Author Archives: Wayne
HowTo: Setup and Benchmark Encrypted Partitions in Ubuntu
In a previous article, I talked about using shred to securely delete files. Now we’ll delve into using encrypted volumes in Linux to secure our data in the first place, so that we don’t need to use programs like shred. … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged benchmarks, cryptsetup, Encrypted, Gparted, hashalot, Linux, luksformat, Partitions
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State of Affairs: The Linux Girlfriend Project – Two Months In The Trenches
About 2 months ago, I convinced my girlfriend to try out Linux for a month after a really nasty bit of spyware infected her computer. This isn’t a bash on Microsoft, but it happened twice in about a month. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Using Shred to Wipe Hard Drives – DoD Uses It – You Should Too!
Hard drive encryption (and to a lesser extent, secure hard drive erasing) has been in the news regarding child pornography crossing the US border, government officials around the world erasing incriminating emails and other nefarious headlines. The one that caught … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged , Erase Files Permanently, Linux, Secure Wipe, Shred, Unrecoverable Erase
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Transcoding MTS/M2TS AVCHD Video Into AVI Files with Free Software
This holiday season, I was an extremely lucky recipient of a Sony HDR-SR5 video camera with a whopping 40GB hard drive inside. When I opened it, the first question in my head was not atypical of a Linux users’ train … Continue reading
Top Linux Headlines of 2007 – A Year In Review
Looking back at 2007 and seeing this website as a fruit of the cesspool that we affectionately call Vista really warms my heart. I started using Linux as a full-time operating system in September, because I was really fed up … Continue reading
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How To: Run World Of Warcraft (WoW) in Linux Using Wine
World Of Warcraft is one of the most successful games in history, with 9.3 million subscribers and counting. Believe it or not, the beta test of World of Warcraft actually had a Linux client. It’s true! When the game shipped, … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Linux, Video
Tagged front mullet, Linux, tbc, the burning crusade, Video, Wine, world of warcraft, wow
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Unreal Tournament 3 Linux Server Available… Finally!
About 30 days late, but judging from the response on the UT3 mailing list, everyone is really excited to finally have a Linux server for UT3. From the mailing list: Thanks for your patience, everyone. The Linux server is now … Continue reading
Posted in Games
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Unreal Tournament 3 Linux Status
For those of you who are not subscribed to the mailing list, here’s the email verbaitim from Ryan Gordon, the man behind the curtain who is responsible for the Linux port of UT3 Linux server and client binary distribution… which … Continue reading
Posted in Games
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Microsoft Products Can Be Hazardous To Your (Mental) Health
Read more to see dozens of videos… some users complained of high loading times and crashing browsers.
Posted in Humor, Video
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Win My Copy Of Unreal Tournament 3 Collector Edition
Fsckin.com is giving away a copy of Unreal Tournament 3 Collector’s Edition. Just make a comment on this post with a valid email address and I’ll randomly select the winner. I’ll have it to your door by Christmas. Want to … Continue reading