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DEFT Linux 5

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

DEFT (stands for Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit) is a Xubuntu Linux-based Computer Forensics live CD. It is designed to meet police, investigators, system administrator and Computer Forensics specialist’s needs.

DEFT uses the LXDE desktop environment and therefore it should no longer be considered as a Xubuntu customization.

Highlights of DEFT Linux 5:

· Linux kernel 2.6.31 (Xubuntu);
· Nessus 4 security scanner;
· Support for popular file systems;
· Support for LVM (Logical Volume Manager);
· Support for ewflib and afflib;
· Added Xplico, Kismet, Ettercap, NMap and Wireshark network forensics tools;
· Added Scalpel, PhotoRec and Foremost carving tools;
· Added Rootkit Hunter, chkrootkit and Exploit Scanner tools;
· Added the Outgess steganography detection application;
· Added recordmydesktop for desktop recording and capture;
· Added TrID, the file type identifier tool;
· Updated Ophcrack to latest version;
· Updated Clam anti-virus to version 4.15;
· Added the deft-mount script to easily mount devices;
· Added an advanced directory/files researcher tool.

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Puppy Linux 4.3

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Barry Kauler once again release a new version of the Puppy Linux Project, the released version 4.3.

"After I released Puppy 4.1.2, I "kind of" retired and WhoDo (Warren) took over coordinating 4.2.0 and 4.2.1. WhoDo did a superb job, but he then decided he had enough, so I have stepped back in to coordinate 4.3. There are various reasons why I have taken on this role again, one of them that I have developed a whole new system for building puppies, that I name Woof. This replaces the Unleashed build system. I also designed a new package management system, called the Puppy Package Manager, or just PPM, needed to cope with Woof's ability to build a Puppy from the packages from any distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Slackware, T2, etc.)." --said Barry Kauler in the official release announcement.

Highlights of 4.3

These highlights are in no particular order, nor are they a complete list of what has happened since Puppy 4.2.1. There is just too much. Lots of guys have helped, and I haven't acknowledged everyone. But I have provided lots of links.

