Posted by dbcooper on June 23, 2009 – 9:16 pm
Over the past few years several people on the VMware communities forums have released patches to fix the vmware modules for the next “fresh” release of the Linux Kernel / Distro. I’ve used them in the past with much success, but I generally like waiting for the official VMware support. However, I’m pretty excited about Fedora 11 (just to many new goodies not to play) and I noticed there’s a new updated patch for 2.6.29 and even 2.6.30 Kernels!
VMware Workstation 6.5.2 module patches/discussion: 2.6.29
VMware Workstation 6.5.2 module patches/discussion: 2.6.30
Sun has official Fedora 11 support for VirtualBox: VirtualBox 2.2.4 (if that’s your cup of tea)
Note: Obviously Fedora is the test bed for the QEMU/KVM merger so you can go that route as well, but I love VMware. ;0)
Here is a great article to get you moving on the QEMU/KVM way of life: Clik Me
HTH
Posted by dbcooper on June 23, 2009 – 8:03 pm
Filed under Linux, RedHat
Starting in Fedora 10 (but disabled by default) Red Hat Fedora started providing the KMS Framework.
Fedora – KMS page: Click Me
X.Org – KMS page : Click Me
Now if you’ve upgraded/installed the new Fedora 11 (or even Ubuntu 9.x etc.) KMS is enabled by default and you may have noticed there are new/still some regressions in the kernel and certain Intel and ATI cards may have issues.
If you’re having some crazy issues, fear not, you may have an answer here.
Intel Video Issues: Click Me
Ati/AMD Video Issues: Click Me
Note: This isn’t Fedora specific, you may have noticed you cant even enable desktop effects in Ubuntu 9.0.4 under certain cards (without de-blacklisting)
This is just the natural progression of trying to make things better and part of the growing pains that going with non-enterprise distros of Linux can give it’s users……but end the end, it will be worth it.
HTH.
Posted by Will on June 19, 2009 – 11:19 am
If you are a conscientious system administrator, you like to keep tabs on your server by checking root’s email at least once a day, correct? If you manage more than one server, or get tired of having to log in to check your mail, you can redirect where email for the root user gets sent.
I ran into problems on Red Hat Enterprise 5.2 doing this, so I thought I’d post the resolution here.
Read on…»
Posted by Will on June 10, 2009 – 9:45 am
I wrote previously about Facebook hacking, which is something everyone needs to be aware of, but there is a more immediate Facebook danger which millions of people every day are already exploited by. Not only could it lead to insecurity, but your personal data is being exposed to advertisers every time you take one of those “What kind of hamburger are you” quizzes.
Facebook applications get access to all data of users who sign up, though users sign up for dozens of one-time use applications like these quizzes without thinking twice. There are hundreds of applications springing up every day, and Facebook’s model of implementing no technical sandboxing and policing applications when things go wrong is completely unscalable.
Read on…»
Posted by Will on June 8, 2009 – 2:57 pm
This applies to RedHat Enterprise 4 & 5, and by association to Fedora and CentOS. It probably works on some other distros as well, but your mileage may vary.
I am constantly having to reset user passwords, as I use the “three failures and your account is locked” schema, as well as set passwords to expire every 60 days. Read on…»
Posted by Will on May 22, 2009 – 11:25 am
If you live in the USA, did you know that your tax dollars are being used for some really good purposes?
You better believe it. For example, the NSA provides some great guides and tools for securing your operating system, whether your are on a Mac, or running Windows, Linux, or Solaris.
Some of the guides can get a little complex (especially the Linux and Solaris ones), but even if you do some of what they suggest, you are increasing the security of your OS and are likely to learn a few things at the same time.
There are more resources from other parts of the government as well. Read on…»
Posted by Will on May 13, 2009 – 3:40 pm
So you have decided you need a web site. You are presented with two possible paths:
1. Build it yourself
2. Hire someone to build it for you
Both paths can present challenges, but unless you are technically inclined, have a lot of time and determination, desire to learn some coding, and are pretty handy with graphics, you are likely to be doing yourself (and your business) a disservice by trying to do it accomplish this on your own. There are many places online and application syou can buy which promise the allure of “building your own web site”, but in this business, you tend to get what you pay for. Read on…»
Posted by will on April 8, 2009 – 9:32 am
This article explains why you can’t trust your friends on Facebook. It demonstrates how easy it is to gain someone’s trust by using an account that they think is that of a friend. The next time your friend on Facebook asks you to borrow some money, or asks when you are going out of town, think twice. Read on…»
Posted by will on April 1, 2009 – 9:59 am
Ever been to a coffee shop and got worried about hopping on their public wifi network to check your email? If not, you should have been, and you should presently be concerned about wifi security anywhere you go — a topic we have covered here many times. Read on…»
Posted by dbcooper on March 28, 2009 – 6:39 pm
Filed under Linux, News, RedHat
I hardly ever trust the coupon sites floating around on the net, but I figured what they hey, it can’t hurt to try one.
I’ve really been wanting a Dell Latitude D630 series (yeah it’s an older model, on the 800 bus etc.) but, it IS the perfect laptop when looking to run 100% of any version of Linux and works with all the major “Security Tool” CD’s. ;0) Read on…»
