2008 July - Part 2

Archive for July, 2008

OpenSSH 5.1 released

posted on July 25, 2008 in Linux, Open Source, Software with 0 Comments

OpenSSH 5.1 is out. OpenSSH fully supports SSH protocol versions 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0. It also includes client and server support for sftp. A few bug fixes, security fixes and new features come with the new 5.1 release. It’s already released to the mirrors so make sure to get patched. FTP mirrors || HTTP mirrors [...]

How to set your system time using NTP

posted on July 24, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

Here’s a quick walk through to synchronize your system time through NTP. Install the NTP package if you don’t already have it installed. [root@abubu]# yum install ntp Check your date. [root@abubu]# date Thu Jul 24 13:34:24 MYT 2008 Use the ntpdate command to poll from public NTP servers. I this example I’ll use ntp servers [...]

Negaraku now Digg style

posted on July 23, 2008 in Blogging, Internet, Malaysia, Web 2.0 with 1 Comment

Negaraku the local news aggregator I posted about some time back has gone through it’s evolution cycle and now emerged as a Digg clone.

iPhone 3G coming to Malaysia

posted on July 23, 2008 in Cool Stuff, Tech with 6 Comments

This might be old news but ya, Maxis is bringing in the iPhone 3G. When? Not too sure, hopefully in the next months. How much? This is not confirmed but Maxis is planning to push the iPhone 3G for under RM1000. Most likely for RM999.99. This is good news for all those who wanted an [...]

Amarok 2.0 Alpha 2 (Aulanerk) released

posted on July 23, 2008 in Linux, Software with 0 Comments

Heads up Amarok fans. The Amarok team released Amarok 2.0 Alpha 2 today, codenamed “Aulanerk” after the friendly sea goddess. If you don’t already know, Amarok is the most popular media player for Linux today. Amarok 2.0 is new and is set to replace it’s sibling Amarok 1.4 once KDE4 matures. The plan is to [...]

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