Everyone loves hearing about pentesting and ethical hacking distros these days, and it looks like it is even becoming a trend among aspiring security professionals.
Therefore, today we have some good news for those who want to try one of the best penetration testing and security auditing operating systems based on the Linux kernel, Kali Linux, the successor of the popular BackTrack, and don’t have the resources to run the Live CD or install the OS on their computers.
Network security specialist Jerry Gamblin has created a project called KaliBrowser, which, if you haven’t already guessed, it allows you to run the famous Kali Linux operating system on a web browser, using the Kali Linux Docker image, Openbox window manager, and NoVNC HTML5-based VNC client.
Looks like my weekend is going to be filled with tinkering again. ^_^;
I need to reinstall windows on my laptop as I think there must be some graphics conflict somewhere and it’s lagging when it gets taxed (didn’t normally). Most commonly, it happens when I’m playing Final Fantasy XIV, but has lagged a bit on Alice: Madness Returns and Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed. I figured it might be my connection, since FFXIV is an MMORPG, so I switched from my WiFi to my 4G connection via tethering and it still lags. I then switched from DirectX 9 to DirectX 11, amd still nothing. I even downgraded my Nvidia driver to a REALLY old version (since Nvidia ran into a huge bug with one of their drivers, if you recall), so I’m planning to run my Clonezilla backup tonight (which should take a few hours since I’m also backing up my Ubuntu install), and then run my Windows install then then boot-repair to get grub back (凸(>皿<)凸 Microsoft)
And then, I have to go through the process of installing drivers and updating Windows, though I will probably skip updating Windows since I only use it as a gaming environment. And downloading my Steam games again. Including the Heavensward expansion, Final Fantasy XIV is probably about 20-30GB. With the spikes and dips in download speed on my 4G, it’s going to take about 3 hours.
Whilst I totally respect Mark for coming out and saying this, that’s not to say that in future, Canonical could be bullied into implementing a back door, or Ubuntu cracked by some untoward government agency….
VIDEO: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, discusses what might be coming in Ubuntu 16.10 later this year and why security is something he will never compromise.
Jack Wallen reviews the bq Aquaris M10 tablet and he’s impressed. If you’ve been on the fence about Ubuntu Touch, this might just assuage those unpleasant feelings.
Canonical tried to do this with their last attempt to crowdsource their Ubuntu phone, but it didn’t make enough money. This one looks pretty good too. Now I wonder if I could run Android apps on there too. :D
How many marathons have you run? Could you do more than one in a year? How about a month? A week? This old article from The Telegraph (and recently showed up on Oddity Central at [www.odditycentral.com/news/man-...](http://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-runs-370-marathons-in-one-year-proves-nothing-is-impossible.html)) shows a guy running *370 marathons in a year.*
The most I've seen a woman run was 366, and that was Annette Fredskov ([blog.endomondo.com/2013/08/0...](http://blog.endomondo.com/2013/08/09/how-annette-fredskov-ran-366-marathons-in-365-days/))
#5 you’ll get penis envy. Actually, it’s not a good thing - especially if you forget to wear tight pants. Trying to run around the park with your little friend trying his darnedest to distract you is definitely not fun. Funny, yes. Uncomfortable? Damned so.
#6 you will become a running bore - guilty.
#10 you will want to do another one - yes, but not yet. The atmosphere when I ran the RPHM was electric. I want to experience that again, but not yet.
6 intervals , 15/60 split with 10 min warmup run. Nice run, but hit wall at 5th interval.
Interestingly, just checked my stats (have to manually connect this workout with my Endomondo training plan) and found that I hit 1km in 05:12 at peak, and 06:58 at lowest
If ever there was a time you wish you could click ‘undo’, this would be it.
But while most people are often rescued by the quick ‘control+z’ command - seeing their entire document return to the screen after inadvertently deleting it all - there was no such saving grace for Marco Marsala.
The command, “rm -rf”, deletes everything it is told to and blocks the helpful warnings that usually inform the user that something is being deleted. In this case, because he hadn’t specified what he wanted deleted, it erased everything.
With super-user permissions comes great responsibility, which unfortunately doesn’t help with stupidity.
With the roll out of a new version of Chrome, Google is saying goodbye to a few old favorites. Maybe “favorites” isn’t the right word. The browser will no longer be updated to support Windows XP, Vista, and OS X 10.8. Goodnight, sweet Vista, and your glossy menus.
RIP XP. Finally. Although I say finally, but I’m pretty sure some places are still using XP because they can’t/won’t recode applications to support Windows 2000
One of the cartoonists in The Telegraph put together a story of his becoming a father and it’s both enlightening and heartwrenching at the same time. And, being a cartoonist, he illustrated the story himself - to great effect.
I decided to make a second part of my Linux gaming setup post, as I feel that the first one is more like a list of stuff that are on top my desk. Anyway, once you’re done with hardware, let&#…
Ever wondered what it’s like having dyslexia? This site will help you see. And this gif shows you at a glance what it’s like.
The person’s blog has been setup for letters to “jump around” like what sufferer’s see. If you find it hard to read, imagine what the sufferer’s have to cope with on a daily basis. Sure, you can probably adapt to it after a period - like reading mirror letters or reading another language. Heck, you could probably read Al Bhed fluently, given enough time. But unlike dyslexia, all the other languages are static - they don’t change constantly.
I used to wonder why dyslexic people had an extra 30 minutes in exams when I was at school. Seeing this helps me understand why. Just being told “the letters jump around” didn’t really help me grasp the size of the task sufferer’s had to put up with.
I had dyslexic school mates and they were often shunned because they were considered “slow” readers. Unfortunately, this mindset carried on throughout our school life, and although they were slower at reading they were amazing at absorbing the information they read, doing really well at their exams (with the extra 30 minutes of course). That itself silenced their bullies.
