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Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron cds in the mail today.

Who doesn’t like to receive internatioanl packages with goodies? The best part is when I tell my non OSS  friends that the cds were shipped free of charge.

You will be suprised to know that many people don’t believe that there are people out there providing wonderfull services not for money but out of passion. Welcome to the world of opensource is what I normally my response would be to them.

Go Go OSS!!

Anyways, if you want your own Ubuntu cd, go to Ubuntu’s ShipIt page and place your order. Remember, it’s a free service so don’t expect speedy delivery unless your are willing to pay.

Twitter clients for Linux

Know someone who’s never heard of twitter? I don’t.

There are loads of twitter desktop clients out there for Windows. I’m a Linux person so twittering from my command line is just one of the many was I twitter.

Linux and OpenSource Blog has published a list for desktop clients for Linux. Might come in handy for you.

• ktwitter - A simple Twitter script for KDE.
• twitter.el - Twitter from Emacs!
• twit.el – Another Emacs client.
• Vim Twitter – Twitter from Vim!
• gTwitter – a Twitter client for Linux.
• GtkTwitter - a Twitter client for Linux and Windows which using GTK.
• Twitbar - a Twitter client for Gnome users to post from the Deskbar
• Twit and Wayd – Two addons for Gnome Deskbar that allow posting updates to Twitter
• BLT – twitter meets the Bourne shell, with a hint of biff.
• Twitux – a Twitter client for the Gnome desktop. Features includes: gui-notifications, url tinyzer, and more..
• ZenTwitter - bash script which uses zenity and curl (could be launched from custom desktop/menu/panel icons)
• mitter – A very simple Python and pygtk client.
• prism-twitter - prism based

Don’t leave a X-Box in the DC

When forced to work within a limited budget you are normally forced to come up with alternative cost saving solutions. This was the case for a University which desided to use a Linux powered X-Box to host it’s students web projects.

As time passed so did the personnel who knew about the X-Box web server. Without proper handover documents and asset management the X-Box server soon gets forgotten.

One day a new guy comes in an sees a X-Box sitting on the shelve all alone and decides to take it home for his kid. What happened next was, students started calling up reporting their server was down. Oooops!!

The X-box server is tracked down and labeled “This is a server” and the day is saved.

Getting Linux onto your X-Box

Source: WindowsITPRO

SIRIM portal exploited

SIRIM’s site has been exploited with malware. The compromised URL is “www.sirim.my/pop_event2.asp?id=685″. The URL when accessed downloads malicious software and infects the client PC. If I were you I would not access that link.

From what I know many Malaysian sites are still susceptible to cross side scripting and SQL injection attacks. Chances are this is what happened this time.

Google has already picked this up and is currently warning users about the threat. Google Advisory

Source: LowYat.net

Google Factory Tour of Search

This is the latest webcast from Google titled “Google Factory Tour of Search”. It’s centered around where Google currently is and where it plans to go in the near future. Google’s latest service Google Health is also introduced in the webcast.

Some of the topics I found especially interesting.

1. Universal search.
2. Enhanced image search.
   • Image recognition.
3. New cluster.
   • Finance news.
   • Visualizing finance news.
   • Global finance news.
4. Experimental search.
5. Google trends.
6. Google Map.
   • Street View (Freakin cool!!)
   • Local search
   • Live edits
7. Google Health
   • Open platform
8. QA session

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