nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Linux / UNIX: Geany Lightweight Integrated Development Environment

Posted: 09 Jul 2008 09:34 AM CDT

Geany is cross platform (UNIX/Windows/BSD) fast, powerful, easy to use integrated development environment for PHP, Java, C and much more. If you wanted to quickly edit source code, Geany is for you. Here's an introduction to using Geany's built-in features, including the IDE and built-in development capabilities.

Act Smart: More Your Small Business From Windows To Linux

Posted: 09 Jul 2008 09:19 AM CDT

If the cost of Windows eating up your small business budget, make a wise business decision and move to Linux.

Security Alert: BIND9 DNS Cache Poisoning Bug

Posted: 08 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT

Dan Kaminsky discovered that properties inherent to the DNS protocol lead to practical DNS cache poisoning attacks. Among other things, successful attacks can lead to misdirected web traffic and email rerouting.

Download TrueCrypt Open Source Full Disk Encryption Software

Posted: 08 Jul 2008 12:29 PM CDT

TrueCrypt version 6.0 has been released and available for download. It is free open-source hard disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux system.

tspc: Debian / Ubuntu Linux Configure IPv6 Tunnel

Posted: 08 Jul 2008 05:36 PM CDT

How do I configure IPv6 Tunnel under Ubuntu Linux? I'd like to browse and use IPv6 utilities under Ubuntu but my ISP is not ready with IPv6 native transport. How do I browser IPv6 ready websites using IPv4?

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