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12.0 RELEASED!

Slackware 12.0 Released

CanIt

Fight spam with the most excellent software canit from RoaringPengiun.com

Very Cool Prog for Slackware

Slackcurrent - Keep your Slack box updated!
Slackcurrent is a package to check for newer packages installed on your Slackware box on the current set on some mirror site you select on a list.
It get the list of packages installed local, if needed update the list of remote files available on the mirror site, and compares they all. If some local package is outdated, you'll be informed about that.

new site.

we have a new site. slackfaq.com
thanks mogi. submit your FAQ's to faq @ slackwaresupport.com for the site.

guestbook entrys.

you have to be a member to post to the guestbook. sorry folks. blame it on the idiot people who choose to be spammers.

thanks
chris

A really good article about slackware at madpenguin

http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=4723

the greatest saying i have heard.

the man who knows how, will always have a job. but the man who knows why, will always be his boss.

25 mb dsl in the home by the fall??

http://www.gigaom.com/2005/04/25/25-mbps-dsl-by-fall-it-can-happen/

banner

i dont know if he wants his full name mentioned, so i will just give his first.

Thanks to Tyler for the banner/logo .

chris

quick and dirty spam filtering

http://slackwaresupport.com/forum.php?forum=5&fpage=1&msg=28

building your own packages

TG has a great howto on making your own slackware packages.

http://www.linuxpackages.net/howto.php?page=perfect-package&title=Perfect+Package

check that, and start making and submitting your own slackware packages today!!

linuxpackages mirror

the mirror is now fully functional. but please use TG's website to access the packages, and just click this mirror to download

need people to submit news.

need people to hunt for news, howtos, etc. anthing slackware or interesting to know. email me if interested.
phiber@slackwaresupport.com

zaurus sl-c3000

got a new zaurus. the sl-c3000. its pretty sweet. 4 gig harddrive, runs linux.. ill post some pixs and what not soon of it.

chris

linuxpackage mirror

we will soon be a linuxpackages.net mirror. probally will be finished in a week or so. please use linuxpackages.net

01-07-05

hey guys.

hey guys, been real busy for a bit. we are installing new bandwidth and moving locations. so, will be done soon. thanks guys.

An Open Letter To Microsoft Windows

An Open Letter To Microsoft Windows
Thursday, 09 September 2004

embedded hotspot controller.

finally got the embedded system working with an orinoco card in Master mode.

http://slackwaresupport.com/embedded/
photos
and the working.tgz is the image of a 256mb card.

FREE!!

NEW!!! added blog NEW!!!!

added a blog section. for those who want an account email me :
phiber@slackwaresupport.com

thanks
chris

Creating bootable Compact Flash images for beginners

You're finding it hard to create a Linux bootable compact flash image ?
Here's a good place to start from:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bclash/BootCF-HOWTO.txt.gz?download

new link added

Bash for beginners.

http://tille.soti.org/training/bash/

Consumers Trade in Home Phones for Mobile and Web

ya know, i figure that one day bellsouth will be out of business as microsoft. We have cable at home, also we have a voip phone service. Our phone bill is $20.55 a month. We have unlimited nation wide and Canada calling. Its the greatest thing since peanut butter.

Read full story.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=3&u=/nm/20040825/tc_nm/telecoms_internet_telephony_dc

Microsoft caught in another lie.. figures.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18067

Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims

ABCNEWS: Kill Microsoft Word.

ABC NEWS is reporting to stop using microsoft word.. i agree.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/MS_word_commentary_pcmag_040824.html

linux turns 13 today.

Linux is finally a teenager. Happy birthday.

back from vacation

back from vacation. nose to the grinder as usual.
chris

on Vacation.. whoahooo

welp.. its friday the 13th.. Sunday we leave for the beach.. be back on the following Sunday.
later guys and gals. wish me luck.. hope i dont get a shark bite.

Microsoft 'patents human skin'

Microsoft has a patent on a new kind of network: Your body.
The software giant has received a U.S. patent for a "method and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the human body." An application for the patent, No. 6,754, 472, was filed in 2000 and awarded this week.

