By Huy Tran on January 11, 2010
The great Ubuntu Karmik is just around the corner. If you happen to use Eclipse from the official eclipse webpage and you see that some eclipse buttons do not work, then apply the following hack. Make yourself a one line script to execute eclipse like follows:
#!/bin/bash
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
./eclipse
and it will work again. For tptp (the profiling [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu | Tagged debian, java, Linux, programming, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on August 23, 2009
Here’s another deep chink in the armor of the braindead zealots who claim Linux is inherently more secure than Windows. Julien Tinnes and Tavis Ormandy have found what could be the widest ranging vulnerability yet discovered in the Linux kernel.
Affected versions include all Linux 2.4 and2.6 versions since May 2001. This spans 2.4.4 up to [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Security | Tagged debain, fedora, kernel, Linux, redhat, security hole, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on April 23, 2009
Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is free software. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu | Tagged Jaunty Jackalope, Linux, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on February 9, 2008
So how do you shutdown or reboot Ubuntu Linux from a terminal or a shell prompt? If GUI is working you can always click on a Quit button. If GUI is not working or if you are working remotely over ssh type the following command:
To shutdown / poweroff Ubuntu Linux
Type the command:
sudo halt
OR
sudo shutdown -h [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Software, Ubuntu | Tagged command, Linux, reboot, shell, shutdown, terminal, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on October 31, 2007
Ipkungfu or linuxkungfu is an iptables firewall script. With ipkungfu, you can easily configure as to which port of the server will be opened for connection, restrict who can access the server plus other security features. You can refer to the website of ipkungfu at http://www.linuxkungfu.org/ for the list of complete features.
Ipkungfu is available a [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Security, Tips - Tricks, Ubuntu | Tagged firewall, iptables, Linux, Security, Ubuntu