Archive for February, 2008
I am a registered linux user …
I remember that some time ago I registered as a linux user on “The Linux counter“. So, I am a happy registered linux user and the magic number is:
the full link is here.
Kubuntu from 7.04 to 7.10 by resizing virtual disk
Finally, I found some time to update my virtual machine, Kubuntu from Feisty Fawn to Gutsy Gibbon. I didn’t before because I had to resize the virtual disk, the empty space didn’t allow me to do the update. So, the necessary steps are here:
1. resize the virtual disk with:
vmware-vdiskmanager -t 1 -x 12GB KUbuntu.vmdk
the options [...]
Hamburg by night
We had two nice days in Bremen. Maybe we were lucky, we missed the train connection in Hamburg, our train arrived 20 minutes later and the train to Dresden was left. So, the people from DBahn (German National Railways) decided that we have to sleep in Hamburg or Berlin and to continue our [...]
Lunch and dinner in Bremen
This weekend we are in Bremen, so here are some images with our Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch.
The dinner to Amico restaurant:
The lunch, Sunday, was to Sailor’s Inn Restaurant:
I can say that the food was great, maybe now we need some sport …
If you want to see some photos during our short visit in Bremen [...]
More space on Vista
I realized that in every day more free space from hard disk disappear. I have installed Vista on computer. Trying to find the solution, I found some nice articles about this subject: first article, second article. I decided to let system restore turned on and to shrink the space necessary for this feature. So, [...]
Truecrypt 5.0 on OpenSuse 10.3
I tried a few days ago to install the new version of truecrypt, 5.0, on my system. So, I downloaded the sources and I compiled them. It didn’t work. Today I asked for help on #suse irc channel, there are nice guys ready to help you if you need. A link where is [...]
Playing with local root exploit …
I downloaded a small root exploit and I tried it on my OpenSuse 10.3 machine. I can not say more, here is the result:
ionut@suse:~/Documents> uname -a
Linux suse 2.6.22.5-31-default #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC x86_64 GNU/Linux
ionut@suse:~/Documents> cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64)
VERSION = 10.3
ionut@suse:~/Documents> gcc exploit.c -o exploit
ionut@suse:~/Documents> ./exploit
———————————–
Linux vmsplice Local Root Exploit
By xxxx
———————————–
[+] mmap: 0×100000000000 .. 0×100000001000
[+] [...]
Introduction to FreeBSD 7.0 @ slideshare.com
First to mention what is Slideshare. To cite from their website: “SlideShare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations on the web. And it’s free.” So, you have to register for an account, login and upload your powerpoint presentation for example. They will convert your slides in flash format. All you need is [...]
Google has acquired FeedBurner …
It is true, more here