Microsoft proposes linking portable devices such as watches, keyboards, displays, and speakers using the conductivity of "a body of a living creature."

Powering Devices

A variety of devices could be powered selectively from a single power source carried on the body, via multiple power supply signals at different frequencies, according to the patent abstract. In addition, data and audio signals could be transmitted over that same power signal. The power source and devices would be connected to the body via electrodes.

In the patent application, Microsoft says the company set out to address the proliferation of small handheld or wearable devices with redundant parts for input and output of data, such as separate speakers in a watch, a radio, and a personal digital assistant. If all those devices were networked, they could all share one speaker, the company suggests. Personal wireless networks have potential problems involving power consumption, interference and security, and batteries add weight and are inconvenient to replace or recharge, according to Microsoft.

A Microsoft spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed the company has been awarded the patent. Microsoft did not immediately provide any details of product plans for the technology.

Practical Uses

The idea of using the body to transmit power among devices is not new, according to Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney. However, small batteries and wireless personal-area network technologies such as Bluetooth may be a more practical approach, he says.

"Think about the problems of always having to have things touching your body," Dulaney says. "I think this could be one of those technologies that's interesting but not practical in the long run."

One area in which the body could be useful as a network conduit might be useful is with medical devices, he adds.

Open Source: Inadequate Security Poses National Security Threat?

It really saddens me to think someone thinks this way. over @ http://www.designnews.com/article/CA435615.html . Dan O'Dowd, CEO of Green Hills Software, suggests that open source software has the capability of being sabotaged by foreign developers and should not be used for U.S. military or security purposes.

I hate to rant around about this, but, this dood has no clue what so ever. Also this quote: "Even if Linux were as secure as Windows, Windows is the wrong benchmark. Defense systems should be held to a higher standard." Linux is so far surpass windows on security its not even funny. and : "Until Linux is certified to DO-178B Level A, our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines should not be asked to trust their lives with it." Dood i would risk my life on linux, before i risk a toenail on windows.

later

also.. good reading @ http://lwn.net/Articles/83242/

Isn't Now the Time to Try a Linux Desktop?

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp

Linux Users are Spoiled.

http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/25/1149234.shtml?tid=130&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94

HOWTO: Read the Fucking Manual

http://www.geocities.com/boxing4d/Q209354.htm

Email File Attachment Deletetion.

here is my /etc/procmailrc

SHELL=/bin/sh
LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail.log
:0fw
| /usr/bin/spamc -f

* < 256000
* ! ^Content-Type: text/plain
{
:0B
* ^(Content-(Type|Disposition):.*|[ ]*(file)?)name=("[^"]*|[^ ]*)\.(ade|adp|bas|bat|chm|cmd|com|cpl|crt|exe|hlp|hta|inf|ins|isp|js|jse|lnk|mdb|mde|msc|msi|msp|mst|pcd|pif|reg|scr|sct|shs|shb|url|vb|vbe|vbs|wsc|wsf|wsh)
/dev/null
}

Sue Spammers and get $$$$$

http://www.smallclaim.info/cyberdata/index.php?css=no

Upgrading Kernels on 10....

check this link out.
http://www.distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20040628#1

Researchers warn of infectious Web sites

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5247187.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

Security researchers warned Web surfers on Thursday to be on guard after uncovering evidence that widespread Web server compromises have turned corporate home pages into points of digital infection.

The researchers believe that online organized crime groups are breaking into Web servers and surreptitiously inserting code that takes advantage of two flaws in Internet Explorer that Microsoft has not yet fixed. Those flaws allow the Web server to install a program that takes control of the user's computer.

The extent of the attacks is unknown, but the security community has seen numerous cases of personal computers infected when the user merely visits a Web site.

