Archive for September 2008
- Flashplayer for epiphany?
I'm currently running Debian lenny and would like to be able to watch and listen to flash clips online (youtube?) with epiphany - but I'm having problems.
- The name of the next Debian Stable Release announced
It was recently announced that the next Debian stable release, the one after Lenny, will be called Squeeze.
- Commands you might have missed: apropos
apropos is a standard unix command which is very frequently forgotten. That is a shame as this tool it is to man pages, what google is to the world wide web!
- Restoring iptables Automatically On Boot
There used to be a script to do it automatically via init.d files, but now the suggested method is to use ifup.d networking scripts, which are executed on state changes of the network interfaces. So I submit here my simple script, which does the trick for me nicely.
- Hiding comments in configuration files
Although comments can be a blessing in the configuration file of an unfamiliar system, they eventually become annoying if one is already very familiar with the file. In some extreme cases, they can actually be an obstruction to clarity.
- Mailman and Exim4
I recently installed Mailman on on my server to provide a mailing list for my extended family. While in the end, I was able to scrounge up the articles I needed by searching the web, many of them were woefully outdated. Here is a short article that pulls together my research and describes in one place what is needed to get Mailman running happily under Debian etch with Exim4.