Category: Linux

  • It’s NOT OpenSuSE 10, it’s SuSE Linux OSS 10

    I just want to thank the Anonymous comment, presumably from Moosy Blog for correcting me. The OSS version of SuSE is called SUSE Linux OSS 10.0 and NOT OpenSuse. OpenSuse is the name of the open source project sponsored by Novell. Thanks for pointing that out. Sorry folks. technorati tags: novell, opensuse, suse, linux

  • OpenSuse 10 and Updates

    I’ve been using OpenSuse for a few months now and though I like OpenSuse enough to be still using it on my Thinkpad T40, I am a little perplexed as to why 1) so few YUM repositories exist, 2) Why YAST ( which I am beginning to dislike more and more ) is so stupid…

  • So many repositories, so little time …

    The number of YUM repositories for Fedora is growing larger and larger. I’ve been playing with YAM to try and build a local yum mirror of many of these repositories so I can keep multiple machines current but it’s getting harder and harder to keep up wiht all the repos…

  • Fedora Core 4

    Fedora Core 4 was released in the middle of June with some interesting enhancements/additions. Click here to download it. So far, FC4 is the most stable and simplest Fedora release that I’ve run. I was able to install it on my Thinkpad T40 and have everything up and running in less than 45 minutes with…

  • SSH Hacker blocking script

    I finally modified the script slightly to keep a list of the “bad” IP addresses in a text file. Please feel free to modify the script any way you like and I’d really appreciate any modifications anyone might have. #!/bin/sh # $Author: pankaj $ # $Date: 2005/01/27 18:58:27 $ # $Revision: 1.2 $ # #…