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  1. [SOLVED] Re: How secure is Ubuntu compared to other operating systems?

    @Dangertux, thank you for bringing up valid points.

    Heap spraying requires the heap to be executable, right? The NX-bit makes heap non-executable.
    ret2libc or ret2plt require a guess of the...
  2. [SOLVED] Re: How secure is Ubuntu compared to other operating systems?

    To the OP:
    As far as I'm concerned, the ASLR + PIE mechanism is best implemented on Linux.
    Windows XP - ASLR doesnt exist
    Windows Vista - ASLR can be bypassed
    Windows 7 - ASLR can be bypassed...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Sound suddenly stopped working!

    Great news, your hardware seems to be intact. Can't help you further, though.
    If I was you I'd go to http://startpage.com
    and searched the string that lspci gave you.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Disc space dissapearing

    Kudos to ncdu developers.
    BTW. I just compared ncdu and baobab speeds in processing my home directory -
    ncdu was like 2 secs, whereas baobab took 20 secs.
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    [ubuntu] Re: What does this kernel panic mean?

    From that specific error, I can't tell.
    You still can disable your hard disk in BIOS and boot off of a USB flash.
    If you don't get kernel panics, then you're in luck - hard disk is the culprit.
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    [ubuntu] Re: full screen webpage password protected

    Another solution would be to use
    http://startpage.com and lookup firefox kiosk mode
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    [ubuntu] Re: Disc space dissapearing

    Try ncdu - terminal based disk usage analyzer.
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    [SOLVED] Re: SSD -- /dev/sda: Input/output error

    Only the topmost like /bin /lib /home will be owned by the copier. I assume that you will copy them as root. Right now they are owned by root anyway.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Sound suddenly stopped working!

    Does lspci recognize the sound card?
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    [SOLVED] Re: moving window causes it to maximize

    Has it always been like that?
    Seems like your touchpad driver thinks that left button release is a double click.
    Could you click the left button and release it over a folder in a file manager...
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    [SOLVED] Re: SSD -- /dev/sda: Input/output error

    You can make a back-up of your partition by simply copying all folders like
    /bin
    /home
    /lib
    etc. into a different place.

    TRIM only helps improve throughput when your disk is 75%+ full. More...
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    [ubuntu] Re: What does this kernel panic mean?

    It sure seems like a hardware issue.
    The kernel panic can occur at any stage if there is malfunctioning hardware. In your case it occured at the time when there was some unix socket data...
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    [ubuntu] Re: file access denied monitoring

    The feature you are after is called "inotify". You may want to look that up with
    http://startpage.com
  14. [ubuntu] Re: debugger installing errors!!! HELP!!!! PLEASE

    Could you tell us what kind of feature of a decade-unupdated ups debugger is there, that makes you think it will be best for you? Are you planning to debug an app for which you have no source?
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    [ubuntu] Re: Why Won't Ubuntu Read These Keys?

    Try a console app "xev" - see if there is any reaction to those keys. if X doesn't react to those keys, neither will Gnome's Keyboard Shortcuts.
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu is gettin stucked all the time

    Does the last couple of lines of /var/log/messages give any hints what happened before it crashed?
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    [ubuntu] Re: Disc space dissapearing

    Could you run a tool called baobab and tell us of your findings?
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    [ubuntu] Re: cockatrice( QGraphicsItem)

    Also, a quote from cockatrice.de


    Ubuntu's libqt4-dev is version 4.4
    This should be the reason of failed compilation.
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    [ubuntu] Re: cockatrice( QGraphicsItem)

    Without more in-depth study, my first impression is this:



    I see qt3 in here, whereas QGraphicsItem is qt4 feature.
    Maybe you could ask cockatrice developers why that is the case...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Cannot install Ubuntu on an eee s101

    Cannot comment on the Mac/USB issue.
    But seeing that Jolicloud is Linux-based, could you install Unetbootin in Jolicloud and use it to create a bootable USB Ubuntu?
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    [gnome] Re: gedit word wrap and horizontal ruler

    Have you seen the plugin to assign keyboard shortcuts?
    http://empty.23inch.de/pmwiki.php/Main/EditShortcuts

    I'm not sure if it handles WordWrap, please let me know.
  22. [ubuntu] Re: I want to limit my internet speed / minimal requirements to stream flash videos?

    I am not aware of a graphical tool to set limits, but if you are willing to look into iptables options, there is one to set a limit on bandwidth coming from/to a certain user.

    Streaming flash...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Glitchy video problems

    This may be an issue with your browser's flash plugin.
    Try watching html5 videos, e.g. go to http://www.youtube.com/html5
    At the bottom select "Join the html5 trial" and try to watch some videos....
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    [ubuntu] Re: Drag and drop/cut and paste

    Natty is unstable in the sense that it might be using a driver for your touchpad, which driver might produce such jumpy behaviour.
    Have you done any research whether this behaviour has been observed...
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    Re: TVMobli and 64-Bit Ubuntu

    My thoughts would be if I am 100% sure that that 32-bit deb is compatible with 64-bit, I would modify the deb file and change the Architecture string i386 to (something like) x64.
    I can't recall the...
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