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Hardening Ubuntu Security
Mind your ports, patch your shit, and your browser is scary... Ubuntu security isn't difficult: Hardening your Ubuntu installation is usually a straight forward process. Yet sometimes in our haste, we forget to address important security measures early on. In this article I'll share my essential Ubuntu security hardening techniques....
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Bash tip: Extracting content from compressed files without the hassle
If you work with file archives that come in many different "flavors", you might find this little trick to be a handy one. Add a function to your .bash_profile that runs the proper extraction command based on the file's extension(s). This will keep you from ever having to scratch your...
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Russo's Gnome15 Files Pulled From Working Install
With Russo's Repos still down, and no word on what is going on, I decided to pull the files from my ubuntu install before a "nuke & pave" on my desktop to Arch. With any luck I (or anyone else) can just plop these files in place and keyboard stuffs...