openSUSE 11.1 installation screenshots

Slapped openSUSE 11.1 into VirtualBox. Here are the install screenshots. For full size images go to my flickr. Update: My primary desktop is now back to openSUSE once again. I’m spoiled for choice with Linux!

2008-12-22 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

openSUSE 11.1 released!!

Woo Hoo openSUSE 11.1’s out!! Grab it here What’s new? Brand new license GNOME 2.24.1 KDE 4.1.3 KDE 3.5.10 OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Support for ODF 1.2, better Excel integration, Linux 2.6.27.7 - Improved YaST - new printer module, new partitioner module, new security module See full new features list. openSUSE is available for download in multiple formats, something for everyone; openSUSE 11.1 DVD 32-bit openSUSE 11.1 DVD 64-bit openSUSE 11.1 DVD PowerPC openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 32-bit Live CD openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 32-bit Live CD openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 64-bit Live CD openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 64-bit Live CD ...

2008-12-18 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

openSUSE 11.1 almost here

openSUSE 11.1, set to be the best release will be relased at 9pm Malaysian time or Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 13:00:00 UTC time today. Find a openSUSE 11.1 launch party near you and get update on their Facebook page. To download go to http://software.opensuse.org (don’t hammer the openSUSE wiki!). Also, if you download within the first 30 hours your download will be serviced by Akamai mirrors which are normally super fast. ...

2008-12-18 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Firefox 3.0.5 release

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 is out. It’s a security release so make sure you get it. Download Firefox 3.05 Fixes with this release; MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore MFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation MFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parser MFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters MFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message MFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure MFSA 2008-63 User tracking via XUL persist attribute MFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19) Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0 | See the complete bug fix list.

2008-12-18 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to disable selinux in CentOS 5.2

Here’s how you would disable SELinux permanently. vi the “/etc/selinux/config” file. Change the following line; SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled 3. Save the file and reboot. To verify if SELinux is disabled, run “dmesg | grep selinux”. You should see selinux=0 selinux_register_security: Registering secondary module capability audit(1229470429.628:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 My /etc/selinux/config file. ` This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. SELINUX= can take one of these three values: #      enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. #      permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. #      disabled - SELinux is fully disabled. #SELINUX=enforcing SELINUX=disabled ...

2008-12-16 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan