Category Archives: Free Software
Linux Sea sources online, cvechecker still in development
First of all, I’ve put the sources for Linux Sea online at GitHub. Not only does that safeguard any latest changes from not hitting my backup in time before my laptop dies (it’s terminal, but I can’t let him go … Continue reading
cvechecker in development mode
A while ago I had the idea to create a simple tool that checks the CVE database against my current system. It would allow me to check if my system is somewhat up to date (no pending security vulnerabilities), but … Continue reading
Question yourself v2
A new version of the Quizzer webscript is available. The demo has also been updated with quick tests on the first few chapters of Linux Sea. More exercises on the following chapters will follow soon. Updates to the script include … Continue reading
Question yourself
Do you ever write down things in the hope you never forget them, but still think it would be better if you could somehow take a test of that subject from time to time to make sure you don’t forget? … Continue reading
Executing, but only when you’re home
Sometimes you want to execute a particular command, but only when you’re at home. Examples would be running fetchmail (or fetchnews) through cron, but you don’t want this to run when you’re in the train, connected to the Internet through … Continue reading
hex2passwd, a password generator
I know that repeatable password generators are less secure than random character generators. After all, if you want a strong password, you can simply perform head -c 8 /dev/urandom | mimencode to obtain a nice, random password string. However, in … Continue reading
Playing with gqview
Some time ago I received a digital camera; however, due to diskspace shortage I need to clean up my home directory. One of the directories that eats most of my sectors is one where I store all my pictures. I … Continue reading