Earlier today both Debian and Ubuntu maintainers announced a serious security issue with both Open SSH and Open SSL.There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.If you're using SSH keys you'll need to … [Read more...] about Debian (and Ubuntu) SSH / OpenSSL Security Hole
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Ubuntu on Dell
Dell has launched its range of Ubuntu powered desktops. At present the product range is only available for purchase in the US. If you go to the dedicated OSS site you will be greeted with this (click to enlarge) : and the product page has the following: (click to enlarge) The introductory text is pretty clear: ou asked, we listened. For advanced users and tech enthusiasts, … [Read more...] about Ubuntu on Dell
Dig on windows
For a variety of reasons I'm currently using windows as my desktop at home (this will probably change as soon as I have the energy to do something about it :) ) In any case I ran into an interesting issue this evening with a domain's DNS. While I could see that the root nameservers had picked up the change and any server on our network could see the new IP, my windows desktop … [Read more...] about Dig on windows
Enabling / Disabling Modules / Sites in Apache 2 on Ubuntu
I really like the way Debian and Ubuntu handle Apache 2 modules and virtual host configurations. By using symlinks between the installed modules and the directory for the active ones, you can easily turn them on and off. It couldn't be easier, or could it? Well it can actually! There are a number of binaries available that can handle all of this even more gracefully (at least … [Read more...] about Enabling / Disabling Modules / Sites in Apache 2 on Ubuntu
Picasa on Ubuntu
Google have finally made Picasa available for linux users (via). There are three installer packages available which should cater for most linux distributions: RPM .deb .bin As I'm using Ubuntu on my desktop I opted for the .deb. The package file is just over 20 MB, so it doesn't take that long to download. Once downloaded all you have to do is double-click on it, provide your … [Read more...] about Picasa on Ubuntu