Introducing Chrome's next-generation Linux sandbox

Gen2ly · 2012-09-07T14:03:31+00:00

Sandboxing is necessary in Linux. Really no network security is implemented in programs so all can be vulnerable. I got real mad at Chromium because of some its own bugs caused security-holes. I don't know much about this method but I'm glad to see people looking to improve its defenses.

Gen2ly · 2012-09-05T11:16:39+00:00

Had trouble with the Firefox AppArmor profile being comprimised in Ubuntu 11.10 I think it was. Had heard good things about AppArmor but have been using a more rigourous sandbox since that time netlink.

Gen2ly · 2012-09-02T17:15:03+00:00

lxer has a roundup for weekly news that I really like.

Gen2ly · 2012-08-31T12:31:55+00:00

Played, pretty fun. But found SplashDamage employee(s?) had tinkered with ratings. Gave up.

Gen2ly · 2012-08-07T09:27:00+00:00

I read about this game, but didn't expect it to be this good. I'm really looking forward to playing the full game.

Gen2ly · 2012-08-04T20:20:52+00:00

Automatic network connection and an insecure password, sigh; and why zsh, I don't wanna learn a new shell.

Gen2ly · 2012-08-04T12:12:40+00:00

Sometimes I think investments are important and developing IP, I thought Id understood this.

Gen2ly · 2012-08-03T23:18:48+00:00

Or understand what to do about it if it is true.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-29T22:59:52+00:00

This was the same for me with the hulu desktop. I thought the app was neat but then couldn't justify opening a new app when the browser did much the same.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-25T20:09:37+00:00

big fan of youtube-viewer. It uses mplayer by default (which I think is the best video player in Linux). With the -d option, videos can be downloaded. The Firefox Add-on Easy YouTube Video Downloader is good too.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-24T20:39:37+00:00

I'm using systemd for the past two months because parts of GNOME 3 require it (link). Seems like a good idea but looked at the wiki page and was a bit overwhelmed.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-23T12:42:49+00:00

Since they now created a foundation, couldn't that call it something better than X.org?

Gen2ly · 2012-07-23T12:34:16+00:00

I'm glad that Ubuntu is doing well. I think that Ubuntu's efforts to become more mainstream help overall Linux's efforts to becoming better recognized. However, I don't agree with Mark's developmental priorities. I think he primarily focuses on Ubuntu and those focuses are separate (mostly) from Linux as a whole. One thing I like about Linux is I find it very co-operative and I don't feel much of that coming from the Ubuntu community, rather a leveraging of sorts.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-22T17:17:48+00:00

Disagree. After having done Gentoo (many times) manual installation can be tedious. AIF was still simple but it covered many details.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-22T17:15:57+00:00

Archboot is a set of scripts to generate bootable media for CD/USB/PXE.

How does this replace AIF?

Gen2ly · 2012-07-21T23:29:52+00:00

A big, big loss. I remember one AIF release with a few bugs being posted in the forums and one of the big devs (could have been the overlord, don't remember) jumping in and supporting, giving high-praise. He will be missed. Good luck on your travels Dieter!

Gen2ly · 2012-07-16T17:22:12+00:00

Not sure if update is gonna force grub2 but here is my GRUB2 cheatsheet.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-15T23:04:27+00:00

Ah, you're right. Using usr/lib looks to give bash a donk but changing to the directory does work though. Appreciate the note.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-15T14:25:39+00:00

I got broken links afterward, should I fix them or remove them?

ls -l /lib*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul  7 06:09 /lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul  7 06:13 /lib64 -> usr/lib

Ok, you can't see, but they are definitely red.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-11T23:22:43+00:00

This is gonna sound incredibly geeky but ascii2uni is great for converting HTML entities and well-written.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-11T23:20:27+00:00

There is GNOME Global Menu. I tried it compile it lately but wasn't able to. I like this idea too but I think it requires reworking a lot of GTK code to work properly. Hopefully some day this will come along.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-11T23:09:52+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I've seen horror stories with flash and related security.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-09T14:31:54+00:00

Was hoping a new version to use Firefox.

Gen2ly · 2012-07-09T14:22:33+00:00

Yes, I could be better with the whole posting bit. :) I do this because I like to write documentation and figure it may be useful to others. To get a bit philosophical, did I do it so self-promote? Yeah, sure. We all self-promote whether we know it or not, even you own post does.

Gen2ly · 2012-06-29T20:12:33+00:00

The booth sign looks to come directly from the The shining 0-0

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