PeterLocating files that you know exist, but you can't remember where they are can be frustrating. There are a handful of GUI-based search tools for Linux and Unix, but if you prefer to work in the command line, or don't have one of these special apps installed, you can often fall back on command line tool locate.
The locate command works by querying a database of your files. It …
PeterSystemRescueCD, which I covered very recently has just released version 1.0.1.
The new version features JWM as the window manager to replace WindowMaker, updates much of the included software to the latest versions (including Gparted), includes some new features and fixes several bugs.
- Using JWM-2.0.1 as default Window-Manager instead of Window-Maker
- Using unionfs-2.2.4 as the root filesystem (all files are now writable)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.6 (add support for …
PeterIt's a myth that any system that you connect to the internet is 'safe'. No matter how vigilant you are, there are always risks out there and so having some way of detecting that something bad has happened is a vital part of any security strategy.
Tripwire (I'm referring to the open source edition here, not the commercial ones that are also available) is a program which is designed to …
JacobIn an announcement email this morning, the developers of the Epiphany web browser have announced that the next release will be based off of WebKit, and only WebKit.
We are a small team, with only one maintainer and a hand-full of
regular contributors. Maintaining the abstraction layer, and the Gecko
back-end require lot of effort and time. Much time alone is spent on
keeping up with Gecko API changes, …