Archive for the ‘Tools’ Category
POW: apg, Automated Password Generator
This week’s program may seem like a bit of a cop out, but it really isn’t. I’ve regularly found myself in need of some quick passwords to hand out to users that are both semi-secure and easy to remember. With apg, this can become a reality.
First, install apg:
# yum install apg
.. snip ..
Install [...]
Locate vs Find
Tonight at the Ubuntu Utah User Group I presented about Locate vs Find.
The slides are here and written in S5.
Kevin Kubasik also presented on Desktop Search in Gnome. It was pretty cool as well.
The presentations went very well and was streamed and recorded by Utah Open Source Foundation.
POW: Bluetooth Improvements in Fedora 8
The POW is going to be the improvements made in the Bluetooth functionality in Fedora 8. I’m actually quite impressed with it as its been a bit of a challenge to keep my little mouse connected in the past.
Fedora 8 provides a new extended technology with its bluez-gnome package. In fact, the simplicity [...]
Werewolf (Fedora 8) Upgrade in 3 Easy Steps Using yum
Recently, there was a request in one of my comments on this post. The request was for an easy way to upgrade from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8. So I took this on as a bit of a challenge. I feel pretty comfortable with yum and I thought it would be a [...]
Funny man page for rsyslogd
While doing my normal reading about new features in Fedora, I came across this snippet in the rsyslogd man page. The section I was reading was in regards to how to deal with security threats.
4. Disabling inet domain sockets will limit risk to the local machine.
5. [...]
POW: Codec Buddy
This week’s Program of the Week is a bit ahead of its release. The package is Codec Buddy, and is currently slated for release in Fedora 8 tomorrow.
Codec Buddy, with a little help from the Fedora and Fluendo development teams has grown into something that could be great. I see Codec Buddy really [...]
POW: Yum installation by groups
The second in the Program of the Week (POW) is here.
Yum, the Yellowdog Updater Modifer, has a very interesting feature. One which you might find useful if you want to install an entire set of packages for say a new “Windows File Server”.
Yum provides this feature right out of the box these days, and [...]
POW: bash-completion – Bash Auto Completion in Fedora using yum (and more)
In an attempt to consistently blog, I am starting a new series here on fedora-tutorials.com. Program of the Week (POW). Hopefully, this will excite and inform all of us about the cool programs available in Fedora. So see you next Wednesday for another program.
Over the past year or so, I’ve been on the hunt for [...]
Sexy Sexy Penguins needs an image
Yes, that’s right folks. I’m looking for a new image to adorn the top of my blog. I’ve got this pretty new theme (not shown on my site yet) but it needs a fresh new coat of penguin love.
So I thought I’d share with the community and see if anyone could come up [...]
Gnome’s Online Desktop – Fedora 8
One of the coolest new things coming out for Fedora 8, the Gnome Online Desktop! Its an amazing device, provides a simple interface for working with the new web world in which we live.
It reminds me a bit of spotlight for Mac, but this thing has much more. With all of the web [...]
