service post n.1

This is service post n°1. I'm putting this as a placeholder to remember the modifications I made today on this blog. I removed my email address from the about page and added a contact page on it's place: the reason for that is that spammers became cuter! I replaced the social bookmarks plugin with the new and… Read More

debian 5, finally.

debian 5 code name "lenny" was finally released, plus a really short howto switch from debian stable to debian testing (code name squeeze) or unstable (code name sid).… Read More

Sun VirtualBox 2.1.0 just released.

SUN 's Virtualbox virtualization solution is a respected open source virtualization product, which today received a major update, reaching version 2.1, dated 2008-12-17 (see here for changelog). This new version brings, other than the usual (and abundant) bug fixes, major upgrades for the MAC OS X port, like 64 bit guest OS support and Hardware Virtualization support (VT-x and… Read More

simply paranoid ssh access.

If you're keen on searching for the most secure SSH access method, then this post is not about it. For everyday use, I've simply made the choice to stick to 4096 bit RSA keys + complex passhphrases (considered as secure and slightly paranoid nonetheless). This post is about you having two Ubuntu boxes you'd like to SSH into… Read More

nice grub boot splash

I'm going to post some really easy steps to slightly nicefy the standard ubuntu boot manager (grub for friends); please note the following steps are very easy and, most importantly, they are not disruptive of your currently working setup: you just have to add stuff to your already working system. The advantage of doing so lies… Read More