Monthly Archives: January 2006

Secure shell is (nearly) an IETF standard

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The IETF has moved the Secure Shell specifications to Proposed Standard status. Read all about it on NewsForge.

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Gaim 2.0 beta 2 – package for Ubuntu Breezy amd64

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

In case you’re interested in banging on Gaim 2.0 on amd64 without having to build your own package, I’ve whipped up a package using CheckInstall. As always, be careful using beta software, it could eat your data. Make a back … Continue reading →

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A twisty maze…

Posted on January 21, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I should learn, one of these days, that no project related to compiling and installing new package is going to be simple or “just five minutes.” Wanted to check out a program for Distributed Proofreaders, to see if there’s a … Continue reading →

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Analysis of the GPLv3

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The Free Software Foundation is moving forward on the GPL 3.0, a pretty major event for the free software community. The process is scheduled to take about 12 months, but the first draft was released on Monday. We wrote up … Continue reading →

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Comparing Apple hardware

Posted on January 12, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

For a long time, it was comparing (ahem) Apples and oranges when you’d do a price comparison between Apple hardware and PC hardware. The Apple enthusiasts would invariably bring up the Apple chip du jour as a reason why the … Continue reading →

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The new Macs

Posted on January 11, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Well, Apple has finally trotted out its new Intel-based models, a couple of laptops and iMacs with the Intel Core Duo chips. Last year, when Apple announced its move to Intel, a lot of people said that would be a … Continue reading →

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Security is more than raw numbers and statistics

Posted on January 10, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The latest US-CERT security bulletin is getting a lot of press lately, most of it misguided. Joe Barr and I wrote a short piece (Joe Barr deserves most of the credit, I just added a few grafs…) trying to set … Continue reading →

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