SearchBlox is a great search tool that allows users to search shared drives, feeds and more.

SearchBox amazingly searches your server and can index all of your documents, PDF files and more. SearchBlox is completely open source and is available in 37 languages.

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Install moc on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install moc

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This tutorial is for Ubuntu 11.04. Click here to check out the full article.

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The above graph was for the US, but the same thing seems to be happening all around the world.

• In the United Kingdom, iPad’s iOS makes up 0.94%, versus 0.74% for Linux.
• In Canada, iPad’s iOS makes up 0.91%, versus 0.76% for Linux.
• In Australia, iPad’s iOS makes up 1.19%, versus 0.66% for Linux.
• In the Netherlands, iPad’s iOS makes up 1.16%, versus 0.81% for Linux.

Linux to be me is being used by only very tech savvy individuals, but it does outline how popular the iPad has quickly become.

Source: Pingdom

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At Crenk we want to help our readers is basic day to day online tasks. Here is a quick tip on where to find your MySQL error and other log files on a Linux server or system.

If you are using a basic Red Hat system then you log files can be found under: /var/log/mysqld.log . This is the same for CentOS and Fedora Linux.

Debian and Ubuntu systems -/var/log/mysql.log

FreeBSD – /var/db/mysql/’hostname’.err

If you would like to view the log files from the command line, then all you need to do is type in the following commands:

tail -f /var/log/mysql.log
grep ‘something’ /var/log/mysql.log
less /var/log/mysql.log

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Some of the most important features in GFI LANGuard:

• Powerful network scanning options without the need to deploy agents.
• Reviews and controls vulnerabilities, updates/service packs status (for operating systems and applications), TCP and UDP ports open, and hardware and software inventory.
• Remediation options for deploying updates and service packs.
• Deploy applications in client machines and the possibility for removing unauthorized software.
• Detect and deploy non-Microsoft software to protect the entire operating system.
• Supports UNIX/Linux machines.

Installing and configuring GFI LANGuard can be executed in simple steps since the product was made to facilitate the complex work usually represents audit and remediate your network from vulnerabilities.

To review detailed step-by-step procedures check this link. Here are some of the basic steps:

1. Download GFI LANGuard.

2. Review GFI LANGuard system requirements.

3. Install GFI LANGuard with the simple wizard.

4. Once the product is installed, we can easily run the “Scan” option that will retrieve all the necessary information from our network and as we said, agentless.

a. We can select several types of scan: Quick, Full, Custom or Scheduled.

5. With the scan is complete, we’ll receive a full report about all vulnerabilities found in all OS in our network.

6. In the “Remediate” pane we have all the necessary options to solve the vulnerabilities found. Here we can execute immediate actions in clients like:

a.      Install/Uninstall Microsoft patches.

b.      Install/Uninstall non-Microsoft patches.

c.      Deploy custom software.

d.      Uninstall software.

Here are some valuable links about GFI LANGuard:

• Reviewing GFI LANGuard
• GFI LANGuard system requirements.
• [PDF] GFI LANGuard Getting Started Guide.
• [PDF] GFI LANGuard Manual.
• [PDF] GFI LANGuard Scripting Manual.

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Download skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/

• Install Skype on Ubuntu 11.04 Linux – January 29, 2011
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Check out the full list here.

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The process is not complicated , and we will do everything using a terminal.

• First install the dependencies, with the command

sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2

• Now download our Skype. For operating systems 32- bit by typing

cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32

• While for 64-bit systems we type

cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

• Time (procedure common to both 32-bit and 64 bit) installed Skype with the command

sudo dpkg-i skype-*. deb

• to install and finish the installation of Skype.

sudo apt-get -f install

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Koobface appears in social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and now they will not infect only Windows computers. One of the common messages we should receive indicating the presence of Koobface: “Is this you in this video?” once we click on the link it will try to run an applet from Java which will install a malware in the OS.

As for Windows, Koobface will run a local web server and an IRC Server, acting as a Botnet and as a DNS changer; and of course will try to reproduce to other computers.

Intego assures that the Intego VirusBarrier X6 and X5 detect and eradicate this malware, but we must avoid running any unknown Java applet in our computer, and if so, we should detect an installation is running and quickly cancel it.

• Mozilla Removes Dangerous Add-On – July 17, 2010
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• Koobface Attacks and Twitter – July 12, 2009
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Prey can notify users about the device location sending a signal over the Internet, or SMS in case of Android phones. The program runs as an agent in background and is completely silent. Here are some of the specs:

• Open Source and completely free.
• 100% geolocation aware. Prey uses either the device’s GPS or the nearest WiFi hotspots to triangulate and grab a fix on its location.
• Know your enemy. Take a picture of the thief with your laptop’s webcam so you know what he looks like and where he’s hiding.
• No unauthorized Access. Fully lock down your PC, making it unusable unless a specific password is entered.
• Wifi auto connect. If enabled, Prey will attempt to hook onto to the nearest open WiFi hotspot when no Internet connection is found.
• Watch their movements. Grab a screenshot of the active session.
• Scan your hardware. Get a complete list of your PC’s CPU, motherboard, RAM, and BIOS information.
• Light as a feather. Prey has very few dependencies and doesn’t even leave a memory footprint until activated.
• Keep your data safe. Hide your Outlook or Thunderbird data and optionally remove your stored passwords, so no one will be able to look into your stuff.
• Full auto updater. Prey can check its current version and automatically fetch and update itself, so you don’t need to manually reinstall each time.

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If you usually access and use RSS to get the latest news from sites and blogs, you should know that the way we are retrieving the information is crucial for not missing anything important. If we don’t have a simple GUI in the application we are using, probably we just won’t read anything.

