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14 Aug

Forwarding X thru SSH using Linux

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Instead of forwarding a complete X session thru VNC, one of the easiest things to do is forward X apps thru SSH.

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07 Jul

Securing your Solaris server with IPFilter

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Here's a basic example on how to configure your IPFilter setup under Solaris. We're going to setup a scenario to where you need basic logging and permitting of certain single IP's and a block of IP's to access your server.

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09 Jun

Video apps worth downloading for Linux - DeVeDe

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DeVeDe

Quote from DeVeDe website:

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01 Jun

Video apps worth downloading for Linux - LiVES

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LiVES

Quote from the LiVES website:

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01 Jun

Video apps worth downloading for Linux - Kino

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Kino

One of the cool things about this piece of software is that you can capture video directly from various input sources. I have an old Samsung SC-D363 vid camera with some old videos of my kids that I needed to "digitize". Being that it had a MiniDV connector, I was able to use Kino to capture the video and also to control my camera. This FREE piece of software made me a very happy man.

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31 May

Video apps worth downloading for Linux

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Here are some useful apps that can help you create that YouTube vid, family vacation vid, or use as a VJ all under Linux.

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28 May

Quick HTTP server with Python

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Throwing together an HTTP server at a LAN party or just tryin to share files couldn't be simpler under Linux using Python.
Head on over to your fav term session and type the following...

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21 May

Avast! Linux Antivirus

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Avast!

(freeware* and commercial)

I moseyed on over to Avast! website to download their offering. You'll have to click on their All Products and Special Offers link. Apparently the Linux version isn't too popular. I wonder why? :-) Or you can just click here. Download size was 28 megs.

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21 May

ClamAV + ClamTK Linux Antivirus

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ClamAV + ClamTK

This antivirus suite has been around a while. If you google around you'll see many good and bad reviews. I'm including it since it does run under Linux also.

Head over to their site and download their latest stable version which is 0.97.4 at the time of this blog and 47 megs in size.

Decompress..and COMPILE.. Yes, we're going to have to do a few extra steps to make this happen.

themagicm@mintsamsung:~/downloads$ gzip -d

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21 May

F-Prot Linux Anti-Virus

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F-Prot

(freeware and commercial)

Under Linux, BSD & Solaris you'll find the Linux, and other *nix downloads section. Pick the version you need, decompress and install. Download size was 29.4 megs.

themagicm@mintsamsung:~/downloads$ gzip -d themagicm@mintsamsung:~/downloads$ cd f-prot
themagicm@mintsamsung:~/downloads/f-prot$ sudo ./install-f-prot.pl

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