The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software – now Indonesia’s in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments. Traveller on a beach, Indonesia. Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty
Posts Tagged ‘Computer’
February 25th, 2010
Using Open Source Makes You An Enemy Of The State
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January 23rd, 2010
YouTube and Vimeo Ditching Flash for HTML5
YouTube and Vimeo is kicking Adobe’s Flash to the curb in favor of the sharp new HTML5. Both YouTube and Vimeo have announced that they are launching HTML5-based players on their video streaming sites, thus booting out the long-standing champ of multimedia delivery, Adobe Flash. With recent security issues plaguing Adobe products, it’s no surprise [...]
December 18th, 2009
Shuttleworth to step down as CEO of Canonical
Mark Shuttleworth has announced he is changing focus at Canonical and Jane Silber, COO, will take over as CEO. As Shuttleworth explains in his personal blog, from March 2010, he intends to focus his “Canonical energy” on product design, partnerships and customers. He considers these the areas which he enjoys the most and where he [...]
May 31st, 2009
How to Set Up a Secure Chrooted Jail with RSSH
In this guide I will show you how to install and configure Restricted SSH (rssh) using the default port 22, create a chrooted jail for your users and how to properly secure it all afterwards. This method is tried and tested as I originally wrote this for my own benefit when building servers at work. [...]
May 17th, 2009
How to Repair Electronic Equipment
STEP 1: Approach the ailing equipment in a confident manner. This will give the equipment the mistaken idea that you know what you are doing. It will also impress anyone who is watching and if the equipment should suddenly start to work properly, you will be credited with its repair.
