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Ikea cabinet Linux cluster
by Oren Beck 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

http://obscuredclarity.blogspot.com/2008/09/24-core-linux-cluster-in-2999-c… -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Midrange Web Browser? (between Firefox and Dillo)
by Leo Mauler 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

On the desktop PCs the slight bloat of Firefox doesn't cause a problem, while giving me lots of fun Firefox features. However, my much older laptop with its limited RAM (192MB) isn't as much fun with Firefox. Dillo is already on DamnSmallLinux and does display webpages, but I was wondering if there was a web browser, on the "free software" rack, with slightly more functionality than Dillo but still not as big as Firefox.

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RE: Men's Health id 73020856
by admin＠Viagra.us 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

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Reiser FS or ext3?
by gary hildebrand 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

I have a couple older distros of SuSE -- 6.4 & 7.2 and was wondering if there is an easy way to do it with a journaling FS? Whenever I'd get a hit/crash in ext2, it would sorta eat itself up, and then over a period of time, become unuseable. 6.4 has a wide variety of packages no longer available on the new distros, and I'd like to have a drive set up so I can boot it when wanted. Gary HIldebrand St. Joseph, MO

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Re: Shredder?
by Sean Crago 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Leo wrote: >I sense a new project for NASA: launching an annual rocket which contains instruments for learning more about our Sun, and a load of >old hard drives with sensitive data on them. >Its destination? Isn't it obvious? ;-) The residents of the Yucca Mountain area might wish they'd take a more Superman IV-inspired approach to their cargo selection. I'd say grinding a hard drive into a fine powder is probably enough to prevent it from doing any damage upon disposal. That said, you might also aim it at Europa and see if life erupts, given the new (albeit highly localized) heat source at the rocket's impact site. Is this topic [OT] yet? -Sean

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WRT54GL
by Gene Dascher 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

I am getting a Linksys WRT54GL today as my old WRK54G seems to be giving up the ghost. Has anyone on the list had any experience with running any of the non-Linksys firmware on this Router (DD-WRT, OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.) that they would care to share? Thanks, Gene

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Shredder?
by Sean Crago 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

>I can't figure out why the government just doesn't remove the hard drives >and send them to a shredder. Even a private individual can achieve roughly >the same level of security with a drill and a 1/2" drill bit. With the price >of drives being what they are now it can't impact very much the resale value >of the computer to sell it without a drive installed. Shredders don't like metal, but there are things that'll make quick work of a drive: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html The Air Force seemed to think a 1-2 punch was in order, according to Cryptome: "2.5. Destruction. It is a good practice to sanitize media before submitting it for destruction. Media may generally be destroyed by one of the following methods (see Table 2.1). (*NOTE*: Although approved methods, options d and e use acid, which is dangerous and excessive, to remove recording surfaces. Options a, b, and c are recommended over d and e.) " http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/afssi5020.htm -Sean

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SecondLife: OSS MMOW company, now with a Linux port of its "viewer" software.
by Leo Mauler 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

I have a creative friend who isn't that good at technology but is very good at art and project management, who has been approached by a local nonprofit to help manage their development of their presence on "Second Life", a Virtual 3D world "created by its residents". Second Life, online since 2003, is a Massively Multiplayer Online World, where you can set up a home, build a business, and buy real stuff (i.e., stuff which could be shipped to your physical address) using "Lindens", the unit of currency inside Second Life (currency exchanges for real U.S. Dollars to Lindens available in many locations inside Second Life). There are online amusement parks, casinos, museums, and other attractions. http://secondlife.com/ Anyway, while I was helping her figure out how to upgrade her computer to the recommended specifications for Second Life (minimum specs PIII-800Mhz with 512MB RAM; recommended P4-1.5Ghz and 1GB RAM for Windows XP, P4-2Ghz and 2GB RAM for Vista), I ran across their software download section, and they have developed a Linux version (beta) of their Second Life software (specs for Linux: PIII-800Mhz, 512MB RAM; recommended P4-1.5Ghz, 1GB RAM). It was originally released in January 2007 so it has undergone considerable development since then. What is even cooler is that their Second Life Viewer (the client-side software) is open sourced under the GPL. http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/open_source My ITEC DemoPC just happens to be a PIII-1Ghz with 512MB RAM and an e-Geforce FX 5200 series video card (compatible with Second Life; in fact back in 2003 they offered a $25 discount on this very card to Second Life members, http://secondlife.com/newsletter/2003_10_22_archive.php). Makes me wonder if ITEC has wireless Internet on the Exhibitor floor...

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starting new flamefest NOW
by David Nicol 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/nra_targets_obama.html That the NRA is a tool of "The Establishment" is not news, right? Is it a correct assertion?

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Re: WRT54GL
by Sean Crago 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

>On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Gene Dascher <gedascher(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I am getting a Linksys WRT54GL today as my old WRK54G seems to be giving up >> the ghost. Has anyone on the list had any experience with running any of >> the non-Linksys firmware on this Router (DD-WRT, OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.) that >> they would care to share? >I installed Tomato on one, worked great. Tomato has an RSS feed for >firmware updates. It is technically non-free software, as the AJAX >webpages are not permitted for use with other firmwares. Make sure >you don't upload the wrong firmware, as the model numbers are all >similar! > > Justin Dugger I'll second the Tomato recommendation. The QoS is remarkably easy to use and the reporting mechanisms are rather handy. It gives really sparse error messages when things go awry, though, ala PPPoE, so you may have to SSH into it on occasion. Unresponsive devs, partially due to the problem described above. Still, the easiest to use and most full featured web interface for any class of router I've ever seen. -Sean

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