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Seen that? - Challenge: Longest Uptime

Filed in archive Best of on May 31, 2010

Challenge: Longest Uptime HackITLinux

Seen that? - Challenge: Longest Uptime
Linux is known to be highly stable and reliable. Personally, I have proven this several times already pitting Linux against Windows-based servers. Let's have some fun today and see who has the longest running linux system. Those maintaining servers will surely get impressive results but hey, this is all for fun (and to prove that Linux is indeed stable and reliable). What you need to do is simple - just type [...] Read More


Win USD20,000!!!! HackITLinux

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Hang-on, you can't win US$20,000 if you are not a Graduate student from the Asia-Pacific region, namely, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Australia (what? No Philippines?!!!! No fair!). ZDNet Asia announces Red Hat's Red Hat Challenge to business school graduate students. Contest starts this month. Hurry, registration ends March 11. [...] Read More


Windows 7 vs. Linux HackITLinux

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Computerworld's Preston Gralla has dedicated a series of recent blog posts to the question of whether Windows 7 could be "Microsoft's Linux killer." "At the recent PDC, where Windows 7 was unveiled, Windows and Windows Live senior vice president Steve Sinofsky claimed that Windows 7 used less than half of the 1 GB of RAM on his Lenovo S10 netbook," Gralla wrote on October 31st. "Making the new operating system lightweight [...] Read More


Don´t forget the challenge Daily Power Walk

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In May I told you about May Challenge held over at Tales from the Scales. I´m not sure if any of you joined but I definitely hope so! I want to remind you again that the challenge is still on but not as May challenge. It´s now been five weeks since it all started and there are more than 90 participants challenging themselves. Why don´t you join in? I like Tales from the scales [...] Read More


Challenge yourself Daily Power Walk

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Sometimes we get in to the routines of working out that we get a bit bored. Maybe it's time for a challenge? And this time I am not talking about weight loss challenges. You can either challenge yourself of ask a friend to join you. You will motivate each other! A challenge can be setting a special goal that you will achieve within a week. A reasonable one of course! Or maybe go [...] Read More

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Seen that? - Improving Linux Security using Bastille

Filed in archive Best of on May 22, 2010

Improving Linux Security using Bastille HackITLinux

Seen that? - Improving Linux Security using Bastille
We all know that Linux is one of the most secure modern operating systems available in the market today. However, it is still possible to improve or "harden" its security and this is where Bastille Linux comes in. The Bastille Hardening program "locks down" an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly [...] Read More


Windows VS. Linux Security Report HackITLinux

Perhaps the most oft-repeated myth regarding Windows vs. Linux security is the claim that Windows has more incidents of viruses, worms, Trojans and other problems because malicious hackers tend to confine their activities to breaking into the software with the largest installed base. This reasoning is applied to defend Windows and Windows applications. Windows dominates the desktop; therefore Windows and Windows applications are the focus of the most attacks, which [...] Read More


Hardening Linux HackITLinux

If only we can have a huge wall like China's Great Wall to protect us from security breaches, then we'd all be sleeping soundly every night. Unfortunately, there isn't one available but we can always try to prevent breaches by hardening our computer system. Bastille Linux is one way to harden your system but adding a kernel-level hardening scheme pushes it a notch higher. This is where LinuxSecurity.com comes in [...] Read More


Linux ain't Linux The CIO Weblog

Although Linux devotees, by virtue of their oppressed minority status in the enterprise software market, have been forced to band together in the public sphere and make common cause against the dark forces of proprietary, closed-source software. All this merry singing and hand-holding has eclipsed the fact, to the general public, that in fact there are quite a number of different permutations of Linux out there, each with its own [...] Read More


Linux Apache Servers Under Attack I got Spam?!

