Go2Linux posted a tutorial about copy files and folders with rsync

rsync is a software application for Unix and Windows systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each direction. rsync can copy or display directory contents and copy files, optionally using compression and recursion.
In daemon mode, rsync listens on the default TCP port of 873, serving files in the native rsync protocol or via a remote shell such as RSH or SSH. In the latter case, the rsync client executable must be installed on both the local and the remote host.

How to use rsync to copy files, folders and backup in Linux

Ubuntu Guide shows you how to fix the Gnome mouse cursor theme in Opera

I installed new mouse cursor in my Ubuntu 10.10 and it worked fine, but when I hover in Opera web browser the cursor changes back to default. I found a solution in Ubuntu forums and it works also for this problem in other apps not only in Opera.

Fix Gnome Mouse Cursor Theme Change Back to Default in Opera

A shadow security update is available for Debian GNU/Linux

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA-2164-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde
February 16, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : shadow
Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitization
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-0721

Kees Cook discovered that the chfn and chsh utilities do not properly
sanitize user input that includes newlines. An attacker could use this
to to corrupt passwd entries and may create users or groups in NIS
environments.


Packages in the oldstable distribution (lenny) are not affected by this
problem.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1.

For the testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem
will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your shadow packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/


DSA 2150-1: request-tracker3.6 security update

Go2Linux posted a tutorial about using find with boolean operators AND, OR, NOT

In these days when disk are everyday bigger and bigger as well as cheaper, you will find yourself storing everything, we almost never delete a file anymore, we just store it. But, I do not know about yourself, but sometimes it happens to me, that I can't just remember where a given file, picture, or song was archived.
So, I know I have it, somewhere in my disk, but not know where. You you might think I am not too organized, and you will be right with that statement,

n00bs on Ubuntu posted a guide about installing Gstyle Gnome Theme Manager on Ubuntu 10.10

Gstyle is an application that allows you to manage and customize all the aspects of Ubuntu from GRUB to the desktop. Gstyle can manage and install gtk themes, icons, wallpapers, window decoration and your GDM (and more!!).

Install Gstyle Gnome Theme Manager On Ubuntu 10.10

Desktop Linux Reviews posted a full review of Debian 6 Squeeze, including a gallery of screenshots.

It wasn’t too long ago that I did a very late review of Debian 5. I’m happy to say that it didn’t take me nearly as long to get around to the latest release, Debian 6 Squeeze. If you aren’t familiar with Debian then this release is a great chance to learn about a distro that is the foundation for a lot of other distributions including Ubuntu, Linux Mint and others.

Debian 6 Squeeze Review

New openssl packages are available for 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded.
This OpenSSL update fixes an "OCSP stapling vulnerability".
For more information, see the included CHANGES and NEWS files, and:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20110208.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0014
(* Security fix *)
Patched certwatch to work with recent versions of "file".
Thanks to Ulrich Sch?fer and Jan Rafaj.
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded.
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 11.0 package:
b3abce841bf210964001e70e3ef706c9 openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
e38bb473ca8b03aff78a35ed33eb7f0c openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
8ec5c3e420435859ea659bb79d55dab9 openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
d207663a6770b35407f05a4bc744bacb openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
c6f2412c75c7b8184fe05b6103822eb9 openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
19109dff689a7b59f55483f7ab428857 openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
3f2fd08644a9ffbedc2251cd7a8daf0b openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
5e26d773efe85c999e8822e5cc587339 openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware 13.0 package:
146d21feada84931bd1f49b7597d2052 openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
a777d033361ae0da2bed2c9fd9e25adb openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
94f6df00aa94034aea43000260b8ec39 openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
b6550d36dd62790409286fed86da0ebc openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
a59c87176ce35a3a0a596de422e2e359 openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
1294e76b56b97f9ef46336c6aecd3ae0 openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
98ebe1d54dc365211d329982134f14b4 openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
631c6b3285a80d46d63a98f0e4c9155f openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
e2f32ab3d21fc5be05b0ee97d32c84fd a/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1.txz
f000dcb77656b9210441d295bc47294f n/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e21d4d58a3e383e5bfa4c50155b1e8ad a/openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-x86_64-1.txz
9bb8c0832b6b06c807e5feacca8e1ae1 n/openssl-0.9.8r-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-solibs-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1_slack13.1.txz


+-----+

Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key

Seamonkey Update for Slackware

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded.
Fix Runas group password checking.
For more information, see the included CHANGES and NEWS files, and:

(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 8.1:


Updated package for Slackware 9.0:


Updated package for Slackware 9.1:


Updated package for Slackware 10.0:


Updated package for Slackware 10.1:


Updated package for Slackware 10.2:


Updated package for Slackware 11.0:


Updated package for Slackware 12.0:


Updated package for Slackware 12.1:


Updated package for Slackware 12.2:


Updated package for Slackware 13.0:


Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:


Updated package for Slackware 13.1:


Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:


Updated package for Slackware -current:


Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:



MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 8.1 package:
2413efdfdd66692482d1c08d20cec4cb sudo-1.7.4p6-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz

Slackware 9.0 package:
1e7ebbb23572aa61dc17839eba16246c sudo-1.7.4p6-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package:
4504e90bb5c85f32d2d854f6fdff2e34 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz

Slackware 10.0 package:
52f71decec23d3713e893be5cd313389 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
9bf9fba1cb8616e5ecaa7200b38a554c sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2 package:
bff1eb40a0d917bc69ed56de9d3a80b2 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
3e38aad774807c72dfcd363dc28c96d6 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
a398a357eefda005e48079c80e9a5a3f sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
defed431a5dd393104fb7e75eacd7f37 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
ae631e5c89cb680de39dfc8187b6e599 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware 13.0 package:
c87d3cf2c6d6446484840f508cc708f7 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
0e89b2c48b66e2ae9fef263999f10203 sudo-1.7.4p6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
1b56f2e74922fd207fffad010fe06d5a sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
e9bf6359afb94415f21cecfc6f4608d9 sudo-1.7.4p6-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
1aec43064cb3d935ff0d24ac2d259be0 sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f7072eb54acc217d39b78af09810e98f sudo-1.7.4p6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1_slack13.1.txz


