From Linux to Windows: The Series
A new security initiative from corporate has forced a change in how I do things, at least on my company laptop.
I’ve been running some form of Unix on my work desktop and laptop for something like 8 years now. CentOS Linux (a free Red Hat Enterprise clone) has been the latest distro, and probably [...]
Google Chrome on RHEL/CentOS
Thanks to Chris Staite over at the University of Birmingham for his chrome-wrapper (link to tar.gz download) rebuild of Google’s shipping source of chromium (the open source version of the chrome browser).
Before running this you need to add at least the xdg-utils and libXcomposite rpms (I installed via yum).
Just unpack, (resulting directory will be “chrome”) [...]
Desktop background colors
Been screwing around with different desktop background colors tonight and needed to make a note or two.
This color chart is a great resource. All 216 “Netscape” colors, rendered more or less accurately (at least on my monitor).
Right now I’ve got my background set to #336699.
Not sure, but I think #336699 is pretty close to the [...]
Enabling SSL on CentOS Directory Server
This will be a short post, since the published documentation from Red Hat is excellent and really needs no explaining.
Basically there’s a 5 step process involved in getting the Directory Server to support LDAPS (LDAP over SSL) connections:
1. Create a certificate request;
2. Submit the request to obtain a signed certificate from your CA (Certificate Authority), [...]
Firewire on CentOS 5.4
I’ve had quite a few posts on the subject of Firewire (IEEE1394) support in various distros, including CentOS. This is the first since I upgrade my main workstation at home with CentOS 5.4.
As far as I can recall all you had to do in previous releases of CentOS was install the centosplus kernel and the [...]
Painless kernel mods with ELRepo
Here’s something to give a try if you’ve got a test box sitting around just begging for something to do.
First off, let me make clear that my only connection to the ELRepo yum repository is as a grateful user. ELRepo is, in the words of the main page:
a RPM repository for Enterprise Linux packages. ELRepo [...]
Furlough Post #1: A Windows Virus on Wine
In the idle time I have while watching my two H1N1 infected children deal with fevers, coughs and runny noses (Note: the fevers broke today), I’ve taken to randomly browsing the web and found some interesting and amusing stuff.
This officially 2nd day of a five-day furlough (or “unpaid leave”) from an employer that’s been hit [...]