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Using IPW3945 instead IWL3945 for Intel wireless 3945 in hardy

Posted by Thomer on May 16th, 2008

while i’m using my dell d620 with an intel wireless 3945 card i have the following problems with hardy and the new iwl3945:

-throughput is limited 110kb/s rx
-the wireless lan is very unstable
-sometimes the system freezes while scanning for networks

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Show The Computer, home, Network and Trash icons on Your Ubuntu desktop

Posted by admin on May 16th, 2008

By default, Ubuntu does not show Computer,home,network and Trash icon on the desktop in Ubuntu. Instead Ubuntu shows the Trash icon on the extreme right of the bottom panel. Also having the Trash icon on the desktop in Ubuntu is a good option, because it becomes easier to drag - drop files onto the Trash icon.
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Watching Live-TV On Your Ubuntu Desktop With Zattoo

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008

Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux). The service is legal and free of charge.

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Fix for OpenSSL/SSH/VPN Vulnerability in Ubuntu 7.04/7.10/8.04

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2008

A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system. This particularly affects the use of encryption keys in OpenSSH, OpenVPN
and SSL certificates.You can check Ubuntu security notice from here

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Howto Install Truecrypt with GUI tool in Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2008

TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g.., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).

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