Ceci n'est pas une pipe

There are no uncertain terms: my experience with VirtualBox Sun Microsystems was simply amazing! Now I can use the software that run better under Windows XP without having to reboot every time my Linux box. Essential, try to believe! Unnecessary loss in explanations on how to install because it is an embarrassingly simple: just install the package using dpkg. In this way, even those who - like me - use a kernel compiled ad hoc will be assisted in the compilation (fully automatic) the necessary forms to virtualization. Here are the steps:

1. visit http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and click Binaries (all platforms)
2. accept the conditions of use and download the correct file (in my case: virtualbox_1.6.4-33808_Debian_etch_i386.deb)
3. install it with dpkg:
   #dpkg -i virtualbox_1.6.4-33808_Debian_etch_i386.deb

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I can not repeat that with the stable release of Debian you can do everything, but everything we normally do with any other distribution less conservative. For daily use, for carrying out their professional activities or even just for the game, most users seem to prefer Linux distributions very little oriented to security and stability only because they are constantly updated version of all'ultimissima any software.

I have already described in another post how we can benefit from the system of backports to update their favorite programs to a newer version of that included in the stable branch of Debian.

Debian Etch, however, is also ready to satisfy all our natural temptation to turn to see the killer application from Microsoft on our Linux box. Take, for example, the case dell'odiatissimo and beloved web browser Internet Explorer. To see him turn on our Debian Etch there are at least two valid solutions:

1. la suite Crossover Linux (alias: CXLinux) of CodeWeavers
2. the script IEs4Linux Sérgio Luís Lopes Júnior

The first solution is to pay, but really costs un'inezia than offers:

CrossOver Linux allows you to install many popular Windows productivity applications, plugins and games in Linux, without needing a Microsoft Operating System license. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing a Windows application simple and fast. Once installed, your application seamlessly integrated with your KDE or Gnome environment. Just click and run your application, exactly as you would in Windows, but with the full freedom of Linux.

CrossOver Linux lets you use many Windows plugins directly from your Linux browser. Plugins work on any x86 based Linux distribution and will integrate with most browsers including Firefox 1.x, Netscape 6.x, Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera. CrossOver also integrates with Gnome and KDE to let you transparently open any Word, Excel or PowerPoint files. But even better, you can open these attachment types directly from any mail client.

I must admit, I have an affection for CXLinux particular, because for many years running on my Linux box (once called Crossover Office, alias: CXOffice) and often gives me enormous satisfaction.

The second solution is not to be underestimated at all: just as CXLinux, the script uses IEs4Linux `` wine to simulate the functionality of a system of home and Redmond us to turn over a good number of applications.

Here's how to install IEs4Linux on Debian Etch:

1. download and install (as root) dependencies minimum:
   # apt-get install wine cabextract binfmt-support
2. download (as a normal user) the latest version of the script installation:
   ~ wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
3. extract it with the usual `tar` command:
   ~ tar xvfz ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
4. move to the directory thus created:
   ~ cd ies4linux-*
5. run the script:
   ~ ./ies4linux

Now you're done! Will get a gui where you can select a few simple parameters to be passed to the script installation. Council to select only versions 6.0, 5.5 and 5.0 of Internet Explorer, even if the options are given the option to install version 7.0, this is a beta still very unstable and not recommended by the same Sérgio.

I recommend to anyone who has benefited from the script created by Sérgio Luís Lopes Júnior to pay the right offerings, just a single euro with PayPal. Here's the address where to find more information about how to contribute to its beautiful project:

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Contribute

This time the vulnerability reported by the Debian Security Advisory Team is to those who have to run the shelter - it must be said - even the most sysadmin easy!

As rarely happens, this time the problem is specific Linux distributions, even if it is an indirect consequence of the bug is not Debian-specific discovered a few days ago in OpenSSH. To put it simply, all the host and user keys generated for each SSH connection from the `openssh` Buggiano are completely unreliable, because their generation did not take place following a randomization algorithm valid and are therefore easily predictable. "

For people wise, attached at the bottom of this post the release of DSA.

Solving the problem is child's play. Just run:

apt-get dist-upgrade

and confirm the prompt that play below:

Here, finally, the Debian Security Advisory DSA-1576-1. Happy reading!

Her photos appeared on a blog post of Upmedia signed "Nightmare" and dated Jan. 17. I found this article very simple and clear, then the remainder almost entirely, except some corrections minimum shooting due to my incorrigible ipercorrettivismo.

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