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Archive for June 12th, 2007

Selective Homepages: FireFox & Fluxbox

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

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 [...]

Five Very Cool Linux-Powered Phones

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Is Linux the new future for cell phones?
Check these out. Who the heck wants an iphone anyway!?

Source: Tech Blog
~LC
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Paul McCartney On Music In the Digital World

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

“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 [...]

Canadian security firms size up browser bugs

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

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 [...]

Introduction to Antispam Practices

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

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 [...]

OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

 
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)
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OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems
Posted by Baldy - Baldys Paradox

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

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

 
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:

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