This is how to really get a really random number:
From XKCD webcomic: http://xkcd.com/221/
Random numbers are really important in today’s computing. You wouldn’t believe it.
They are used in every single authentication method, and are the very basis of encryption (ok, together with prime numbers…).
To all who says: “Windows 7 is better than Vista”. THINK AGAIN! Even the commodore64 BASIC is better than Vista (AmigaOS is better than Vista too).
Today is the long-awaited release day for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server (and Netbook) editions. There’s a bunch of updates and improvements over 9.04 as described on the release notes.
So get ready to bittorrent the latest release, burn it on a CD.. and most importantly.. pass it on to friends.
Or sell it! You can sell a Ubuntu CD , I just don’t understand how computer shops don’t do such a simple service (that’s material for another post).
So, before going on testing and installing and judging how good or bad this new edition will be… think of a way to contribute back! GNU/Linux and Ubuntu wouldn’t be here without the help of lots and lots of people making it happen. Creating this comprehensive software distribution for themselves.. and sharing it with all the world.
Cheers to all Ubuntu contributors!
From the mozilla website this page says:
Being open means the next big idea can come from anyone across the world rather than just relying on a few dozen employees at our company offices. When you look at the situation in those terms, why do it any other way?
Nothing more to add, it’s just perfect.
Next step, keeping it free forever.. how to make marketing for GPL software?
here is the press announcement.
Reporting on mysql weblogs:
As part of Sun, the MySQL database will have immediate access to technical, marketing, OSS developer relations and sales rescources that would have taken us years to build as an independent company.
What does the acquisition of MySQL by Sun mean for the core MySQL community?I’d like to think that the acquisition of MySQL by Sun will be seen as good news also by the core group of users who form the active MySQL community. This is because Sun is a safe haven for MySQL. Sun knows Open Source, and to the extent things change, I expect Sun to add value to our community. I don’t expect huge change, though. We continue to work with our quality contributors, we continue to provide our MySQL Forums, the Planet MySQL blog aggregator, we remain on the #mysql-dev and #mysql channels on Freenode, we provide MySQL University lessons, we meet at the MySQL Users Conference. We’ll put effort into connecting the many FOSS enthusiasts and experts at Sun — whom we will now learn to know better — with our active user community.
Browsing trough forums I found out I needed to issue
the following command to install the decss lib to play dvds:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
hope that helps.
Breakthru
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/11/04/enabling-cpu-frequency-scaling/
Non è stato difficile trovarlo grazie a google, ma è molto chiaro e “to the point”.
Se vi scocciate di leggerlo basta dare il seguente comando in un terminale:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
e configurate il suid root per fare in modo da controllare la frequenza della CPU
direttamente dall’applet posta sulla barra in alto.
Ha funzionato subito!!! yeah!
Tempo fa ho scritto un videogioco per motivi di studio. Si chiama konane, anche detto dama hawaiana.
L’ho messo sul mio sito, è scaricabile con licenza GNU GPL, i sorgenti sono inclusi nel pacchetto konane.zip! (il pacchetto comprende gli eseguibili per GNU/Linux x86)
Ecco uno screenshot:
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