Debian 7.6.0 AMD64 Gnome Desktop

Debian remains one of the most important projects in Linux. Debian 7 offers some significant improvements, and it certainly warrants an upgrade if you are using an older version of Debian.

No doubt that some folks will be disappointed by the lack of support for Secure Boot, but I don’t think that that should be a deal breaker. The support for UEFI in 64-bit PCs is a step forward that will be built on later, so I try to take the long view on this issue.

Some will take issue with my comments about the forced inclusion of the ad blocker in Iceweasel, but I think it’s something worth talking about since Debian 7 is such an important Linux project. I fully understand that some folks hate ads and will block them, that is their right. However, advertising remains the basis for free content like this review, so it’s worth noting and thinking about the ramifications of browsers having ad blockers installed by default.

Debian 7 is best suited to intermediate and advanced Linux users. However, I urge beginners to learn more about it. Don’t be afraid at giving it a try in a virtual machine or as a live distro. Understanding Debian can teach you a lot about Linux, and you’ll have the opportunity to learn why it is the foundation for so many other distros.

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Debian 6.x.x

Debian 6.0 includes the KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, the GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments as well as all kinds of server applications. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.


Debian runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine architectures are supported by Debian GNU/Linux: 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit PC / Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Sun/Oracle SPARC (sparc), MIPS (mips (big-endian) and mipsel (little-endian)), Intel Itanium (ia64), IBM S/390 (s390), and ARM EABI (armel).


Debian 6.0 Squeeze introduces technical previews of two new ports to the kernel of the FreeBSD project using the known Debian/GNU userland: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for the 32-bit PC (kfreebsd-i386) and the 64-bit PC (kfreebsd-amd64). These ports are the first ones ever to be included in a Debian release which are not based on the Linux kernel. The support of common server software is strong and combines the existing features of Linux-based Debian versions with the unique features known from the BSD world. However, for this release these new ports are limited; for example, some advanced desktop features are not yet supported.




Another first is the completely free Linux kernel, which no longer contains problematic firmware files. These were split out into separate packages and moved out of the Debian main archive into the non-free area of our archive, which is not enabled by default. In this way Debian users have the possibility of running a completely free operating system, but may still choose to use non-free firmware files if necessary. Firmware files needed during installation may be loaded by the installation system; special CD images and tarballs for USB based installations are available too. More information about this may be found in the Debian Firmware wiki page.


Furthermore, Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system, making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel execution of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between them. Various other changes make Debian more suitable for small form factor notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook shell.


This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as:

- KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.4.5

- an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.30
- the Xfce 4.6 desktop environment
- LXDE 0.5.0
- X.Org 7.5
- OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
- GIMP 2.6.11
- Iceweasel 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
- Icedove 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
- PostgreSQL 8.4.6
- MySQL 5.1.49
- GNU Compiler Collection 4.4.5
- Linux 2.6.32
- Apache 2.2.16
- Samba 3.5.6
- Python 2.6.6, 2.5.5 and 3.1.3
- Perl 5.10.1
- PHP 5.3.3
- Asterisk 1.6.2.9
- Nagios 3.2.3
- Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)
- OpenJDK 6b18
- Tomcat 6.0.18
   more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 15,000 source packages.




Debian 6.0 includes over 10,000 new packages like the browser Chromium, the monitoring solution Icinga, the package management frontend Software Center, the network manager wicd, the Linux container tools lxc and the cluster framework Corosync.

With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true to its goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable for many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web or storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure that Debian 6.0 fulfils the high expectations that users have of a stable Debian release. It is rock solid and rigorously tested.


Starting from Debian 6.0, the Custom Debian Distributions are renamed to Debian Pure Blends. Their coverage has increased as Debian 6.0 adds Debian Accessibility, DebiChem, Debian EzGo, Debian GIS and Debian Multimedia to the already existing Debian Edu, Debian Med and Debian Science pure blends. The full content of all the blends can be browsed, including prospective packages that users are welcome to nominate for addition to the next release.


Debian may be installed from various installation media such as Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs and USB sticks or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other desktop environments — KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, Xfce, or LXDE — may be installed through two alternative CD images. The desired desktop environment may also be chosen from the boot menus of the CDs/DVDs. Again available with Debian 6.0 are multi-architecture CDs and DVDs which support installation of multiple architectures from a single disc. The creation of bootable USB installation media has also been greatly simplified; see the Installation Guide for more details.


