Proxmox 2.2 "Virtual Environment"

Martin Maurer has announced the release of Proxmox 2.2 "Virtual Environment" edition, an open-source virtualization platform for running virtual appliances and virtual machines, based on Debian GNU/Linux: "Hi all. We just released Proxmox VE 2.2, including countless improvements and a lot of exiting new features, like live snapshots for KVM guests. Version 2.2 release promotion: Get a reduction of 22% on your Premium, Standard or Basic Support subscriptions. You can easily host all your virtualized servers with Proxmox VE 2.2 and get a replacement for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XenServer. No license costs, no vendor lock-in, affordable support and full open-source system. Support is available in English and German." See the release announcement and release notes for additional details. Download the 64-bit installation CD image from here: proxmox-ve_2.2-7f9cfa4c-28.iso (397MB, MD5, torrent).

Tor Browser Bundle 2.2.39-4 Released, PPA Installation Available For Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Tor Browser Bundle has been updated to version 2.2.39-4 which brings these new changes:

    Update Firefox patches to prevent crashing 

    Update HTTPS Everywhere to 3.0.2 

    Update NoScript to 2.5.8

To download Tor Browser Bundle for Linux, click here. Or you can use the PPA below for easier installation. The PPA is available for these Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10
• Linux Mint 13/12

Tor Browser Bundle Installation

To install Tor Browser Bundle on Ubuntu/Linux Mint, run the following commands:

    - i386/32-bit

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install tor-browser

sudo chown $USER -R ~/.tor-browser/

   - amd64/64-bit

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor64

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install tor-browser

sudo chown $USER -R ~/.tor-browser/

Use the Unity dash to start the application or run this command from the terminal:

 tor-browser

Install XAMPP 1.8.1 FROM PPA Under Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 13

In this tutorial we will see how to install XAMPP 1.8.1 from PPA under Ubuntu/Linux Mint. The latest version of XAMPP web server for Linux includes the following updates:

• Apache 2.4.3
• MySQL 5.5.27
• PHP 5.4.7
• phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2

If you want to install manually, you can refer to this page. The PPA given below is compatible with the following Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10
• Linux Mint 13/12

 XAMPP 1.8.1 Installation

Open the terminal and install XAMPP 1.8.1 with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/xampp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xampp

You can now start XAMPP with this command:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

Or use Unity dash and search for XAMPP Control Panel and start the server:

You can now access the XAMPP web interface at this link (replace localhost with your server IP address if needed):

http://localhost/xampp/

Troubleshooting

If you get this error when accessing phpMyAdmin:

Access forbidden!
New XAMPP security concept:
Access to the requested directory is only available from the local network.This setting can be configured in the file "httpd-xampp.conf".

You can fix it with the following instructions:

- Open the terminal and run this command:

sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf

- Replace now these lines:


  AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all



with these lines:


  AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  Require all granted

- Save your file and exit, then restart XAMPP with this command:

 sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

DEFT Linux 7.2

Stefano Fratepietro has announced the release of DEFT Linux 7.2, an Ubuntu-based live distribution with a large collection of free and open-source tools for incident response, cyber intelligence and computer forensics tasks: "Today we are happy to announce the latest DEFT Linux release, version 7.2. This is the last 32-bit release but it will have bug-fix support until 2020. Please note that the next release will be for 64-bit systems only. What's new in this release? Virtual appliance based on VMware 5 with USB 3 support; Linux kernel 3.0; Autopsy 3 beta 5 (using WINE, please note that you will need a minimum of 1 GB of RAM); Log2tmeline 0.65; guymager 0.6.12; VMFS support; some minor fixes. Thank you for choosing DEFT Linux and enjoy the project!" Here is the brief release announcement. Finally, a quick link to download the live DVD image: deft7.2.iso (2,570MB, MD5).

Install AMD Catalyst 12.10 Driver On Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 13

AMD Catalyst 12.10 has just been released which brings some few changes and improvements compared to previous version (12.9). As usual, there is no release notes for the AMD Catalyst 12.10 driver for Linux and to know its effectiveness, the user has to test it. In this article, we will see how to install the driver in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 and Linux Mint 13 or older.

Current Driver Removal

Open the terminal and issue these commands:

sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx

AMD Catalyst 12.10 Installation

Via the terminal, run these commands:

sudo apt-get install unzip

cd /tmp && wget -c http://goo.gl/Bbeki -O catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.zip

unzip catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.zip

chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.run

sudo sh amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.run

Then follow setup instructions:

Finally, run this command:

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

If you prefer to install from PPA, you can run these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fglrx-installer

If you failed in installing the driver, you can check this guide.

Testing Geary 0.2 in Ubuntu 12.10, a Lightweight eMail Client

For many years, Thunderbird is my default mail client in Ubuntu. The truth is that I’ve tried other options, which, especially in low resource teams, Thunderbird consumes too, and I’ve tried to find an alternative, but none convince me.

For some time, I think Ubuntu in particular lacks a simple email client, while powerful, and with a minimalist design yet elegant. I do not think to send an email or check your inbox, necessary, use an Internet browser, either Firefox, Chromium, or any other, nor is it necessary to use clients like Thunderbird, despite the power offered. In general, with a simple interface to do these things is enough.

Well, Geary, a mail client is deployed from its initial state to achieve this goal, a thin client.

Geary is an email client designed for GNOME so you can read your mail simply and effortlessly. Its interface is based on conversations, so you can read a full conversation without going by clicking on e-mail.

About Geary 0.2

Geary 0.2 is in the early stages of development, and currently, its features are limited. in fact, the version available on the 0.2 released in October 2012, you can only use a single email account, which is already a limitation considerable, since most of us have two or more accounts. However, Geary developers have planned to implement the search in mail, support for multiple accounts (fundamental) and designing an extensible architecture via supplements (like thunderbird) so that other developers can add all kinds of modular features.

Geary is developed in Vala, and has seamless integration with both GNOME and Ubuntu. But can also be used as a Debian other distributions, Fedora and more .

Install Geary 0.2 on Ubuntu 12.10/12.04

Geary 0.2 is not in the official Ubuntu repositories, but you can easily install on your ubuntu computer by adding the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install geary

How to Use Geary 0.2

The first time you use Geary 0.2, you’ll see a dialog box like the one shown in the following image, where it asks for the minimum necessary to set up your email account. And from there, and you can use it.

Conclusions

Geary complies perfectly with the design for which it was developed, simple, easy and light. In fact, Geary consumes a fifth of Thunderbid resources, and it operates perfectly in the Ubuntu desktop, even with a team of reduced performance. The truth is that I like, and do not rule out using it in parallel with Thunderbird for one of my accounts, for which more use, and leave the rest of Thunderbird accounts.