Posted on November 1, 2009 by symbolik
NOTE: This is only an overview. Due to the detailed nature of this project, I will break it up over several more-focused articles over time for easier reference.
Well, despite my more negative impression of this year’s VMworld conference, it still really paid off. There I learned about stateless ESX deployment. Using this information, I was [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2009 by symbolik
While upgrading my kid’s computer and installing the web proxy and filter (see article titled “SquidGuard Blacklists…“), I ran across a real problem. Wireless would start only after a user logged into their desktop, so the system had no IP address until then. However, without an IP, Dansguardian would fail to start. I tried scripting [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kubuntu, Security, wireless | Tagged: blacklist, dansguardian, filter, HowTo, init, interfaces, Kubuntu, networking, proxy, scripts, Security, squid, squidGuard, SSID, troubleshooting, Ubuntu, update-rc.d, wireless, WPA, wpa_supplicant | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2009 by symbolik
Here is a listing of some sites that have actively managed blacklists freely available for non-commercial download:
Shalla Secure Services
Blacklists UT1
MESD Blacklists (not sure how current this one is)
Anyway, I updated the getlists.sh script from the HOWTO – Child-Proofing Internet Access on Kubuntu article. It was failing because squidGuard kept not finding files and going [...]
Filed under: /var/log/messages, Linux, Security | Tagged: blacklist, content filter, dansguardian, filtering, proxy, scripts, Security, squid, squidGuard | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by symbolik
I have upgraded all my systems to KDE 4.3.1 very successfully, and it is gorgeous. While still slower than LXDE (this will likely always be the case), it is much better than the 4.2 that shipped with Jaunty. I have also upgraded to OpenOffice 3.1.1, the latest stable Wine, and I have updated Xorg as [...]
Filed under: Desktops, HowTo, KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, OpenOffice, Xorg | Tagged: HowTo, KDE, KDE 4, Kubuntu, OpenOffice, OpenOffice 3.1.1, PPA, WINE, Xorg | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by symbolik
Assuming you have already installed the 2.6 31 kernel, this link has a patch and script to modify the modules VMware compiles when you run the vmware-config.pl script. The script is for 2.6.30.4 and later kernels, and works fine for 2.6.31.
Run the vmware-install.sh script that came with VMware Server 2.0.1, but DO NOT run the [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kernel, Linux, VMWare | Tagged: 64-bit, HowTo, Kernel, modules, virtualization, VMWare, VMware-Server 2 | 5 Comments »
Posted on July 26, 2009 by symbolik
Well, I know this is Kubuntu. And I know there has been some dissatisfaction with KDE 4.x. I have felt it too, but can honestly attest to improvements to KDE as updates have come out for Kubuntu. It is noticeably more stable now than it had been when I first switched to KDE 4. That [...]
Filed under: Kubuntu | Tagged: desktop, KDE 4, Kubuntu, lightweight, LXDE, stable | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 19, 2009 by symbolik
I finally decided to get VMware Server running on my new kernel. Whenever the kernel is updated, there are some things you can count on having to reinstall, such as NVidia video drivers and VMware installations. I expected problems, so my methodology was to attempt a normal install, expect failure, and search on [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kernel, Linux, VMWare | Tagged: 2.6.30, 64-bit, HowTo, Kernel, modules, scripts, troubleshooting, virtual machine, virtualization, VM, vmci, vmmon, vmnet, VMWare, VMware-Server 2 | 3 Comments »
