Bash: Volume notification script
I decided it might be smart of me to post this script on my blog so i knew i had it in the future, as well as others might find it useful. The script was originally made by the user abarilla from archlinux forums which I have later modified slightly. Abarilla said: I created a [...]
Linksys WRT160NL – Official dd-wrt support
Earlier i wrote about the router Linksys WRT160NL, and about the lack of dd-wrt or OpenWrt support. For many months now, OpenWrt has been developing a version of their custom firmware which works with WRT160NL. I’ve tried this under-development firmware earlier and currently it is still somewhat unstable, but what more can one expect of a under-development firmware. However while this has been going on it seems dd-wrt has also been busy working, and a couple of weeks ago they released a “official” build of their popular custom firmware for routers. [...]
VIM: PHP development
Programming PHP on GNU/Linux can be even easier if one were to use VIM as an development tool. Here’s two great article’s which describes how one can turn VIM into a PHP IDE. You don’t really use GNU/Linux until you VIM
Tutorial: Join The FreeNX Wave
NX is an exciting new technology for remote display. It provides near local speed application responsiveness over high latency, low bandwidth links. The core libraries for NX are provided by NoMachineunder the GPL. FreeNX is a GPL implementation of the NX Server and NX Client Components. If you want to read more facts about this incredible program, check out: Wikipedia. In this tutorial I will tell the points I had to go through to be able to get it working. Last year (2008) I tried to [...]
Sniffing around using Ettercap
Ever wondered how hackers are able to obtain your passwords? Well using a tool called “Ettercap” is one way of doing it. What the tool basically does is very simple, it intercepts network traffic(say in a hotspot) and captures passwords. The tool can also conduct active eavesdropping(man in the middle attack) against a number of common [...]
Which GNU/Linux distribution should i choose?
So you want to try GNU/Linux but have no idea what distribution to choose? Well, first you need to find out which needs you have, are you a newbie to GNU/Linux, or are you already a power-user but who’s looking for a new distribution? In either case, techradar.com has written an article about the most common distributions today, grouped by different usages. It’s worth checking out, regardless what OS your currently operating on.
Check it out here: Best Linux distros for power users, gamers, newbies and more
Worms for linux? Hedgewars!
If you’ve been lucky enough to experience total annihilation on your computer(no I’m not talking about W32.Blaster or anything similar) you’ll most likely remember Worms. The games that gave you the chance to shoot at your friends with bazooka’s, gun’s, sheep’s, and banana’s without regards to public safety. If you’re running GNU/Linux, you can now experience Worms look-a-like Hedgewars on a native level. I’m not saying running Worms through wine isn’t fun/cool, but its even cooler running games native on Linux. Well anyway, “Adam M.” over at polishlinux.org has written a review about this awesome look-a-like.
So go ahead and check it out here: Hedgewars – The Worms redesigned
Python ImageShack uploader script
Do you often take screenshots which you want to share with others on forums, IRC, MSN or such? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just run a script and the file would be uploaded and ready for copy/paste? Well a nice guy over at the ArchLinux.org forum called “solarwind” wrote a script in python [...]
It works! Mkv2Vob in Linux
After a long time of trying to find a solution on how to play .mkv(x.264) on my PS3 when I’m running Linux, Ive finally stumbled upon the solution. As many already know, for Windows there’s already an application called mkv2vob and earlier it didn’t seem to want to work well on Linux when run under wine. So the temporary solution has been to either dual-boot with Windows or run a virtual Windows through VirtualBox/VMserver or do the conversion by hand in CLI.