In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux may also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only. It is also possible to use these live images to install Debian GNU/Linux.


The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 has been improved in various ways, including easier selection of language and keyboard settings, and partitioning of logical volumes, RAID and encrypted systems. Support has also been added for the ext4 and Btrfs filesystems and — on the kFreeBSD architecture — the Zettabyte filesystem (ZFS). The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux is now available in 70 languages.


Debian installation images may be downloaded right now via BitTorrent (the recommended method), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian on CDs for further information. It will soon be available on physical DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors, too.


Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed Lenny), are automatically handled by the apt-get package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the aptitude package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems may be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes as well as the installation guide for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release.
About Debian


Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible. Debian 6.0 is another important step in that direction.


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How to Install Skype on Ubuntu Linux !

Many People feel unsecured while chatting on Skype in windows platform due to the FUD (Fully Undetectable Viruses) threat. Hence today in this tutorial i will tell you how you can run Skype in Linux Platform which is almost 98% secure from RAT and other malicious viruses.

Here we Have two methods of installing Skype in Ubuntu Linux

1. Through Ubuntu Software Center
2. Manual Method

Skype Through Ubuntu Software Center
For this just go to Ubuntu Software Center and in search type Skype , Ubuntu 11.10 Support Skype 2.0 Version for Linux. Click on install and in few minutes you are ready to use the Skype.

Installing Skype Through Manual MethodThis is the easiest method to install from the command line. There are three commands that you must use to install Skype correctly.

Open your terminal and copy paste this commands 

sudo apt-get install libqt4-gui
wget -c -O /tmp/skype.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/skype.deb

Now you can see the Skype on your menu bar and you are ready to use Skype no need to worry about RAT and other trojan.

NVIDIA to Release Overclocking Tools for Linux Gamers

NVIDIA is considering the development and launch of specific gaming tools for the Linux fans, which should bring platforms at the same level with Windows.

NVIDIA is providing much better drivers for the Linux platform, especially now that Steam has been launched and a lot of games have started to make an appearance.

The one thing that's missing from Linux is some control over the video graphics card, like overclocking. According to a phoronix.com report, this is about to change.

“Unfortunately, I can’t comment on unannounced features. However, I can tell you that we’re definitely taking Linux gaming serious so we’ll be arming gamers with the tools they need to get the best gaming experience possible. Stay tuned! ;),” said NVIDIA's Sean Pelletier.

This is extremely good news for the gamers who like to make the best of their hardware and for the platform in general, which will get more control over the functionality of the graphics card.

Play Your Favorite Windows Games with PlayOnLinux 4.2.1

PlayOnLinux, a software based on Wine (Wine is not an emulator) which allows users to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft Windows, has reached version 4.2.1.

The PlayOnLinux updates are a little too far in between but, given the fact that the software is based on Wine, which is updated regularly, they are not all that important. Nonetheless, you should upgrade to the latest version.

According to the changelog, when removing shortcuts or virtual drives from the Configure window, the desktop icons, menu entries, etc. are now also removed.

Also, the Python's VersionLower has been fixed, and a huge problem in bug reporting introduced in 4.2 has been corrected.

A complete list of new features and changes can be found in the official changelog, which is inside the source archive.

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DROPBOX 2.4.5 IS NOW THE LATEST STABLE VERSION

Dropbox 2.4.5, a client for an online service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere, no matter the platform, is now available for download.


A new stable build of Dropbox has been released, but it's a rather conservative version. It only comes with a few changes. For example, the Finder crash at startup has been fixed, a crash when quitting in XP has been corrected, and a few other small fixes have been implemented.

A few other changes have been added in the 2.4 branch, including much faster upload/download speeds for large files. The Dropbox version has remained on 2.4.3 for now, at least on the Ubuntu systems, but that's likely to change soon.

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ARCH LINUX 2013.11.01 IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

Yet another ISO image of the powerful Arch Linux operating system has been released today, November 1, 2013, by the Arch Linux developers.


Every month, the Arch Linux development team prepares a new installation image that contains a new kernel, new/updated packages, as well as various improvements and bugfixes, ready for those of you who are eager to install Arch Linux on new machines.

