I've just installed this PC and have run into some interesting issues with the graphics drivers. Which nvidia drivers should I be using? If I try "nvidia" and change the resolution settings X crashs completely, so I'm stuck with a really low resolution which is making me miserable :( Any suggestions? … [Read more...] about Which nVidia Drivers – Ubuntu Edgy
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Stopping Bruteforce SSH Attacks
Years ago when I got my first server I remember installing some scripts to check its integrity and warn me about attacks. I was amazed and quite frightened by the number of SSH attempts. I soon learnt, however, that this was quite normal. It maybe worrying, but it's normal. Put a server on a public IP and people will try to crack it. There's no avoiding that. Well, there is, … [Read more...] about Stopping Bruteforce SSH Attacks
RedHat 5 Released
RedHat have released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. From what I've heard and seen this could be a really exciting release, as they have placed a lot of emphasis on virtualisation Of course Centos has already started work on a 5.* release, with a beta currently available. I'll be interested to see what kind of things people can do with this new shiny toy :) … [Read more...] about RedHat 5 Released
Setting vim to be the default editor
Every time I install Ubuntu I end up struggling with changing the default editor to use vi or vim. If only I'd found this page before! So simple! All you have to do is run (as root): update-alternatives --config editor … [Read more...] about Setting vim to be the default editor
OpenWRT
As I mentioned before, I have been using a number of different linux firmware versions on my LinkSys WRT54G. For the last few weeks I was using SveaSoft's firmware, as the previous firmware had caused me headaches. The Sveasoft solution worked quite well, but I had some crazy routing issues which left me rather confused. It was as if certain blocks of the internet simply ceased … [Read more...] about OpenWRT