* Latest kernel. I have built 4.3 with the 2.6.30.5 kernel, configured for SMP (multiprocessor) systems (but also works fine on uniprocessor systems) This kernel supports the ext4 filesystem and is patched for Aufs2. Thanks to tempestuous for help with upgrading the firmware. 1
* Internet by dialup. Unlike many other distros, Puppy has not forgotten those who access the Internet by analog modem dialup. The kernel has drivers for many modems, including Agere, ESS, Lucent, Conexant, Smartlink, Pctel and Intel chipsets. Rerwin has done an incredible job here, and in most cases we have automatic detection and configuration. Rerwin has also done a lot of work on dialup via 3G devices. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
* Pstreamvid. This is a great GUI for playing streaming video, that is, Internet TV. Created by trio. 1 2 3
* CPU Scaling Ondemand. A convenient little app created by trio, for those who find their CPU runs too hot. 1 2
* JWM Theme Maker. A convenient little app created by trio, to create a theme for the JWM window manager. 1 2
* Psync. Created by tasmod, synchronises the clock to an Internet time server. 1 2
* Mscw. Kirk created this interesting little GUI to change sound cards. 1 2
* pCD. Zigbert has created many applications for Puppy. Many of them, including Pburn, Pfind and Pbackup, are upgraded. pCD is a new little app for playing audio CDs. 1 2
* QUISP. Puppy has not yet settled on any particular database development system. QUISP was in Puppy 2.x series, and I have decided to bring it back. The attraction is that it is extremely small yet very powerful. QUISP is a CGI web-browser frontend that can be used for providing anything in a web page, including but not limited to support for the SHSQL backend. I have put a tutorial into 4.3, plus the 'devx' file has the full documentation and further tutorials. Basically, QUISP is back for us to play with and evaluate, to be considered as a possible permanent resident. 1 2 3 4
* SQLiteManager. This is a frontend for SQLite and is an addon for SeaMonkey (but does run as a standalone application). Like QUISP, I have put it in for evaluation. Note that there is also SQLiteDBMS which is not included but is available as a PET package. 1
* Hiawatha. This web server is being used in Puppy to serve CUPS, PPLOG and QUISP pages. Hiawatha is very small and extremely secure. 1 2 3
* Linux-dvb-apps. I have put this package in by request from the guys who are into DVB. It provides needed infrastructure. 1
* Screenshot utility. Puppy has a screenshot utility based on mtPaint, but with a very basic GUI. Trio has overhauled the GUI, added more features and made it look nice. 1 2
* Pmirrorget, Pwsget. Forum member Gposil has created these great little GUI apps. Pmirrorget is for downloading a complete website, Pwsget adds username/password to our frontend for wget (originally created by Lobster). 1 2
* Aqualung. This is a very nice audio file and CD player. We do of course have other applications that play audio files and CDs, including pCD, Gxine and mhWaveEdit, plus commandline utilities, so there is a plethora of choice here! 1 2 3
* Crop background for widescreen. I have modified the code that places a background image on the desktop such that it will crop an image to prevent it being distorted on a widescreen monitor. 1 2
* NicoEdit. This is a great little text editor written by Nicolas in Genie. This uses Gtksourceview for syntax highlighting and also has highlighting for Vala and Genie code. I have also retained the Geany text editor from before, although NicoEdit is one tenth of the size -- please test NicoEdit, report back -- I will probably promote NicoEdit to replace Geany in the next release of Puppy! 1 2 3 4
* Pictureviewer, EmbeddedBookmarks, PuppyBrowser. These are fantastic applications written by MU in Genie. PuppyBrowser is a complete web browser based on the 'gtkmozembed' library in SeaMonkey. Puppy uses PuppyBrowser as the local HTML help-page viewer, and for viewing CUPS, PPLOG and QUISP pages. 1 2 3 4 5
* Viewnior. We have a new default image viewer. Viewnior is simple, small and also supports slideshows.
* Gtkhash. A nice little GUI for generating hashes. Forum member ttuuxxx has packaged it up very nicely for Puppy, with Rox integration. 1
* Ext4 support. Puppy 4.3 built with the 2.6.30.5 kernel has full support for ext4. I have upgraded GParted, e2fsprogs, disktype, GRUB and guess_fstype. The latter is a utility created by Jesse, one of our hardware interfacing experts. 1
* Xdelta GUI. I have written a drag-and-drop frontend for the Xdelta utility. This is a file difference manager, and is great for those on dialup when it comes time to upgrade to a new version of Puppy -- just download a small "difference file". 1 2
* Ayttm. This is our choice of multi-protocol chat client, because it is small yet capable. One of the main developers, Siddhesh, is very active and responsive to our requests. 1 2
* Gtkdialog text markup editor. In Puppy Linux we make heavy use of Gtkdialog for GUIs written in Bash/Ash scripts. Gtkdialog is easy to use and fairly powerful. One problem though is limited documentation. If you have the 'devx' file loaded, you will find code examples at /usr/share/doc/gtkdialog3, which are invaluable. However, Gtkdialog has capabilities that are not documented or hardly so. Vovchik has provided this aid. 1 2
* Bcrypt GUI. Forum member coolpup developed a GUI tool to encrypt files, using the 'bcrypt' commandline utility. Coolpup has also developed another with heavier encryption named Pcrypt. 1
* JWM window manager. For a long time Puppy has used JWM, except long long ago when we used Fvwm. The developer Joe stopped work on the project, and two of our guys, HairyWill and Patriot, fixed some bugs. Joe came back and incorporated these fixes into the official source plus added some extra improvements. 1 2 3
* ms-sys. I have put this in, but not using it for anything yet. Steve_s was discussing ms-sys awhile back on the forum, and it looks like it could be useful when installing Puppy. 1 2
* BootFlash. This is a GUI application I have written for installing Puppy to Flash drives. It is an alternative to the Puppy Universal Installer and is an attempt to offer all the different means of installing to flash in the one tool. 1 2
* Poweroff after mouse inactivity. Thanks to forum member steel_i who thought of this. I have used the getcurpos utility to detect mouse position. 1 2 3
* FullerScreen. This application is described as a "slide presenter", but it is really a nice tool for creating presentions (like Powerpoint). It does need basic HTML editing capability though. FullerScreen is an addon for SeaMonkey, but runs standalone. 1
* Addons for SeaMonkey. I have already mentioned SQLIteManager and FullerScreen above. In addition 4.3 has Zombiekeys and Adblock. Note that if you open the Help page in Puppy there is a HOWTO that explains how to use zombiekeys. 1 2 3
* SFS Converter. The 2.6.30.5 kernel has Squashfs 4.0, which is not compatible with older SFS files. Puppy will detect incompatible SFS files, and now offers a converter, created by forum member trio. 1 2
* Pcur. I wrote a mouse cursor selector GUI. Especially useful if your eyesight is not so good and you want a bigger mouse pointer. 1
* Network Wizard. Dougal has continually refined our Network Wizard, and there is a very long forum thread detailing its development. 1
* And so much more... lots of improvements in the underlying scripts, bugfixes, application upgrades, massive help from the guys with testing -- I won't even attempt to list names.

Kuki Linux

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Kuki Linux is a lightweight, Ubuntu-based distribution built as a replacement for Linpus Lite on the Acer Aspire One netbook. The product provides an out-of-the-box working system and offers fast boot, low memory and disk usage, Xfce as the default desktop environment, and a collection of lightweight program for common daily tasks.

