Published by manu on 23 February 2010 at 3:31 PM
Categories: GNU-Linux consumeriste

After many discussions with many people over many years concerning the Open Source "problem", things are becoming clearer. Some have said that it will just die off as there is no way of making any money out of it and hence no way of surviving in today's economic system.

About a week ago Symbian has switched to Open Source, they have about 50% of the mobile market according to this article but I'm sure they have started to lose some points to i-phone and maybe a bit

Published by manu on 07 February 2010 at 2:05 AM
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux global warning

You know those lists that determine what IPs should be blocked from mail servers ? Well, maybe the idea at one point was interesting (maybe not)... . I realized today that I'm again on a couple of lists, nothing major, I realized this because an email I tried to send was blocked. After investigation it appears that these would be the among the different reasons:

• Dynamic IP (which is not true of course)
• Someone on the same netblock sent a "bad" email .... in November !!!
• A server on my netblock bounced an email
• I bought a can of SPAM and I'm sure they know about it

Some of ... .. .

Published by manu on 18 January 2010 at 6:44 PM
Categories: GNU-Linux consumeriste global warning

Icky on the inside ?

I noticed chrome is available for Debian/GNU Linux among others.. They have also been putting up ads around town that are impossible to miss. Some people think this is good, probably because Google is already their start page for many people, some even type the URL of the page they want to see on Google !

Some have told me to stop seeing evil everywhere and just bend over and. ... well, while I do think that the Google search engine is unquestionably good I don't think that I want to see one entity have so much control over the Internet, because the Internet belongs to everyone.. .well, things are ... .. .

Published by manu on 09 January 2010 at 2:36 AM
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux

I just read about this project to "save mysql" from the dirty hands of Oracle.. At first I thought "oh a cute little lolcat site" but then I thought "how is it that Oracle can buy out MySQL ?"

So I go to Monty's blog and go through a bunch of explanations and such, I almost cried a bit. I mean the guy has spent the last 27 years working on this database server.. To be honest since I saw the URL "helpmysql.org" I sensed something I don't like.

So I finally made it to this very good question on Monty's blog... .. .

Published by manu on 16 October 2009 at 1:40 AM
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux consumeriste

I don't really like Microsofts system but i admire their sense of humour.. :]

i found a few things on this subject:

Published by manu on 30 July 2009 at 1:16 PM
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux

Mozilla and Co. have been providing a nice and free and open web surfing tool since a while now.. blah blah bla blah. .. ... . I am looking for another free (as in freedom of speech) web browser with some of the same features without all the crap they have been putting in there... Let me explain just one part of the problem..

Today I tried to connect to something like http://server:22 and to my biggest surprise I was told "Port Restricted for Security Reasons". I figure "wow, that's almost nice, now where is the "Thanks for the warning but I know what I'm doing" button.. . and then i realize what had happened. .

I ... .. .

Published by manu on 14 July 2009 at 12:30 AM
Category: GNU-Linux DISS updated, now with apache suexec and a few settings here and there to make things a bit more secure (or a bit less insecure, your pick).. . Goto diss.manurevah.com download page... .. .

Published by manu on 16 May 2009 at 11:51 PM
Category: GNU-Linux

I finally got to a point where i'm not to ashamed to actually publish this project I've been working on for a little while now.. It's a set of scripts to automate installation of a typical Debian server.

Click enter to go to the dedicated website

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Published by manu on 01 December 2008 at 4:40 PM
Category: GNU-Linux

Two little tutorials which, now that i think of it, have something to do with one another.. . :]
One on smartmontools which can help you know more about a disk drive's health status. ... in the eventuality of a required disk replacement you can check out these notes on replacing a disk

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Published by manu on 17 May 2008 at 4:52 PM
Category: GNU-Linux

for those who have been wondering how to filter emails using sieve and especially if you are using the workaround.org isp style mail system on debian etch. .. . here are some notes on how to get it up and working with pysieved.. . link to the tutorial... .. .