Ubuntu v Fedora And My New Solid State Drive
So last night I was installing Fedora just to see how it is and my hard drive, which had been clicking for a while, up and died. It just choked then and there. So today I picked up my new Samsung 830...
View ArticleFedora Just Won’t Install
It’s consistently telling me there’s a problem with my file system. There isn’t. This is a shame because I find it kinda weird that Ubuntu doesn’t have exec-shield, software that allows you to control...
View ArticleWhy So Few PIE Executables?
What’s up with this? The output for checksec.sh shows the vast majority of packages running PIE’less. How is this still the case? Some of these are SUID binaries (pulseaudio) and it’s really weird that...
View ArticleJust got Windows 7 Installed
So as you may have read I’m now using a 128GB SSD. I’ve allocated 87.4GB of that space to Windows 7, which I’ve secured with EMET (DEP Always On, SEHOP Opt Out, ASLR Always On). The vast majority of...
View ArticleValve Starts A Blog About Linux Gaming – Steam Immenent
The Valve Linux Team has started a blog dedicated to gaming on Linux. There was confirmation some time ago that games would be coming to Linux through Steam and it’s great to see them putting their...
View ArticleUbuntu Rethinks SecureBoot – GRUB Is Back In
SecureBoot is a feature of Windows 8 implemented through the EFI hardware on the latest laptops. The feature aims to allow only trusted and signed code to run when the computer starts up, which would...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Amazon ‘Privacy’ Issue
There’s been a lot of talk about a recent feature to Ubuntu 12.10 – when you type into the Dash you receive back information from Amazon based on your input. There’s a massive outcry that this is a...
View ArticleSpeeding Up Unity On Ubuntu With ATI Cards
I use Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity and I run a mid range ATI 5000 series GPU. Performance was surprisingly good in 12.10 after a fresh install (upgrade made performance horrible) but while playing...
View ArticleHardening Ubuntu Linux
I’m going to keep some tips here for users looking to improve their security, when I update it I’ll tweet about it, so feel free to follow me @insanitybit. This is aimed at desktop users but naturally...
View ArticleHardening DNSCrypt
DNSCrypt is a DNS Resolver that encrypts the DNS requests between you and the first level DNS resolver. I have a guide for setting it up here. This guide will be about restricting the process and user...
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