We all know how to set a homepage in FireFox. ( At least I hope so!) But how about selective homepages?

If you’re using Fluxbox, it’s easy with only a little menu editing.

I’m running SimplyMepis 6.5 and Fluxbox 0.9.14. But this will work on any OS as long as you’ve got Fluxbox installed

Open up ~/.fluxbox/menu with your favorite editor and create a [submenu] called FireFox , anywhere you like. I added mine to (Net). Don’t forget to close your new submenu with [end]

[submenu] (FireFox)

[end]

This is what my menu looks like.

[submenu] (FireFox)

[exec] (My Yahoo) {firefox http://ca.my.yahoo.com/}

[exec] (Paradox) {firefox http://baldysparadox.com/}

[exec] (The Barrel) {firefox http://thebarrel.net/}

[end]

Of course this can be done with any browser, Opera, Konqueror whatever you like. Try it out!

You can also use your menu to open select files with the appropriate application.

For example:

[exec] (edit flux menu) {kwrite ~/.fluxbox/menu}

When you click this from your menu, it will open the menu file ready for you to edit, in kwrite. Nifty huh?

~LC

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Linux, Fluxbox, Mepis,FireFox

Is Linux the new future for cell phones?

Check these out. Who the heck wants an iphone anyway!?

Source: Tech Blog

~LC

“Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney will release his new album today — it’s called ‘Memory Almost Full.’ In an interview with the L.A. Times, he talked about ending his long-time relationship with EMI and making the new album fully downloadable through his new relationship with Starbucks’ Hear Music label. Some of his comments on the music industry: ‘I was bored with the old record company’s jaded view,’ McCartney says… ‘They’re very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this is a new world, and they’re a little bit at a loss as to what to do. So they’ve got millions of dollars and X budget… for them to come up with boring ways — because they’ve been at it for so long — to what they call “market” it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.’”

Source: Slashdot

~LC

Technorati Tags: Multimedia, EMI

Vulnerabilities in IE, Firefox a wake-up call, exec says

Four recently discovered vulnerabilities in two rival Internet browsers should serve as a “wake-up call” to Web surfers, Canadian security experts say.

Last week, Polish computer security expert Michal Zalewski disclosed two flaws he found in Mozilla’s open-source Firefox browser and two defects in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE).

According to Zalewski’s posting on the Full-Disclosure mailing list, the most critical vulnerability resides in IE.

The flaw allows hackers to steal sign-on cookies from online banks and other trusted sites as well as “hijack” a victim’s machine, said Zalewski, who has achieved fame as a white-hat hacker.

He said malicious hackers can take advantage of a “brief window of opportunity” when IE navigates from a sensitive Web page to an unrelated site. During this time, an attacker can execute JavaScript actions that can compromise a victim’s machine.

Read More.. It Business

~LC

According to a research conducted by Microsoft and published by the Radicati Group, the percentage held by spam in the total number of emails sent daily has been constantly growing since 2005. As a result, spam is expected to represent 77% of emails sent worldwide by 2009, amounting to almost 250 billion unsolicited emails delivered every day.

In a world where spam is bound to hold such an important position, methods of preventing it should also be given an increasing importance. Some of the easiest and most widely used prevention methods are host control solutions, Antispam applications and user education.

Host control is an easy way to ensure only valid emails reach end-users’ inboxes. Some well known methods are SPF (Sender Policy Framework), IP/email address-based lists (blacklisting, whitelisting and graylisting) and DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail Signature).

Source: Howto Forge

~LC

Malicious software, spreading through OpenOffice documents, “can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems,” Symantec says.

(See another reason for virus checkers in Linux folks, I hate to say I told you so but… Baldy)

Technorati tags: Security

OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems

Most of us work with a shell prompt. By default most Linux distro displays hostname and current working directory as a prompt. You can easily customize your prompt to display information important to you. You change look and feel by adding colors. In this small howto I will explain howto setup:

Shell tip: Set the shell prompt and themes in Linux Terminal