Arch Linux 2013.11.01 is the new ISO version, it is still powered by Linux kernel 3.11 (3.11.6 is the actual version) and includes all the updates that were released during the past month, October 2013.

Of course, existing Arch Linux users don’t need to grab a new ISO image of Arch Linux in order to keep their systems up to date, as this is a rolling-release distribution, and you can always keep it healthy by using the sudo pacman -Syucommand from time to time.

Arch Linux 2013.11.01 is distributed as a dual architecture ISO image, supporting both 64-bit and 32-bit platforms.

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ARCH LINUX IS NOW POWERED BY LINUX KERNEL 3.12

This was a lot faster than expected, but the Arch Linux developers have just pushed a few minutes ago, November 14, 2013, the final and stable packages of the recently released Linux kernel 3.12.

Officially announced by Linus Torvalds on November 3, 2013, Linux kernel 3.12 brings several attractive features, among which we can mention support for offline deduplication in Btrfs, better performance for AMD Radeon graphics, RAID5 multithreading, automatic GPU switching in laptops with dual GPUs, better Out-Of-Memory handling, XFS directory recursion scalability improvements, improved TTY layer locking, as well as new drivers and lots of bugfixes.

Therefore, all Arch Linux users can now update their rolling-release systems to the brand new Linux kernel 3.12 using the sudo pacman -Syu command in a terminal, or via their favorite pacman GUI or CLI.

CANONICAL CLOSES ANOTHER APACHE EXPLOIT IN UBUNTU 10.04 LTS

In a security notice, Canonical published details about an Apache Commons FileUpload vulnerability in its Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system.


According to the company, Apache Commons FileUpload could have been made to overwrite files.

It has been discovered that Apache Commons FileUpload incorrectly handled file names with NULL bytes in serialized instances. An attacker could have used this issue to possibly write to arbitrary files.

For a more detailed description of the security problems, you can see Canonical's security Notification.

The security flaws can be fixed if you upgrade your system(s) to the latest libcommons-fileupload-java package specific to each distribution. To apply the update, run the Update Manager application.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes and you won't need to restart the system.

UBUNTU 14.04 LTS WILL NOT SHIP WITH MIR AND UNITY8 BY DEFAULT

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, has started the Ubuntu Developer Summit with a keynote and a very interesting information about Mir, Unity8, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

As we all know, Canonical decided not to implement Mir into Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) as the default display server. The technology was too new and unstable and couldn't provide a proper experience.

This decision left the users with the certitude that Mir will definitely be a part of Unity 14.04 (Trusty Tahr), along with Unity8.

Both of these technologies have been implemented in the Phone version of Ubuntu, but Mark Shuttleworth has confirmed, in the keynote, that neither Mir nor Unity8 will be integrated, by default, in the desktop version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Uses will be able to find them in the official repositories, but for now it seems that Ubuntu 14.10 will be the one likely to carry Mir and Unity8 by default.

BACKBOX LINUX 3.0

A Linux distribution based on Ubuntu

BackBox is a Linux distro based on the Ubuntu operating system, developed to perform security assessments and penetration tests.

BackBox is designed to be easy to use and fast. It provides a minimal but powerful and complete desktop environment.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· System upgrade
· Bug corrections
· Performance boost
· Improved start menu
· Improved Wi-Fi dirvers (compat-wireless aircrack patched)
· New and updated hacking tools

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HOW TO INSTALL FLASHPLAYER ON BACKTRACK 5

Install flash player on Backtrack 5 R2 step by step

Download the file below and click save to save the .deb file like shown in the screen shot

DOWNLOAD flash_player_10_linux.tar

Now type the below inside termianl, make sure you are in the downloads directory first do an ls if needed to make sure.

tar xvfz install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

The result should look like the screenshot below if it went correctly

Now keep terminal open and type in the command below and press enter

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

Last but not least type the command shown below into the same terminal window and press enter

mv -f libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

Thats it, Flash Player should now be installed and working. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it helps someone out...

