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fluxbox keys

I am using fluxbox as my primary window manager on both my laptop and home desktop. If you want a non distractive environment to work with, I strongly suggest to take a look.   On the laptop, I had a...

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Timers in systemd

It’s time to see an example on timers in systemd. Before we start, let’s clarify some things. systemd’s Timers are units (the simplest form of a systemd files) that can describe when and if a unit...

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disabling pocket on firefox

I am really disappointed about some of mozilla’s decisions. One of them is the pocket integration. Serves no purpose at all to embed a company’s add-on, inside firefox without the choice of remove it!...

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inside gaggia classic

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FSF Europe

This amazing Free Software Foundation - Europe has a “Spread the word” page that promotes freedom via stickers [0]. One of my all time favorite sticker is the There is no cloud, just other people’s...

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PowerDNS Remote Backend

One of the great features that PowerDNS has, is the concepts of ‘backends’. Backends give you the ability to choose the datastore you would like to save (or not) your dns data. If you are looking to...

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forwarding logs with Fluentd

Server_A —> Server_B —> Server_C Let’s say that we have our elasticsearch/kibana setup on Server_C but Server_A can’t talk to Server_C. Server_A # tail /etc/rsyslog.d/20_central_logging.conf *.*...

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The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen

Μου αρέσουν τα σκοτεινά βιβλία … δεν μπορώ να προσδιορίσω το γιατί. Ίσως μιλάνε υποσυνείδητα σε μέρη που δεν μπορώ ηθικά να φτάσω … Ειδικά οι συγγραφείς των Σκανδιναβικών Χωρών έχουν γράψει...

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podcasts

This is a list with podcasts I listen on a regular base Security Now Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte podcast about security news Hacker Public Radio Various podcasts, mostly about free software Talk...

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Create TRUE random passwords - Errata

This blog post is dedicated to “rwman os” for contacting me to suggest that I was wrong ! And indeed I was !! ( <--- two exclamation marks) So this blog post create true random passwords has some...

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botcast s02e01

So at athen’s hackerspace our bots made a new podcast for this season! If you are a greek listener, take a look here: botcast s02e01 #podcast Tag(s): podcast

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book status

Just finished τα ουγγρικά ψάρια του Γιάννη Πλιώτα Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε ολόκληρο το βιβλίο εδώ Απίθανη, μυστηριώδης, κωμική απαγωγή ! Ματωμένο Μήνυμα του Jussi Adler-Olsen Ενοχή του Jussi Adler-Olsen...

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locale-archive

remove unnecessary locales: # localedef --list-archive | egrep -v '^el_GR|^en_US' | xargs localedef --delete-from-archive # mv -f /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.tmpl #...

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postfix TLS & ipv6

seems that you need the below settings: #TLS smtp_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = yes smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 #IPv6 smtp_address_preference = ipv6 so that...

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ipv6 autoconfigure

So … it seems that some router gives dhcp ipv6 prefixes for specific lans. The default behaviour of CentOS is to autoconfigure the network interface with ifup script. We havent finished our #ipv6...

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cosmote comedy

Είμαι στο γραφείο των ανθρώπων της λειτουργίας στην cosmote για ένα τεχνικό θεματάκι. Χτυπάει το τηλέφωνο μου: - Γεια σας, εύχομαι να είστε καλά μπλα μπλα μπλα Από την cosmote σας παίρνουμε τηλέφωνο. -...

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podcasts

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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

I did a road trip last week and had almost 11 hours to “kill” while driving. So I’ve downloaded an audio book to accompany me all those hours. I chose ‘I, Robot’ a collection of short stories by Isaac...

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dnscrypt-wrapper & libsodium

updated versions for rpm spec files here dnscrypt-wrapper v0.1.17 libsodium v1.0.4 # rpmbuild -ba libsodium.spec # rpmbuild -ba dnscrypt-wrapper.spec Tag(s): dnscrypt

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dns opennic dnscrypt

A few days ago, I gave a presentation on fosscomm 2015 about DNS, OpenNic Project and DNScrypt So without further ado, here it is: dns_opennic_dnscrypt.pdf Tag(s): dns, dnscrypt, opennicproject

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