSH listening port.
Things that the post author suggested are :
Personally I’ve enabled public-key authentication and SSH scanner filter to secure my server at the advice of my friend from a local security firm. Although, I haven’t tried the port knocking method yet, it seems interesting to know that ‘secret port knocking’ pattern also exists in computer security (remember ali baba?)
Hopefully this post will serve as a reminder to myself and those who read them, ah oh, most of this post content are lifted shamelessly from False sense of security
[tags]ssh,iptables,ubuntu,debian,security, port knocking,nmap, security scanners,exploit[/tags]
http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/2007021502-false-sense-of-security
We may have been familiar with the usual apt-get operations for installing, updating and removing application packages on your Debian-base Linux operating system (Ubuntu is one of it).
But do you know that you can trigger it to show a hidden easter egg?
try typing “apt-get moo” and see it for yourself :)
[tags]apt-get,debian,deb,ubuntu,knoppix[/tags]
I found out about this application from GnomeFiles. Not particularly useful, but entertaining. The basic operation of the program is to convert plain text into leetspeak writing system.
Future releases may provide functionality to reverse leetspeak text back to plaintext for greater readability.
1337 generator requires GTK+ 2.x and can be downloaded from http://leet-generator.sourceforge.net/
[tags]gtk+,1337,leet,ubuntu,linux[/tags]