Akregator’s simplicity brings the simple features we may need in a RSS reader: organizing feeds in folders, quick preview, full search possibilities, etc.

You can download Akregator using this link.

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We’ve also announced in November of 2009, that OpenOffice 3 reached 1 million downloads, making it the most popular OpenOffice suite so far. The 3.3 build just added a few more small features:

• Improvements in the dictionary and translations.
• Possibility to add different colors in sheets.
• Stability improvements and several bugs fixed.

This build is available to download for Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux (of course); in Linux versions we can use the 32bit and 64bits. All builds available here.

The open source community maintains a simple way to do things, never stop collaborating. Even though the work it is not always great, they keep offering possibilities; which in this world is a vital thing to have.

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The complete list you can find it in the home page of PortableLinuxApps.org, but here’s a quick list of the most important ones:

• Opera 10.
• Filezilla.
• Firefox.
• aMule.
• Wireshark.
• TeamViewer.

One of the teams supporting this portal is another big reference in the open source area: Source Forge. So we should not surprise if we find PortableLinuxApps.org growing potentially.

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Here are some of the facts shown in this report:

• 87% of spam analyzed came from botnets.
• Linux only used 36% of botnets to send spam.
• English language spam is the most used.
• Portuguese spam appeared as the second most used with 6%, large differences with other languages.
• The most common spam is the pharmaceutical spam. You know, Viagra stuff and that kind of thing.

Here’s a little sample about those pharmaceutical spam:

As part of this investigation, the analysis found that most of these machines are running also an open source mail transfer agent like Postfix or SendMail, which they’ve been configured to open up all the necessary ports, making those servers an easy target for hackers.

Most organizations use these kinds of “free” platforms to control their mail infrastructure and do not realize the big security concerns involved on each of them if those are not configured correctly.

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Well there are a few applications already available that are capable to achieve this functionality, but at a small cost, iPhone must be jailbreaked. Usbmuxd represents a library that will be in charge to generate the communication with the device and your machine. Usbmuxd name actually was created from “USB multiplexing daemon”.

Using this daemon, plus other Linux libraries, you will be able to proxy requests from the USB cable to the specific port on the iPhone. Here are some of the libraries involved:

• libusb-1.0 provides an advanced API to access USB devices under Linux, replacing the old libusb-0.1 API
• usbmuxd coordinates application access to the device and talks the specific iPhone/iTouch USB protocol
• libiphone implements the Apple-specific protocols that are tunneled through usbmuxd: it can launch services through lockdown, retrieve device info, send notifications, and access the filesystem via AFC.
• iFuse and gvfs-backend-afc both provide access to AFC to regular Linux apps. iFuse does this by mounting via FUSE, while gvfs-backend-afc is obviously a backend for gVFS.
• libgpod (the library that traditionally has managed music databases for iPods) is being extended to support the new SQLite format, the new hash, and also to talk to libiphone to properly put the device in to and out of sync mode.

Ok, I know, if you are not a Linux user, some of these concepts might confuse you; but you can be certain about one thing: it is so great to have the opportunity to use your favorite technology and gadgets no matter which platform are you using.

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Mandriva was originally called Mandrake Linux (started in 1998), but after a litigation about the name (related, of course, with Mandrake the Magician) was forced to change it; and at the same time MandrakeSoft acquired Conectiva Linux (my first Linux installation ever), so the combination of those two did all the rest, and Madriva was created.

Related to Mandriva 2010, here are some of the improvements related with previous versions:

• Boot time improved.
• Clean and complete grub and install menu (failsafe, init3 entry, recovery entry, check tool for istallation media)
• Use of Plymouth and fallback on Splashy for non supported chipsets
• Switch to Tomoyo as security framework, provide GUI for common setup, integrated also in msec tool
• Guest account created on the fly when needed
• Packaging of Moblin, use it as default environment if stable enough  when light hardware configuration is detected
• Manage end of life distribution through mdkonline applet
• Autodetection of local urpmi repositories
• Improved hybrid isos use

I know what you are thinking, Why I would even consider to install an Alpha Linux distribution? Well, there’s no direct and simple answer to that one. As I mentioned before in 40 years of Unix post, the history of Linux has a long way and it is responsible for several other projects like Mac OS X, BSD and Sun operating system. The spirit is what did all the work.

And that’s the idea, go ahead, download it, test it, give your feedback, contribute and improve the work; that’s the spirit.

Final version for Mandriva 2010 will be available in October 21st.

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Born in 1969 as “Unics” from two guys named Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, has a long way and a lot of history. Written originally in Assembler programming language, quickly changed the code since one of the founders also developed the “C” language. Bill Joy, in 1978 created 1BSD, operating system also based in Unix, that will later represent in other important developments like BSD, FreeBSD, SunOS and Mac OS X.

Other ramifications of this development, produced Minix OS for academic proposals, that later Linus Trovalds will use to build the first Linux distribution in 1991. Here’s a very nice picture that will help you understand a lot more of these ramifications:

Closing the article, here’s a quote from Joel Spolsky that talks about Windows and Linux:

“What are the cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers? There are many details and subtleties, but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers. This is, of course, a major simplification, but really, that’s the big difference: are we programming for programmers or end users? Everything else is commentary.”

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I’m actually in the market for a netbook myself, looking at the MSI Wind, but as I research the various types of netbooks, it’s interesting to see an OS built specifically for a netbook.

Introducing Jolicloud, a Linux-based operating system being created by Netvibes founder Tarig Krim. This screenshot shows the merging of desktop and cloud applicatons with icons that are easily recognizable for users. Future updates will include a touchscreen that users can interact with, especially considering the smaller size of the screens.

I look forward to the release of this OS and hopefully have a review posted.

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• Jolicloud Reaching Final Version this Week – July 13, 2010
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