Notes, fixes and guides.
Sixteen years of working notes — Linux and networking, Django and Laravel deployment, SwiftUI, AWS. Written down mostly so I can find them again.
How to limit the download speed of apt-get
Learn how to limit the download speed of the APT package manager in Kubuntu, Ubuntu or any Debian-based Linux system.Do you share your ADSL connection to your neighbors?…
How to create a custom linux file system within another
With the power bestowed upon us, we can create a Linux file system in a file. Humanly speaking, we can create a file containing specific file system and…
HOWTO setup Squid Proxy & DansGuardian Internet Content Filter in ubuntu and fedora
For UbuntuInstalling Apache$ sudo aptitude install apache2Setting a Static IP AddressNow make sure that you have a static IP address$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfacesAnd change the following (bold) to…
GNOME 3.0 with more applications made in Mono
And along with the controversy found with Mono. Richard Stallman, a member of the GNOME Foundation, has said that GNOME 3.0 will include more applications made with Mono:…
DoS Vulnerability Apache HTTP requests
Recently published a pretty big vulnerability for Apache 1.x and 2.x pass Squid.The vulnerability is Intentionally incomplete HTTP requests and this makes the server open a connection waiting…
Ubuntu accepts Mono
Returning to the controversy over whether or not to add Mono by default in Linux distributions, as a message to the lists of ubuntu reads: "A common concern…
Fedora 11: Now play MP3, DVD videos and avi files
Open a terminal and become root using 'su'.Now type at terminal these commands to make your fedora play multimedia files.# rpm -Uvh…
GRUB 2 now default for new installations ,ubuntu 9.10
As of tomorrow's daily builds, GRUB 2 will be the default boot loader for new installations.They do not expect to be changing the boot loader for existing installations,…
Configuring wireless card for acer aspire one in Ubuntu 8.10
Recently I configured the wireless card in an acer aspire one, on a ubuntu 8.10 include, for the ubuntu version 9.04 it is recognized by default, well, at…
How to install iceweasel 3.5 in Debian Lenny stable
To install iceweasel 3.5 in debian lenny you need to do the following steps:Iceweasel 3.5 installation on debian lenny1. Add the debian repositories testing and experimental:# echo deb…
iotop : Howto find the disk usage of each process in ubuntu linux
You can use the utility "iotop" to find out the "disk usage of each process" running on your system.Type this command at terminal to install "iotop" on your…
Google Chrome OS to be launched in the second half of 2010
Google plans to launch the Google Chrome OS in the second half of 2010, an operating system designed from the ground up to run the Chrome web browser…