Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
iPhone 3G 3.1.3 sync with Debian
This post is mainly for my reference but hopefully it may help some of you. I am running CrunchBang Linux 10 which uses Debian Squeeze as a base. I changed my /etc/apt.conf from “squeeze” to “testing”.
This is how I got my iPhone 3G to sync in Debian.
Step 1 – Install needed packages.
apt-get build-dep libgpod gtkpod ifuse
apt-get install git libsqlite3-dev checkinstall
Step 2 – Install packages from Sid / Unstable.
libimobiledevice
libimobiledevice1
libplist1
libplist-dev
libusbmuxd-dev
libusbmuxd1
usbmuxd
sudo dpkg -i usbmuxd*.deb lib*.deb
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CrunchBang Linux and EeePC 1000HE
I was running Windows 7 on my EeePC and decided to get rid of it. I formatted my drive completely and installed CrunchBang Linux 10 (Statler). Statler is an Alpha release and based off of Debian Squeeze but still running the lightweight Openbox.
For those that are familiar with GNU/Linux know that CrunchBang Linux was using Ubuntu as a base, but now they are using Debian instead. You can have a read about why they switched to Debian.
For anyone with a low-end machine or even wanting to get a nice fast distro running I would highly recommend CrunchBang.
SLiM – Simple Login Manager
I recently swapped from GDM to SLiM on my EeePC running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 and decided to make a nice simple theme for it which you can download.
SLiM - crackware theme
SLiM is exactly that, a Simple Login Manager and it lives up to it’s name. Even being as simple as it is, you can still theme it and it has a configuration file which you can edit.
Banking online? Don’t use Windows
A NSW Police cybercrime expert recommends using Ubuntu, Puppy Linux or the Apple iPhone, steering clear of Microsoft Windows if you want to bank online.
In a news article Detective Inspector Bruce vad der Graaf says:
If you are using the internet for a commercial transaction, use a Linux boot up disk – such as Ubuntu or some of the other flavours. Puppylinux is a nice small distribution that boots up fairly quickly.
Another option is the Apple iPhone. It is only capable of running one process at a time so there is really no danger from infection.
So what Operating System or device do you use when you do your online banking?
Tags: iPhone, Linux, Security, Windows
From Ubuntu to Windows 7
Well I was running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty on my EeePC 1000HE and was going great, so I decided to do a dist upgrade to 9.10 Karmic, bad idea!
It downloaded and installed fine, but when I rebooted wicd wouldn’t pick up my wireless network, so no internet basically means I hosed the machine.
I had a copy of Windows 7 RTM so thought I would give it another run on the EeePC, and I must say it is magically fast, I am loving it. Anyone with a newer modern EeePC running XP or Vista, I would highly recommend updating to Windows 7.