Linux Hackers Command Reference

Linux Command Reference for Pen-testers

This part of the blog is dedicated to Linux and Unix-like commands that can be used from Penetration Testers (yea who is your tester?) and Information Security Administrators. In this page I will periodically post Linux tiny simple scripts and commands that a Penetration tester or a Security Administrator can use to:


1. Perform Administration Security tasks (e.g use windows/linux netcat to bind shells e.t.c).

2. Run Vulnerability Scans (e.g Identify null sessions, test for LANMAN services e.t.c).

3. Do pivoting (e.g after compromising a machine use windows tools to escalate e.t.c).

Using Netcat to Bind Shell




Launching a listening shell in windows and binding from linux:

nc.exe -L -p <listening port> -e cmd.exe - Running in windows box

nc <windows box ip> <windows port> - Run in Linux/Unix-like box
Launching a listening shell in Linux/Unix-like and binding from Windows:

nc -l -p <listening port> -e /bin/sh - Running in Linux/Unix-like box

nc.exe <linux box ip> <linux port> - Run in Windows box

Using Netcat to transfer files

AMAROK 2.4.2 BETA 1 "NIGHTSHADE" RELEASED

This has been a busy spring and early summer in Amarok-land. Developers met up in Randa, Switzerland and sprinted with a lot of other KDE teams, including KDE Multimedia. Besides lots of good times, much coding progress and bugfixing was done too. You will immediately notice a new streamlined look, and some nice background graphics. The other big change is in dynamic playlists.
One we have been waiting for: drag and drop on Collections, to copy or move within Local Music, and also directly from the Playlist. We also got patches for various bugs and wishes: one can now configure the names of Podcast episodes, thanks to Sandeep Raghuraman, and automatic scrolling in the Lyrics applet is possible, thanks to Jan Gerrit Marker. Good news for classical music listeners, you now have the option to scrobble the composer as artist in Last.fm, thanks to Nicholas Wilson.
We also have an updated dynamic playlist which should be easier to understand. Some of the functionality changes are: New AlbumPlay example playlist, a Quiz-play bias that will pick a song that starts with the same character the last one ended with, preventing duplicate tracks.
And of course we have quite a few bug-fixes, and changes under the skin. The changelog below gives a fairly complete overview of the changes in this beta release. Please help us test it and get it ready for prime-time.


Features


-Made Amarok compile with the Clang LLVM frontend.
-Enable drag and drop on collections to copy/move within Local Music and directly from the playlist.
-Added KNotify scripting interface.
-Make podcast episodes download filename configurable. Patch by Sandeep Raghuraman.
-Automatic scrolling in lyrics applet (Thanks to Jan Gerrit Marker)
-Option to scrobble composer as artist to Last.fm (Thanks to Nicholas Wilson)
-Option to hide the OSD if another window is taking the full screen


Changes

-Again write back ratings only if option is selected.
-Moved the queue-editor action to the main menu under playlist to save space. Queue editor now has a     shortcut: Meta+U.
-Removed the redo action from the playlist toolbar to make it less wide.
-Made some playlist toolbar actions collapse into a menu button for use on small screens.
-Removed the statusbar. Moved progress info & messages to the Media Sources dock.
-Removed the preview button and checkbox from the organize collection dialog.
-General user interface cleanup (addition of browser widget backgrounds, etc.)
-Removed the add button in the context toolbar. Applet explorer is opened on config.
-Easier to understand Dynamic playlists
-Made Amarok depend ffmpeg-0.6 or newer.
-Use KImageCache if possible (kdelibs 4.5.0 and later), which should reduce the number of cache-related crashes.


 Bugfixes

-Don't let the album applet freeze Amarok for ages on track change.
-Fixed cover fetching from Google Images.
-Fixed a crash in the equalizer dialog when selecting "Off".
-Fix finalization of track copy process to media device collections.
-Fixed crash on MusicBrainz search.
-Avoid crash in ContextView when accessing Plasma::Applet::view().
-Fixed playlist tooltip getting too tall for multiline comments.
-Made equalizer keywords (dB,kHz,...) translatable.
-Made equalizer preset names translatable.
-Fixed runtime error reporting of scripts.
-Fixed "Happy" moodbar theme.
-Fixed crash for invalid scripts trying to be stopped by the manager.
-Fixed collection menu items ordering.
-Fixed top level podcast location setting.
-Fixed double-clicking in collection using left-handed mouse setting.

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