Re: [Hampshire] NPM: Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites

2011-09-24 Thread Anton Piatek
A good write up of the issue and possible solutions, from a friend of mine in Google if anyone is interested: http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html Anton - Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com gpg: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangepa

Re: [Hampshire] 4 by 3 Thinkpad conclusion

2011-09-24 Thread Martin N
Hmm bummer dont suppose you know of a distribution that does work without fiddling then? I am not too wedded to one distro but do prefer rpm based ones but I can change if it means i can get things setup quick. This laptop is for college work in office 2010 so windows xp will go on first. may try

[Hampshire] Free: slot loading IDE DVD drive

2011-09-24 Thread Anton Piatek
I have a slot loading IDE DVD drive, free to the first person to reply to me (off-list please) Preferably collect from Eastleigh. Anton - Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com gpg: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroy

[Hampshire] [OT] NASs

2011-09-24 Thread Leo
I'm after a really simple 1-2TB NAS device. I currently have a server that, among other things, servers up audio/video to a box under the TV. It seems like overkill to have the server on for this particular role to I am looking for a NAS device that the server could periodically rsync with and

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] UEFI Secure Boot

2011-09-24 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 24 September 2011 05:01, alan c wrote: > On 23/09/11 20:39, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >> I think it would be nice if you could use the secure boot to protect a >> Linux install, instead of just disabling secure boot if you wish to >> run Linux. > > Good strategy. Anyone know how to begin to

Re: [Hampshire] 4 by 3 Thinkpad conclusion

2011-09-24 Thread Anton Piatek
Try reading about video drivers now. I think the ATI card in the T60s is the unloved one that had no good opensource driver and ATI dropped support for them in the RadeonHD drivers. They do work, but you might have to fiddle a bit. Try thinkwiki.org Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please