In Kuki Linux 2.8, you will find a lean, fast distro geared specifically for the Acer Aspire One netbook. From our brand new custom kernel (based on 2.6.31-rc7) to our tailored scripts and selection of applications, you’ll be ready for just about anything with your Acer Aspire One. Plus since Kuki Linux 2.8 is based on Ubuntu, you’ll have access to thousands of of other easy to install applications.

Kuki Linux 2.8 Specifications
Kernel 2.6.31-rc7 configured specifically for the Acer Aspire One
including:
Intel video driver 2:2.6 (glxgears 800fps)
3G drivers built in
Acerhdf for fan control
Support for ext2, ext3, ext4 and Reiserfs file systems
Support for FAT/NTFS/HPFS+
Support for both card readers
XFCE 4.6.1 with a brand new theme
Taylored applications:
Audacious and MPlayer for your multimedia needs
Midori Web Browser (Firefox is just a single click install, though)
Pidgin Instant Messenger
Claws Mail
Deluge BitTorrent
Orage Calendar
Zim Desktop Wiki

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PCLinuxOS LXDE (PCLXDE) 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:31:00 +0000

PCLXDE 2009.4 is a minimal self-booting/installable Linux Live CD that features the LXDE desktop environment along with a small suite of lightweight applications designed for use on low end computer systems. It is small, fast and fun. Designed for P III or better. Does not work on K6/2 processors.

Features Include:

Midori - Web Browser with Flash and Multimedia playback
Abiword -Word Processor (Get Open Office available after hd install)
ePDFView - PDF Viewer
Leafpad -Tex Editor.
Transmission - Bittorrent Client
Emesene - Instant Messenger
XChat - IRC Client
Sylpheed - Email and News Reader
GRDC - Remote Desktop Client
GPicView - Graphic Viewer
MTPaint - Graphic Drawing Client
Alsaplayer - Music Player
Mplayer - Video Player
PCMan - File Manager
Simple Backup - Backup Software
Xfburn - CD/DVD Burning Software
Gnome PPP - Dial up Client
File Roller - Archiving Software
PCLinuxOS Control Center - Adminstration Tool
LXDECC - LXDE Control Center (provided by Lord UnR34l)
AddLocale - Convert LXDE into your language
XPat2 - Card Playing Suite
Tiwtux - Twitter Client
Grsync - Graphical Rsync Client
Virtualbox Additions added

and much more all fitted into a 300 mb Live CD for fast downloading and installation. Not not only that but an additional 11,000 programs available after hard drive install through the Synaptic Software Manager!

Ibiblio Download

md5sum c719f78186b13236d2698107f32e8f7d pclinuxos-lxde-2009.4.iso

PCLinuxOs Homepage

Macpup Opera 061

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Macpup Opera 061 is the latest is based on Ttuuxxx's 4.2v2 Deeper thought(2.6.25.16), a "no Bling" version of puppylinux 4.2 with all of the current updates. It has dbus 1.2.4 compiled and installed from source and the Enlightenment e17 desktop version 0.16.999.061 compiled and installed from source with the updated version of librsvg 2.26.0 .Opera061 includes lots of the e17 extra modules like Flame,Rain,Snow & Penguins and lots of extra shelf modules like Net,Tclock, Moon. Some of the shelf modules like Cpu and Weather are unstable and may crash. Also included is the Opera 9.64 browser compiled by Ttuuxxx.Gimp 2.4.6 .Xvidcap and Avidemux are included as .pets , Install them if you want .Works with both Xorg and Xvesa video drivers. Runs all the latest e17 themes and backgrounds. There is an option on the exit menu to switch back to jwm, if required. Once again as with all our e17 pups use the exit icon on the desktop to shutdown or reboot.

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Restoring GRUB

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:40:00 +0000

1. Boot from a Live CD, like Ubuntu Live, Knoppix, Mepis, or similar. Ideally use Ubuntu 8.04 or higher as this has NTFS write support and makes life a bit easier; this isn't necessary, just handy.

2. Open a Terminal. Open a root terminal (that is, type "su" in a non-Ubuntu distro, or "sudo -i" in Ubuntu). Enter root passwords as necessary.

3. Type "grub" which makes a GRUB prompt appear.

4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0)" or in my case "(hd0,3)". Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines. Note that you should have mounted the partition which has your Linux system before typing this command. (e.g. In Knoppix Live CD partitions are shown on the desktop but they're not mounted until you double-click on them or mount them manually)

5. Type "root (hd0,3)" note the space between root and (hd0,3).

6. Type "setup (hd0,3)". This is key. Other instructions say to use "(hd0)", and that's fine if you want to write GRUB to the MBR. If you want to write it to your linux root partition, then you want the number after the comma, such as "(hd0,3)".