Slackware 10-RC1 Released

RC1 is finally here. Read the Changelog for details.. It includes kernel 2.6.. wh00t wh00t
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt

Exim virtual hosting config

our config file for exim for virtual hosting.
http://slackwaresupport.com/scripts/exim/

Begining To build Slackware Packages.

http://slackwaresupport.com/packages/

These will also be submitted to linuxpackages.net

Check out the change log for Slackware

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt

LinuxCertified Laptop.

http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lc2430.html

Ordered a new laptop. A full review will be done as soon as it gets in and i have time to look it over a bit. The delivery Date is set for the 27th. Next Week.
stay tuned.
chris

Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,158

UPDATED: The theft of network cards from a Verizon central office in New York has caused some customers there to lose their Internet access.

A handful of corporate customers were left without e-mail and Internet access Monday after the theft of networking equipment from a New York City office late Sunday.

New Link: SLAX

SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. It runs Linux directly from the CD without installing. The Live CD described here is based on the Slackware GNU Linux distribution and is downloadable from this website as an ISO image. All scripts and source code are available and can be used to build your own Live CD.

Linux Desktop Summit 2004 Review

I had the experience this week of attending the Linux Desktop Summit hosted by Michael Robertson's Linspire, Lindows, or whatever you want to call it these days. Irregardless of what you call it, it's Linux, and the general consensus from vendors and attendees was, "We're here to stay."

Network Associates sells Sniffer

Network Associates (NAI) yesterday announced plans to sell off its Sniffer networking tools division to private investors and to concentrate on the security market. NAI will rechristen itself as McAfee on completion of the sale, due to close in Q3.

Firms prep Wi-Fi Internet radio tuners

Reg Kit Watch Wi-Fi is not only freeing up notebook and PDA users to connect to the Internet from anywhere in the home, it's also making Internet radio work (almost) like the real thing.

Securing a fresh Linux install, part 2

In the first article in this series we began looking at ways to secure a new Linux server, starting with locking down services. Next, let's look at securing files and monitoring system logs.

Samba 3 By Example

Samba 3 .
pdf is here http://de.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

Former anti-piracy 'bag man' turns on DirecTV

A one-time enforcer in DirecTV's anti-piracy campaign is suing his ex-employer for wrongful discharge, after he allegedly resigned rather than continue to prosecute the company's controversial war against buyers of hacker-friendly smart card equipment.

No Wires, No Rules

New wireless technologies will soon reconfigure the Web using radio spectrum that doesn't cost a dime

UK bank strikes a hard bargain for Sun's Linux

A UK bank is planning to roll out Sun's Java Desktop System but the software giant won't be making much money on the deal

Shhh! The FBI's listening to your keystrokes

The FBI is trying to convince the government to mandate that providers of broadband, Internet telephony, and instant-messaging services build in backdoors for easy wiretapping.

Software makers ready desktop lockdown

An ancient e-mail message embarrasses Microsoft in a key legal case. A leaked memo has Linux antagonist SCO Group scrambling to explain apparently secret Microsoft connections. A leaked message from RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser reveals his behind-the-scenes maneuvering to get a stake in Apple Computer's booming iPod business.

Linux backer jumps ship

Microsoft hires the SuSE Linux salesman who got Munich to go open source instead of sticking with Windows. Also: Novell argues that open-source software will force Microsoft to innovate.

New Internet speed record set

he new record, announced Tuesday at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Va., was for transmitting data over nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of 6.25 gigabits per second. This is nearly 10,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection. The network link used to set the record reaches from Los Angeles to Geneva, Switzerland.

Langa Letter: Linux's Achilles' Heel

New Linux distros still fail a task that Windows 95 -- yes, 95! -- easily handles, namely working with mainstream sound cards. That sends the cost of commercial, paid versions of Linux dramatically higher.
By Fred Langa

More Downloads.

Submit your downloads. The more the better. Email me is you see a need for more categories. phiber@slackwaresupport.com. thanks chris

Linux on Desktop

FOR years, hope has ebbed and flowed among many in the computer business that Linux, a freely available computer operating system which uses a penguin as its symbol, would become a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows, the near universal standard for the world's personal computers. The industry?excluding Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, of course?is currently riding another wave of hope. Will disappointment follow?

