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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Installing and Running Chromium OS on the iPad

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Installing and Running Chromium OS on the iPad: If you have an iPad and is already bored of using its default operating system, then you may want to follow what Hexxeh did. He just installed Chromium OS, an open-source Google Chrome-based OS, on the iPad.

I'm still a bit skeptical about this exploit since there are no exact details on how he did it. But he posted a photo (see below) and a video of his iPad running Chromium OS to somehow prove the hack.


It's really hard to tell if the hack is real or not just by looking at that lone photo, or by watching this very short clip:


If this is indeed real, then it is something to be excited about. Imagine the possibilities of dual-booting iOS and Chromium OS on your sleek iPad. It's like having the best of both worlds. It also means that we can now run Flash on the frigging iPad.

In case you are wondering, Hexxeh is the developer or creator of Flow, an application based on Chromium OS that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Is the hack real? Do you think that it is now possible to install and run Google Chrome OS on the iPad? Please share with us your thoughts regarding this one via comment.

Fedora 14 Offers SPICEd Up Virtualization + Other Innovative Features

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 01:17 AM PDT

Fedora Linux is well known for its innovative features and for incorporating cutting-edge technology in every major release version. The upcoming 14th edition of Fedora, codenamed "Laughlin", is offering more fresh and groundbreaking features that will probably be adopted and used by other Linux distributions as well. In case you are wondering, Laughlin is named after physicist Robert B. Laughlin.

Fedora 14 will be the first to incorporate desktop virtualization capabilities utilizing Red Hat's VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) called SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments). The software makes it possible for Fedora to host virtual desktops that can be accessed over a network. SPICE is an interesting new open-source technology that many people would want to try out, and it may provide a better user experience in desktop virtualization in the long run.

Aside from SPICE, Fedora 14 is also loaded with other exciting and innovative features. One of my favorite is the integration of the MeeGo mobile operating system framework, which will let users try out the MeeGo touchscreen interface and use applications from the MeeGo project. Fedora 14 will be pre-installed with a demo version of one of the best and most popular CRM software called Sugar CRM, along with a set of Sugar CRM developer tools. It will also have extended utilities for remote or powered-off management of servers utilizing Intel's IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) remote server management software capabilities.


For quicker start-up and on-demand loading and unloading of services, next-generation systemd management feature may be offered as a technology preview in Fedora 14, and will probably become the default initialization system in Fedora 15.

Fedora 14 offers updates for a wide array of programming languages. It includes D functional programming language support and an early implementation of the Perl 6 specification based on the Parrot virtual machine, dubbed as Rakudo Star.

I'm really excited about Fedora 14 and I'm already downloading the Beta version, which you can get HERE. The final "stable" version of Fedora 14 is expected to be unleashed in November.

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

[HowtoForge] Newsletter 09/30/2010

HowtoForge Newsletter 09/30/2010
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New HOWTOs:
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* Setting Up An OpenVPN Server With Authentication Against OpenLDAP On Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
* Spam Control For Postfix
* How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 13
* How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Fedora 13
* Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On CentOS 5.5
* Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3

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Setting Up An OpenVPN Server With Authentication Against OpenLDAP On Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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OpenVPN, or Open Virtual Private Network, is a tool for creating networking "tunnels" between and among groups of computers that are not on the same local network. This is useful if you have services on a local network and need to access them remotely but don't want these services to be publicly accessible. By integrating with OpenSSL, OpenVPN can encrypt all VPN traffic to provide a secure connection between machines. The OpenLDAP backend of iRedmail allows you to integrate all kinds of applications and to realize centralized account management. This tutorial shows you how to integrate OpenVPN into the iredmail ldap backend on Ubuntu 10.04; passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change passwords through webmail.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-an-openvpn-server-with-authentication-against-openldap-on-ubuntu-10.04-lts


Spam Control For Postfix
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Spam is a major problem for anyone with a mail server. Many times, spam goes to email addresses that don't exist. But, it still is hitting your server even if it isn't delivered. Other times, a users inbox will be overflowing with annoying messages about Viagra, hookers, free software, and whatever else. Below is a solution. It's an ongoing accumulation of my efforts to stop spam to the best of my abilities. So far, it has a 97% success rate with over 20,000 emails (spam and ham, alike) processed.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/spam-control-for-postfix


How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 13
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This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 13 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-integrate-clamav-into-pureftpd-for-virus-scanning-on-fedora-13


How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Fedora 13
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This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on a Fedora 13 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-webdav-with-apache2-on-fedora-13


Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On CentOS 5.5
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This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 5.5. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-an-nfs-server-and-client-on-centos-5.5


Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-lighttpd-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-opensuse-11.3


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Recover Lost or Deleted Partitions in Linux Using TestDisk

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:33 AM PDT

Recover Lost or Deleted Partitions in Linux Using TestDisk: If you have a lost or non-bootable hard disk drive partition due to viruses, faulty software, or plain stupidity (just kidding), you will need a data recovery software to help you save your precious data. One of the hard drive data recovery tools that I can highly recommend is TestDisk.

