When it comes to security, everyone knows you shouldn’t run executable
files from an untrustworthy source. Back in the late 1990s, when web
users were a little more naive, it was quite common to receive infected
email messages with fake attachments.
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HP Elitedesk 800 computers are annoying.
These computers are very annoying to setup. You have a VGA monitor connected and there is sometimes nothing displayed on the screen until Windows boots up. But if a Display Port to VGA adapter is plugged in, then you can get a picture. Why does this happen? And the VTx virtualisation extensions in the BIOS … Read more
Sony Settles in Linux Battle
When Sony released its PlayStation 3 console in 2006, most fans were
excited by the enhanced graphics and processing power, but a
small (yet significant) group of buyers was excited about an entirely
different feature. more>>
How to copy text from the terminal to the clipboard.
To copy text to the clipboard from the Linux command line in Xorg, we need to install a nice utility called xclip. This will allow us to copy text from the terminal to the clipboard. Install xclip. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install xclipjason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install xclip Then create the bash alias we need for this … Read more
Added forums to the site.
Just added forums to the site. Hopefully they will grow just like the blog. Find them here: http://www.securitronlinux.com/forums/.
How to pipe the output of a Windows command to the clipboard.
Pipe text to the clipboard from Windows CMD Apparently, there is an obscure feature in the Windows CMD prompt that allows users to pipe the output of a Windows CMD command on STDOUT to the Windows clipboard. The clip command allows this. For example. C:\Users\johnc>ipconfig | clipC:\Users\johnc>ipconfig | clip This will pipe the IP addressing … Read more
Rip a DVD on Linux Mint 17 with ogmrip.
Ripping a DVD with ogmrip allows you to save a copy of a DVD on your computer, these can be watched with mpv and provide easier access to all of your movies without changing DVD discs all of the time. The disc can be put away for safekeeping and the DivX files can be played … Read more
Amazing new KDE 4.0 themes for Linux Mint.
KDE 4.0 themes Oxygen transparent: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/oxygen-transparent?content=127752. An amazing transparent version of the Oxygen KDE 4.0 theme. Oxygen GTK: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/Oxygen+Gtk?content=136216. A port of the Oxygen KDE theme to GTK. Soft metal: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/Soft+Metal?content=120867. A soft metallic theme for KDE. Uniq 1.11: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/uniq?content=112688. Another very nice KDE 4.0 theme. More nice themes, these are for Gnome Awesome elegance … Read more
Useful grep tricks and tips for the Linux user.
The grep command on Linux is very good for filtering text to find certain strings. This is mostly used for filtering the output of a command to narrow down what the user is looking for. Find all instances of a word in a text file. jason@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:/usr/share/X11$ grep "dark" rgb.txt 47 79 79 dark slate gray … Read more
Debian Linux FAQ.
This is the FAQ containg all the answers to your Debian Linux questions. The Debian Linux FAQ contains a great amount of information pertaining to the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XoEX7hJRkDbGYBHigWkd9TJE66bNILxuFvByFO9cbieufOPTcYQL0n7U_Hhr. Have a read of this and you will learn a great deal about setting up and using your new Debian system. Securing Debian HOWTO. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/. … Read more
Mastering Linux PDF series.
Mastering Linux Pt1.pdf Mastering Linux Part 01. Mastering Linux Pt2.pdf Mastering Linux Part 02. Mastering Linux Pt3.pdf Mastering Linux Part 03. Mastering Linux Pt4.pdf Mastering Linux Part 04. Mastering Linux Pt5.pdf Mastering Linux Part 05. Mastering Linux Pt6.pdf Mastering Linux Part 06. Mastering Linux Pt7.pdf Mastering Linux Part 07. Mastering Linux Pt8.pdf Mastering Linux Part … Read more
Tweak your Linux Mint MATE desktop with this useful app.
The MATE tweak tool allows a Linux Mint MATE user to tweak their desktop. There are a few cool things you can do. Firstly, install this cool application. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install mate-tweakjason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install mate-tweak Now that it is installed, we can begin to tweak our desktop. Turn off desktop icons in Linux … Read more
Giant gas giant planet discovered orbiting a dual star system.
A giant gas giant planet has been discovered orbiting a dual star system 3700 light-years from Earth. This is a very long distance indeed. Traveling at 800 million miles per hour it would take 3102 years to reach this planet. Due to the large size of the exoplanet, it would have massive gravity that would … Read more
How to list all non-free Linux packages installed on Linux Mint 18.
To list all non-free Linux packages that are installed on your Linux Mint system, use this one-liner. This prints out a list of all non-free packages that are installed on a system. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ dpkg-query -W -f ‘${Section}/${Package}\n’ | grep -E ‘^(contrib|multiverse|non-free|partner|restricted)/’ | sort contrib/kernel/virtualbox-guest-dkms contrib/misc/virtualbox-guest-utils contrib/x11/virtualbox-guest-x11jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ dpkg-query -W -f ‘${Section}/${Package}\n’ | … Read more
Git 2.9 Released
A new version of Git was released this week, bringing a
number of improvements that will be a welcome sight to software
developers. more>>
Customise a high end gaming PC and buy today!
This Maingear Rush X99 gaming PC is a very high end machine indeed. With the option of AMD Radeon or Nvidia graphics cards and SLI for more performance, it is well worth the cost. Shipping anywhere in the United States, this would have the power to handle games such as Arma 3 and the new … Read more
Linux Mint 18 tricks and tips for setting up your new desktop.
Setting up your new Linux Mint 18 MATE desktop is a lot of fun, this post will help out new users to get the distribution set up after installation and update packages. As well as getting some awesome new wallpapers and MATE themes. After installation, updating the package repositories is very important. This allows software … Read more
Snappy Moves to New Platforms
Canonical’s Snappy package manager is taking its first steps outside the
Ubuntu world. As of now, you can install it on Arch, Debian, Fedora
and several other popular distros. more>>
How to convert binary numbers to decimal using the bash shell.
How to convert numbers to binary and back to decimal easily with the Linux command line. This would be very useful to any networking technician.
Get a listing of all the urls on a website with this simple Linux command.
This command will return a huge listing of all the visitable url`s on the http://www.google.com.au website. Give this a shot on other websites and see how you go. jason@jason-desktop:~$ wget –spider –force-html -r -l2 http://www.google.com.au 2>&1 | grep ‘^–‘ | awk ‘{ print $3 }’jason@jason-desktop:~$ wget –spider –force-html -r -l2 http://www.google.com.au 2>&1 | grep ‘^–‘ … Read more