I am now as a learning exercise hosting my own WordPress website, so if you are interested then have a look at vrctech.net.
All the content from this website has been moved over to the new one, and in time I hope to do a bit of customisation etc with the new website. So, unless something bad happens there will be no new posts here.
I have been using Revelation password manager for the past 4 years and have found it to be reliable, simple and easy to use and install. I have though, way too many passwords to try and keep track of that when I boot up into another OS or computer I just want to open the latest password file and have the passwords there. Having a portable app on a usb stick so I can have my passwords with me whereever I go would be nice. For me the shortcomings of Revelation are -
So today I have started a search to try and find a replacement. Using Google, the one program that keeps coming up is KeePass. I was looking for the following features, listed in the order of importance -
The most important feature is cross platform, Looking at the KeePass website it seems to run on anything imaginable from hand held devices to desktop/laptops with all the major operating systems. After my experimentation today in Debain, KeePassX (version 0.4.3) everything seems to be good, just as easy as Revelation once you go through the options and get it setup the way you want. It’s in the Debian Repo’s so it couldn’t be easier to install. In Windows just download and install, (use the 1.18 version) open the database file created in Debian, enter password, and thats it. In both Os’s when you click the URL associated with the secret the default web browser opens, which is basically all I want. Also the portable app seems to work much the same way in Debian with Wine.
KeePass version 2 works with Mono, but it seemed to me a bit buggy, woudn’t open web browser, couldn’t resize windows, and since there is a native one for Linux I went with that, which also dictated the version for Windows and to keep it simple the one on the USB stick. KeePassX is under development being re-writen from scratch so when version 2 comes out for Linux I will probable upgrade but until then version 1 seems to be working fine.
So, what are your thoughts on password managers, is there a better one out there that you have come across, if so, please leave a comment.
I have been having a look at the Debian Forums and have come across an excellent How to for getting Plymouth installed and working.
In case you are wondering what Plymouth is, here is definition from Wikipedia
Plymouth is a bootsplash for Linux. It supports animations. It makes use of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) and kernel-based mode-setting (KMS). It gets packed into the initrd
In layman’s terms, when Debian starts up, you will end up looking at graphics instead of text scrolling by.
In the how-to section I have added my notes on how I got these 2 programs working, it
wasn’t has straight forward as I would have liked but with Google I found the answers, hopefully others out there may find the information useful.
Why the move ?
Several reasons, and in no particular order
So far all is going great at the moment. I have most of my favourite applications installed and working fine.
After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project is proud to present its new stable version 6.0 (code name Squeeze
). Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a technology preview
.
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.
Read the full release announcement at Debian.org
The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first release
candidate of the installer for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. Changes since the
second beta of the installer include:
This release candidate includes the new SpaceFun artwork for Squeeze.
You can preview this artwork on the wiki page [1] and watch a video of
it [2] in action.
1: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/SpaceFun
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBW5qE1eDmM
This release candidate adds support for the Lao and Sinhala languages.
The keyboard support for Finnish has been fixed. In total 70 languages
are activated in the installer for Squeeze and for at least 57 of these
the whole installation process is translated………..
Read more at Debian news.net
Wow, this has to be seen to be believed. I loved this game when it came out and I still have the CD’s and the expansion packs. I had this working in Linux about 2 years ago and it wasn’t that difficult to get going. I did actually begin to write a how-to on the subject, but as usual I got side tracked, once I pass my exams I shall have to have a go at finishing it.
If you have a spare hour, you can watch this guy kill everything that moves and get all the secrets.
I have just updated my how-to collection. I have been so impressed with Debian 6 I just had to fix the one thing bugging me, and that was the crappy fonts in Iceweasel and to a lesser extent the desktop itself. A bit of searching around and I have come across a good easy to implement solution. While the fonts are not as good as say Ubuntu, I reckon they are close. Let me know what you think.
Hello 2011.
Feeling a bit worse for wear and with not having much to do I thought I would give Debian 6 aka Squeeze a go. Squeeze is at Beta 2 status and in deep freeze so I suspect not much will change between now and the official release which should happen soon. I found and downloaded a net install CD, backed up my old Debian 5 (Lenny) installation and commenced a new installation in it’s place.
All I can say is wow. This is a big jump up from Lenny. The desktop looks and feels a lot better, much closer to Ubuntu. The fonts are not as smooth as Ubuntu, but certainly no where near as bad as what they where in Lenny.
Debian 6 Screen shot (Click on image for full size)
I have also found GDebi is installed by default, this has got to be good, the last time I had to jump through some hoops to get that working. Below I will list some program versions so you can get an idea about how old / new the programs are -
It hasn’t taken me too long to get this new system up and running with all my usual favorite programs and settings. Like I said before, Squeeze seems to be more complete and ready for the desktop so I encourage anyone interested in Debian to have a go. I have updated my Basic How-to for this release which will get all the basics in place for you, it’s in the How-to section named My Ideal Debian 6 setup.
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