7. Type "quit".

8. At this stage you can either restart the system and install your own bootloader, or you can continue and tell the Windows bootloader where to find GRUB which will handle booting Linux.

source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

VLC 1.0.0 is out!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:36:00 +0000

The VideoLAN project is pleased to announce the release of the first version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.0.
This major release introduces many new features, new formats and new codecs to the VLC multimedia framework and fixes a very high number of bugs that were present in the 0.9.x or 0.8.6 versions.
You can download it now.
The VLC project only lives with volunteers and would love help from new users and contributors: time, code, hardware and money would help us a lot. You don't need to be a developer to help.

· Added new HD (High-Definition) codecs, such as:

· Blu-Ray Linear PCM
· Dolby Digital Plus
· AES3
· TrueHD
· Real Video 3.0 and 4.0

· Added support for M2TS and Raw Dirac;
· Greatly improved the support for video playback;
· Added MP3 fixed-point encoder;
· Added Dirac encoder;
· AirTunes streaming support;
· Playback support for zipped files;
· Fullscreen support for video scaling;
· Support for MTP devices;
· Support for Frame-by-Frame;
· Instant pausing support;
· Live recording support;
· Support for RTSP Trickplay;
· Improved speed controls;
· Improved support for the GTK environment;
· Added an easier encoding graphical user interface in the Qt version;
· Made the toolbars customizable;
· New artwork;
· Includes popular audio/video codecs;
· Cross-platform and open source!

You can download it here. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index2.html

Reading Lots of Text with More and Less

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Visit http://www.linuxjournal.com for more.

The g:Mini 3.0 is Released

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:26:00 +0000

The GoblinX Project is proud to announce the release of the new stable g:Mini distribution. The g:Mini 3.0 is released. The g:Mini formerly known as ‘GoblinX Mini Edition‘ is the son of GoblinX and contains only XFCE as the windows manager and GTK/GTK2 based applications. The edition is ideal for those users whose want to remaster the distribution.

Several Improvements and New Features:

· Linux kernel was updated to version 2.6.27.6;
· Linux Live scripts were updated to version 6.2.9;
· Updated AuFS to version 1.89;
· Updated SquashFS to version 3.4;
· Updated XFCE to version 4.6;
· Added the following applications: GXine, Ucview, Claws Mail, Epdfview, Gigolo and Twitux;
· Removed the following applications: Nautilus, Leafpad, Totem, Ristretto, Squeeze and Evince;
· The HDD installer was greatly improved;
· Added all the locales;
· A new boot splash theme was added (also supports 800x600 screens);
· Support for xz packages was added;
· Gigolo was updated to start minimized;
· Duplicated software was removed;
· Totem was replaced by GXine (contains all the MPlayer video codecs);
· Improved usability;
· Added suspend and hibernate options;
· Added slapt:// support;
· Ikkes Volume Manager was replaced by Thunar Volume Manager;
· Mount points are now handled by HAL;
· The system clock can now display time and date;
· ...and many other small bug fixes and improvements!

The GoblinX Project is a union of GNU/Linux distributions that use the same resources and are based on the excellent Slackware.The distributions are created by using Linuxlive scripts and the project is maintained by Flavio de Oliveira a.k.a Grobsch.

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Pidgin cannot connect to Yahoo! Messenger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:56:00 +0000

"As of June 17, 2009, Pidgin users are having trouble connecting to Yahoo! IM accounts. Here is a summary of the problem:

Yahoo! appears to be upgrading their servers to a new version of their software. This new version requires a new authentication method. The latest version of Pidgin, 2.5.6, does not support this new authentication method.

The domain name that is used to connect to Yahoo! servers is "scs.msg.yahoo.com". This domain name is actually mapped to multiple servers. Some of these servers have been upgraded, while others haven't. As a result, you may see intermittent failures, or you may fail every time, while your neighbor logs in successfully. It's effectively a roll of the dice."

The following address appear to work, just paste the following line in the "Pager server" field...

cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com

Click on this link for Additional Information

For ubuntu users,this page might help you:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-Yahoo-problem-in-Pidgin-114754.shtml

Macpup Opera

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Macpup is a minimalist desktop Linux distribution based on Puppy Linux. It uses Enlightenment as the default window manager and provides a user interface resembling that of Apple's Mac OS X.

Macpup Opera is the latest from the Macpup team. It is based on Ttuuxxx's 4.2v2 Deeper thought, a "no Bling" version of puppylinux 4.2 with all of the current updates. It has dbus 1.2.4 compiled and installed from source and the Enlightenment e17 desktop version 0.17.999.060 compiled and installed from source with the updated version of librsvg 2.26.0 . Also included is the Opera 9.64 browser compiled by Ttuuxxx.Works with both Xorg and Xvesa video drivers. Runs all the latest e17 themes and backgrounds. There is an option on the exit menu to switch back to jwm, if required.
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