The new Samsung LCD TVs run Linux for their firmware I guess and here’s some guy who has hacked it so the Samsung TV can do other things such as networking and file share.
Their modified Samsung firmware is available as SamyGo but you will first have to learn to enable tel ...
GNOME is a popular GUI choice for linux users, here’s a bunch of free linux GNOME wallpapers you can download.
Of course, you don’t need to use to download these, you can also simply use FTP to download to your Mac/Windows computer too.
First you need to create a dire ...
For those of you who are into hacking passwords (because you are an IT guy and people at your company have really bad memories), you might want to read up on Joe’s guide to hacking Windows, Linux, or even Mac passwords here. Also, don’t forget you can hack Firefox p ...
For those of you looking for a solution to download all your files off the web and shut down your computer automatically when they are finished, you are in luck as there’s Firefox Autoshutdown plug-in that works on all types of computers including Windows, Mac, and linux. ...
Here’s a great way to build your own open-source storage server just like the commercial version DropBox. (btw, is a great service!)
Basically this will allow you to build easy-to-use linux storage server for private companies as an example.
If you like tinkering with Li ...
One of the main reasons I don’t use Windows Vista or even Windows 7 is because they simply suck. I know that people have been telling me that Windows 7 is actually quite better but the latest SMB hack proves that they are all still vulnerable as with any other Windows pro ...
For those of you who need to “resume” SCP file transfers that have been interrupted, there’s an easy way to resume them using rsync command.
Use this:
alias scpresume="rsync --partial --progress --rsh=ssh"
For Ubuntu or Debian add sudo:
alias scpresume="sudo rsy ...
I have a nice little Linux Ubuntu box I setup here in my apartment with a KVM switch but most of the time, I use command lines to SSH into my linux box.
When I am away from from home and I want to access my linux box, I can access it (SSH into it) using DDNS (dynamic DNS). This ...
It looks like Jesse Vincent has hacked an Amazon Kindle 2 to run a custom version of Ubuntu Linux! Well, the Kindle 2 does run on ARM, there’s a lot of linux software out there that’s running on ARM including the Palm Pre but this is pretty amazing indeed.
I could not ...
All things man-made will break, even Google’s own GMail. Now, you don’t need to fuss about it if you had all your GMail data backed up.
Here’s a bunch of great resources on how to back up your GMail so the next time GMail goes down, you will still have acces ...