TestDisk is capable of fixing partition table and recovering deleted partition. It can fix FAT and MFT tables, recover FAT32 and NTFS boot sector from its backup, rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 and NTFS boot sector, locate ext2/ext3/ext4 backup superblock, undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem, and copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions.

TestDisk is designed for both novice and expert users. For those who have little or no knowledge about data recovery procedures, it can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive that can then be sent to a trusty technician for additional analysis.

Although TestDisk runs in the terminal, it is fairly easy to use. There is no need to remember various commands as you will be guided with questions and prompts and will only need to use the Enter and Arrow keys to get going.

Starting TestDisk


Selecting a hard disk to scan


The next time your hard disk crashes and then just disappears or can't be booted anymore, don't panic because you can always use a hard drive data recovery tool like TestDisk.

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Weekly Ten (9-27-2010)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:03 AM PDT

Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:


1. Scientists make quantum breakthrough
Australian scientists say they're coming first in a world-wide race to create a new breed of super computers set to transform the way we live.
More @ smh.com.au

2. The Defenders of Free Software
Armijn Hemel, 32, lives with his parents in Tiel, a town smack-dab in the middle of the Netherlands. He works as a technology consultant, but spends several hours a week on his avocation: pestering some of the world's most powerful consumer electronics and technology companies.
More @ NYTimes

3. A more fontastic Google Docs
Documents without font choices are like photographs without colors. Just as shades of color can add depth to a picture, smart font choices give your text another dimension.
More @ Googleblog

4. Portable password vault

More @ HackaDay

5. Friends Without Benefits
The people who run Facebook, the social-networking company, are furious about a new movie that takes lots of liberties in its depiction of how Facebook came into existence. They're upset because much of The Social Network, which opens Oct. 1, is just completely made up. That's fair enough.
More @ Newsweek

6. Beatles Archive Heads for the Cloud
The man who took skiffle to the world half a century ago, Sir Paul McCartney, is "getting a little help from his friends" at Hewlett-Packard to put his entire oeuvre into an accessible online archive, it has been announced.
More @ PCWorld

7. Is that Bill Gates staring back at you from Outlook 2010?
One of the new things in Outlook 2010 is the "People Pane." At the bottom of e-mail windows (both the inbox view and individual messages), the People Pane is a panel that can show recent e-mail from a contact, any appointments that you have with them, and a few other bits and pieces of information.
More @ ArsTechnica

8. Panasonic unleashes 16-finger, hair washing robot


9. Computer Worm Hits Iran Power Plant
Computer systems at Iran's first nuclear-power plant have been infected with a potent worm capable of taking over their control systems, Iranian officials said, citing the most significant example yet of potential dangers posed by the so-called Stuxnet worm.
More @ wsj.com

10. 10 Words That Can't Be Translated To English
We all love words – that is why we are here reading listverse. This list looks at some special words that are not from English and, furthermore, are untranslatable to English. These are words which have, for the most part, not become loan words, but describe concepts we generally understand in English, but need many more words to convey.
More @ Listverse

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Friday, September 24, 2010

Create Your Own Online Backup Service With SparkleShare

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:49 AM PDT

Create Your Own Online Backup Service With SparkleShare: Do you want to build your own online backup service like Dropbox and host your own files or data? If yes, then perhaps you should take a close at SparkleShare. From its project website, SparkleShare is described as a syncing and collaboration tool that is designed to make sharing documents and collaboration effortless. It allows you to easily host your own service so that you are always in control of your data.


With SparkleShare, you are given an option to host your remote folder on Github, Gitorious, The GNOME Project, or on your own server.

Sharing files is as easy as drag and drop Dropbox-style when using SparkleShare. Your files are synced to your server allowing connected clients to view the changes. If you made a mistake, it is still possible to revert the changes.


The best thing about SparkleShare is that it is totally free and open-source. It is currently available for Linux and is still in Beta. Take note that it is pretty much a work in progress and some of the features are not yet well implemented. But, a lot of people are already excited about it so I'm hoping that it is being developed at a rapid pace.

If interested, you can download SparkleShare HERE. You can also read its documentation HERE.

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