Intel Ranks Colleges with Best Wireless Access

college ranks of wireless access

FCC opens up the 3.6 ghz band for wireless

Begins making rules for 3.6Ghz band

USB Wireless

Oh ya this is gonna be good. specially since im in the wireless business.

25GB Paper Disk

Thats right 25 gb paper disk.

Pat Volkerding on 64 bitting.

this is an conversation i had with Pat via email about amd64 on slackware linux.

Do you want your embedded system to run on Slackware ?

There is a tool that helps you build bootable Compact Flash systems.
The system is built from a stripped Slackware 9.1 (no documentation, man, info and other non essential stuff )
where only the base system and essential networking packages were installed (although you can replace the source filesystem tree from which the system is built with whatever you need ).
The source fs tree supplied is capable of saving changes on shutdown and reloading them next boot even in root is on an initial ramdisk, this allows you to install any other packages you need without loosing them when you shutdown (as long as you have enough space to save them on CF).

The tool can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bclash/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/clash/

SUN and Microsoft Settle Litigation

Sun gets $2B and both parties agree to share intellectual property." Read more here. http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-04/sunflash.20040402.3.html

Stock Slackware 9.1 ACPI handler script not working in latest kernels

Newer kernels with ACPI support fail to power down the PC when the power button is pressed. This is dew to kernel passing different messages that are not parsed by acpi_handler.sh.

If you start acpid in foreground you can see the message format and correct the script yourself, or just replace it with this (which keeps compatibility with the stock kernel too):

#########cut here#########

#!/bin/sh

# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions

set $*

case "$1" in

button*)

case "$2" in

power|PWRF) /sbin/init 0

;;

*) logger "ACPI action $2 is not defined"

;;

esac

;;

*)

logger "ACPI group $1 / action $2 is not defined"

echo "ACPI group $1 / action $2 is not defined"

;;

esac

#########cut here#########

Unicrome integrated video card in VIA CLE266

There is a growing activity around the VIA CLE266 chipset and the integrated unichrome video hardware. This chipset has integrated MPEG2 hardware decoder that is striving to get fully used under Linux. Via has binary drivers that work, to some extent, on RedHat based distributions. Fortunately the central point of the activity around this chipset is an open source project:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/unichrome/

There is also a Linux os oriented forum on VIA official site:

http://forums.viaarena.com/categories.cfm?catid=28

This is a sad day to be a slacker.

Slackware Founder announces retirement!!!

In a press statement today Founder and sole developer of the Slackware Linux operating system "Patrick Volkerding", announced his retirement. "Volkerding" states that the next release of Slackware (codenamed "Porch swing") will in fact be the last. Unfortunately the highly anticipated Linux 2.6 kernel based release, previously codenamed "Terrapin station" has been cancelled. When we asked "Patrick" why he was giving up he replied:

In these days of flashy installers and dependancy checking, nobody seems to want a simple reliable system that just works..." "I Need A Miracle!" or perhaps some "Young Blood" to take over this "Masterpiece" but I still feel "She Belongs To Me". "Even so" "Me & My Uncle" will be "Playin' In The Band"...

Yes, it seems that "Volkerding" is taking up a career in music, and is about to start touring with a band called "Banjo Bob and the X-men". Apparently this is a 6 piece banjo band that wear spandex pyjamas and do Greatful Dead covers.

Meanwhile the future of Slackware may be left out in "The Cold Rain And Snow".

Walmart Sells Machines with Sun's Linux

Wal-Mart this week started selling Microtel PCs preloaded with Sun's Java Desktop System. Prices start at under $300 for a system without a floppy drive or monitor.

Changes in Slackware-current

many bug fixes, check it out.

3d Linux from SUN

Sun is wanting to make linux 3d. full story. Looking glass is pretty sweet. If you havent seen it, skip on over to suns website @ sun.com and check it out.

Migrating from windows to Linux

Toms Hardware has released a guide for migrating from windows to linux.
Step by step.

Ideas.

If anyone has any site ideas. Please let us know @ phiber@slackwaresupport.com.
thanks

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