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Installing Google Chrome on Debian Squeeze

Software and ToolsBy André GasserJanuary 31, 20133 Comments

This is done quite easily. Just add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
2007564596603b15ba97178_000000

Run your package manager by calling
2007564596603b15ba97178_000001

and search for a package named
2007564596603b15ba97178_000002

Your Gnome menu entry will be automatically created under section “Internet”. Have fun!

Shared Libraries in Linux

Software EngineeringBy André GasserMay 26, 2012Leave a comment

For the last few weeks I was busy programming my DNSNINJA [1] tool. During my tests I came accross an issue related with shared libraries under Linux. Therefore, I’ve decided to investigate a little bit further on this issue. A good read on the concepts behind shared libraries can be found unter [2], a page…

Gdb: Passing Signals to Your Application

Software EngineeringBy André GasserMay 20, 2012Leave a comment

In some situations you need to debug your signal handler code. When using gdb, you soon notice, that gdb’s default behaviour is to consume the signals itself. you can change the default behaviour by issuing the following command as an example: (gdb) handle SIGINT pass This instructs gdb to pass over the signal to your…

Duplicity: Differential, Encrypted Remote Backups

Software and ToolsBy adminApril 16, 2012Leave a comment

The last few days I was experimenting with a tool that I came across. It is called “Duplicity” and it seemed to exactly that what I needed. In fact it has the following features: Supported Backup Types Duplicit supports full and incremental backups. Especially it has some nice features for cleaning up your backup storage.…

How to Check if Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is Enabled

IT SecurityBy André GasserJanuary 6, 20121 Comment

Introduction During December 2011, a new attack against wireless access point devices was discovered, which exploits a weakness in the specification of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) feature, implemented by many access point vendors, such as Cisco, D-Link, Netgear, and so on. Stefan Viehböck, the one who found the vulnerability, wrote a detailled paper about…

Bad Performance using Thinkpad X200, Arch Linux and X

System EngineeringBy André GasserOctober 8, 2011Leave a comment

After I had installed Arch Linux and the X system on my ThinkPad X200 notebook, I noticed bad performance. The mouse always stopped moving. The system was quite busy with itself and had a high cpu load – too high in my opinion. I already had this issue on my Ubuntu 11.04 system. According to…

Linux Family Tree

Software and ToolsBy André GasserNovember 6, 2010Leave a comment

Ever wanted to know where your current Linux distro has come from? In that case you should visit Donjan’s web site and have a look at the GNU/linux timeline image . Print it on a A0 and hang it over your bed 😉

GNU/Linux Distro Timeline

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