+-----+

Slackware Linux Security Team


Seamonkey Update for Slackware

Go2Linux posted Vim search and replace tips

In every document editing software search and replace is a desirable function or feature, that is also true in text editor software. If you are programing, editing lists, or CVS files, you will need almost for sure, some search and replace tool, I use vim for almost all text editing work I need to do. Search and replace on vim is pretty similar to what you do we you use sed to find and replace words in text files.

Vim search and replace tips

n00bs on Ubuntu posted a guide about installing the Auteur Non-Linear Editor on Ubuntu 10.10

The Auteur Non-Linear Editor is a professional-grade but user-friendly video editor for Gnu, Linux, BSD, and other Unix and Unix-like systems.

Install Auteur Non-Linear Editor On Ubuntu 10.10

Ubuntu Vibes takes a quick look at the second alpha version of Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal'

The biggest change in Ubuntu 11.04 is the Unity interface with Compiz as a backend for it. Unity will have two versions, one for systems capable of 3D hardware acceleration and another one, Unity 2D for low end systems.

Unity launcher now have auto-hide mode turned on by default so that windows can take full screen space. Also Unity Applications and Places shortcuts have been added to the Unity launcher but are barely functional.

Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' Alpha 2 Overview and Screenshots

oneOpenSource posted an interview with Karanbir Singh

CentOS developers are working hard to release CentOS 6, the latest incarnation of the popular Red Hat rebuild, widely used around the world. We decided to make some questions about CentOS 6 status (italian language here) to Karanbir Singh, a long time CentOS developer, part of the CentOS Admin team, infrastructure team and responsible for the CentOS Build services.

CentOS 6: interview with Karanbir Singh

The second alpha version of Ubuntu 11.04 is available

Welcome to Natty Narwhal Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.04.

Pre-releases of Natty are *not* encouraged for anyone needing
a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into
occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended
for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing,
reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that
will be released throughout the Natty development cycle.
New packages showing up for the first time include:
* LibreOffice 3.3 (has replaced OpenOffice.org 3.2)
* X.org Server 1.10 and Mesa 7.10
* Linux Kernel 2.6.38-rc2.

Unity is now the default in the Ubuntu Desktop session. It
is only partially implemented at this stage, so keep an eye on
the daily builds, new features and bug fixes are emerging daily!

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for
wider testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha2
for more detailed information on the new features and known issues
with this development release of Natty.

You can download Alpha 2 ISOs here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Netbook ARM)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Edubuntu DVD)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)


This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a
list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you encounter), please
see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha2

If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop
Natty, have a look at the natty-changes mailing list:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/natty-changes

We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list
if you're interested in following Ubuntu development. This is a
low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of
approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other
interesting events.

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Enjoy,

Kate Stewart
on behalf of the Ubuntu release team

Ubuntu 9.04 end-of-life reached on October 23, 2010

A new pve-manager package has been released for Proxmox VE

We just uploaded a new pve-manager package (pve-manager/1.7/5470) to the stable repository.

Release notes:

-pve-manager (1.7-11)
fix vnc console size for various browsers
updated Chinese translation (provided by walk0r)

Proxmox VE PVE-Manager 1.7-11

The Geek Stuff shows you how to remove all IPTables rules on CentOS

On Red Hat based Linux, iptables comes with certain default rules. It is good idea to clean them up, and start from scratch. This article is part of an ongoing iptables tutorial series. This is the 2nd article in that series. In our 1st part, we discussed about IPTables Tables, Chains, Rules Fundamentals.

IPTables Flush: Delete / Remove All Rules On RedHat and CentOS Linux

Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 24 Windows updates.

Windows

Applications:
Advanced SystemCare Free (IObit)
avast! Virus Definitions (ALWIL Software)
AVG Anti-Virus Updates (Grisoft, Inc.)
CPUCooL 8.0.0 (Podien)
DEKSI Network Inventory (DEK Software International)
DirectX Happy Uninstall (Superfox Studio)
EVEREST Free Edition 2.20 (Lavalys Consulting Group, Inc.)
Hotspot Shield (AnchorFree)
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility (Intel)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows XP (Intel Corp.)
Itty Bitty Process Manager (Merijn)
K-Lite Codec Pack Full (KL Software)
K-Lite Codec Pack Standard (KL Software)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Malwarebytes)
Nokia Monitor Test (Nokia)
Norton Removal Tool (SymNRT) (Symantec)
Port Monster (Zing Software)
USB Mouserate Switcher (Techconnect)
Win7codecs (Shark007)
Win7x64 Components (Shark007)

Games:
Dungeon Keeper 2 (Bullfrog)
SimCity 2000 for Windows 95 (Maxis)
The Settlers II 10th Anniversary (Ubisoft)

Hardware:
3com Etherlink III 3C509TP (3com)

Please contribute to the compatibility lists by submitting reports of your (in)compatible hardware/software to the database. The CompatDB compatibility lists are free and licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. For more information visit the CompatDB site .

To submit reports for Windows:
Submit Windows application
Submit Windows game
Submit Windows hardware

To submit reports for Linux:
Submit Linux application
Submit Linux game
Submit Linux hardware

To submit reports for Mac OS:
Submit Mac OS application
Submit Mac OS game
Submit Mac OS hardware