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Mindi Linux mini-distro Generator

Mindi Linux creates a set of boot/root floppy disk images that will let you perform basic system maintenance on your Linux distro. The principal virtues of Mindi’s boot disks are the fact that they contain your kernel, modules, tools and libraries. You can ask for additional binaries (or other files) to be included on the [...]

Watch Digg RSS Headlines From Terminal

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just watch rss headline from digg (or any website) by just typing “digg” in your terminal?
Like this:

I used this shell script to achieve this:
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
headarg=$(( $1 * 2 )) # $(( )) specifies that you’re using an equation
else
headarg=”-20″ # default is four [...]

5 Ways To Keep Out the Bad Guys

 

Crackers use many methods to gain access to a system, here is a list of most common methods to block unwanted access :

Every Servers that you run is a potential doorway for both legitimate users and cracker to have access to your system. So if you don’t absolutely need a server to run, shut it [...]

Seahorse — Gnome front-end to manage GPG keys

Seahorse is a Gnome front-end for managing encryption keys and integrates with nautilus, gedit and other applications for encryption purpose. Some of the features of Seahorse:

Backup your keys and keyring
Cache your password
Create and manage SSH keys
Crate and manage PGP keys
Publish and retrieve keys

Seahorse in Action:

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