A large scale attack is occurring against Linux Apache web servers. According to Don Jackson, a senior researcher at SecureWorks, the attack has been successful because it uses an automated password and installation process. He says the attack has hit at least 10,000 servers. "The Web server ends up serving up vulnerabilities from 2006 related to Windows malware," Jackson told Network World. "The whole attack is very mysterious. It's based on [...] Read More

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Seen that? - Running Linux and BSD on the Mac Mini

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Running Linux and BSD on the Mac Mini HackITLinux

Seen that? - Running Linux and BSD on the Mac Mini
This article looks at the current state of Linux™ and NetBSD support on the Mini. If you need all the hardware and options fully supported, these open source options won't do it for you ... yet. But, if all you need is a stable kernel, a C compiler, and network support, the code is high-quality and the price is unbeatable. NetBSD and Yellow Dog Linux have both begun to support [...] Read More


Boot Linux Faster HackITLinux

This article teaches a good way to increase your Linux's boot speed. The increase amount of speed depends on the number of services that need to run and also the amount of time it takes for each service to run, but i've found that this techique to be useful. Anyone can do this whether your an advanced user or just starting out, but pay careful attention. You can find the article [...] Read More


Windows VS. Linux Security Report HackITLinux

Perhaps the most oft-repeated myth regarding Windows vs. Linux security is the claim that Windows has more incidents of viruses, worms, Trojans and other problems because malicious hackers tend to confine their activities to breaking into the software with the largest installed base. This reasoning is applied to defend Windows and Windows applications. Windows dominates the desktop; therefore Windows and Windows applications are the focus of the most attacks, which [...] Read More


Linux Now Available on the Palm Gadgets The Smart PDA

Palm's promoted next-generation OS will run on Linux. It's taking so long though that people are pointing to its delayed release as another sign of Palm's demise. But as always, when something's perceived to be important by enough people, someone online will freely share their expertise and time. That's the case with the efforts of a group of Independent programmers. Together, they have come up with an Open Source Linux-based mobile [...] Read More


Linux ain't Linux The CIO Weblog

Although Linux devotees, by virtue of their oppressed minority status in the enterprise software market, have been forced to band together in the public sphere and make common cause against the dark forces of proprietary, closed-source software. All this merry singing and hand-holding has eclipsed the fact, to the general public, that in fact there are quite a number of different permutations of Linux out there, each with its own [...] Read More

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Seen that? - Read-Write NTFS on Ubuntu

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Read-Write NTFS on Ubuntu HackITLinux

Seen that? - Read-Write NTFS on Ubuntu
When I was still using Windows XP (eons ago) for games, my computer setup is always dual-boot with Linux. However, there are times that I need write-access to the NTFS partition from Linux and it could be such a pain to do it. Using FAT32 on Windows XP simply won't cut it for file system stability reasons. Today, you can mount your NTFS partition with read-write permissions using a hack I [...] Read More


NTFS-3G v. 1 released HackITLinux

Accessing the Windows-only NTFS file system is like a burglar accessing a safe. No, it is not safe nor secure but it is "too closed" (aka proprietary) that you need crowbars to open, read and write to files. Not anymore (at least for the moment until Microsoft messes up its file system again to prevent projects like this from working properly), NTFS-3G just releases version 1.0. The NTFS-3G driver is an [...] Read More


Ubuntu for Non-Geeks HackITLinux

Cory Doctorow, writer/journalists who switched from Mac OS X to Linux, recommends this book, "Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks", saying: It reads like one of David Pogue's excellent Missing Manual books -- a fast, crystal-clear topical tour of the amazing collective accomplishment embodied in Ubuntu. I learned something new in every chapter, and ended up with a computer that did more of what I wanted it to do, faster. The book is available [...] Read More


TipShack: Site for Ubuntu Users Tech Without Wires

I found a great new site pointing to nearly everything about Ubuntu. If you have made the switch to Ubuntu then this site is really made for you. TipShack has new stories everyday. You can browse by Recently Popular, by Top Stories Today, Top Stories this Week, and Top Stories this Month. TipShack grew out of the author's personal need to organize his migration from Windows XP to Ubuntu. This site [...] Read More


Storage in Pieces On Storage

Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS and RAID? Most people believe not. Yet a recent paper released by Diskeeper says otherwise. In fact, the company says that disk arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a single physical drive would be. These devices do suffer from fragmentation. This is attributed to the impact of fragmentation on "logical" allocation of files and to varying degree, their "physical" distribution. The file system [...] Read More

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