Ubuntu :: Create A Hacker Looking Desktop And Thought I'd?
May 22, 2010
I'm thinking of experimenting abit with my desktop and I want to create a hacker looking desktop and thought I'd do this by having lots of terminal apps, I'd like to hear some of your suggestions on the following stuff.
1. What WM should I use (I'm thinking something in a style of awesome wm,that is a tiling one)
2. What terminal client should I use (the gnome terminal doesn't look very good with the menubar, I guess I could remove it but still any alternative would be cool.
3. Some generic apps that are ran in the terminal (A nice media player, IM client (must have ICQ and MSN support), file manager, IRC client, mail client, generic gadgets like a clock for instance etc.)
My ubuntu partition is tiny (~9 GB, ~5 free) and my vista partition is big (~100 GB, ~60 free). I need to reverse this (so I can move all my documents and music (~40 GB) over to the ubuntu portion from the external HD they're on now). I'm using karmic. I installed gparted, but I couldn't figure out how to make it let me access the resize option.
So I booted with the karmic live CD and used gparted there. It let me set up the shrink on the vista partition, but gave me an error in actual running (I'll post the error details at the bottom).
The error details seem to be saying that I should try shrinking it less? But I was already leaving more than 10 GB free space there, no? Does anyone know how to help me past this sticking point here? This is one of the vital steps for me in switching over to using ubuntu as my main OS, and hopefully leaving vista behind.
I'm the proud owner of a new 1U server, thought dont really know how to handle the next problem. The server runs VMWare ESXi 4.x and currently contains two virtual machines with Ubuntu server 10.04 installed on them. Both the virual machines have 50GB of Harddrive, thought one had another 1TB to use.
One of these virtual machines is going to be a fileserver (and has the 1TB for that reason) while the other machine is purely going to be used as webserver. The system uses one harddiskdrive of 1.5TB (hardware raid 1 configured)
The fileserver will contain images, which should be shown on the webserver. Therefor I need to setup a link between the images directory on the fileserver, so it can be accessed by the webserver. Now this is one and the same harddisk, but the partition is only availeble in the fileserver.
How can i configure this directory, so it can be accessed by the webserver automatically (e.g. that I dont have to remount the directory, after the fileserver has been down for whatever reason)
Well, I was randomly taking a look at my vsftpd log today, and came across something unusual to myself. About a week ago a computer tried to connect to my computer repeatedly with bogus default usernames. There were many attempted connections with usernames such as 'user', 'root', 'linux', and 'login'. Probably about 1000 attempts, within about 2 seconds of each other.
I manage a dedicated webserver running OpenSuse 11 which is currently hosting about 30 sites. I have never had any big problems until these last 2-3 months. One site after the other was being hacked and the unwanted visitor installed all kind of php shell scripts followed by torrent servers, ... etc. All hacked sites were sites using Joomla, so what I did was to close down those sites one by one. Well, I guess we all know Joomla is not a great solution if you just install it out of the box like those users were doing.
When trying to trace the intruder only some african junk IPs and IPs from a company selling VPN connections thru paypal show up (yeah great, love those guys ... do they really think that serious VPN users will pay with paypal) I checked all apache and FTP logs (yes, he even managed to get some FTP login) but only those damn 'proxy' IPs come up. The weird thing is that the guy seems to know how the server was 'build' since he manages to copy stuff from one site to the other. That is why I am suspecting someone who worked for a clients company, but I need proof. One way would be to let him hack a site and try to feed him something that would make him traceable, but what?
I had remote desk running on a machine and I went downstairs the other day, turned it on, and someone was controlling the machine. Of course that's partially my fault since there was -zero- rd password set. However, my question is how did this person figure out my IP and get past the router to the machine? I don't have any forwarding setup. My router admin password is (has always been) strong. I guess my question now is: Is there anyway to restrict rd access to the local network?
I have a server connected to the internet placed in a DMZ that was running ProFTPD. A couple of weeks ago there was a security threat uncovered that would grant access to external users through a buffer overflow. Of course I patched my ProFTPD quite often after that to secure my server. Now my problem is that the servers of ProFTPD were compromised and that source code with a back-door was released. To make matters worse compromised systems notify the hacker they are infected. is there any way to ensure I don't have a root-kit installed short of reinstalling the system?
is it would be possible create a Ubuntu dvd that contains the ubuntu server desktop and alternate install opptions, as well as all four main desktop environments (gnome, kde, xfce, lxde) and unity. since much of the data is redundant between each version cd's it would probably all fit on one disk. then all that would be needed is two disks one for 32 bit and another for 64 bit. i really think that this could work.
When I create a new desktop user(i.e. without administrative privileges), I am given the option of letting him have the ability to connect to wired/wireless networks or not. Should I let a normal user have this privilege? Are there any security issues if I let him connect to wireless networks?
I simply cannot find anyway to create a simple desktop shortcut. I am Using Linux Ubuntu 11.04 with the Unity Interface. I love the panel on the side, but I would also like simple desktop shortcuts also. I can't do it. I tried dragging them on and nothing, I tried right clicking to see if there was an option and nothing. Where can I do this?
running a virtual machine with Ubuntu via VMware Player at my Windows XP desktop.Instead of running info utility from the terminal, I would like to run it from the GNOME desktop by double clicking. I first created an icon by using "create launcher...", then I fill "info" for Command. However, there is no response when I double-click this icon
I'm in a situation where we might see a few Ubuntu machines added to the fleet of systems here at work (school district). A problem that I'm facing is I would like to do a very, very simple task in Ubuntu, which is to create a shortcut share to a network resource. On Windows, you can right click - new - shortcut - \servershare, done. Then when you click on it, you have the appropriate permissions within the folder based on what permission settings exist on the actual server where the folder resides.
In Ubuntu, the closest I can get is to create these shortcut links on the left side of Nautilus in the bookmark pane. Here's the part that rages me to no end. If I log out and back in, they're ALL renamed to "smb". LOL. What. Really? I'd like to create shortcuts for several network resources. I'd like these links to either be within the Nautilus bookmark area, or within the desktop itself. Ubuntu is on the domain,
using the command ln -s ~/Desktop ~/.local/share/Trash I get this message.ln: creating symbolic link `/home/denish/.local/share/Trash': File exists But the link isn't in my desktop. So I tried accessing the Trash folder using cd. I cd into ~/.local/share then try the following command.cd Trash I get this message. bash: cd: Trash: No such file or directory When I type ls in the share folder I get the following.
gsettings-data-convert gvfs-metadata Trash
So the trash folder is in there but i can't access it. Why? Also I want a computer shortcut in my desktop like in windows where I can access all the folders from.
I've been trying to find out how to code or create desktop apps in Linux Ubuntu for a little while now. I found this tutorial. Which I'm trying. But QDevelop is down and I can't found out how to install it.
I'm using debian squeeze in my netbook and I'm not familiarized with KDE4 (4.4, the one in squeeze) and I wanted to know: how can I create desktop shortcuts?the desktop shortcuts, are they files stored in some place, or are they all part of the plasmoiddesktop activity"? if so, how can I create a generic desktop shortcut with it's own command and icon?BTW, how can I save the "desktop activity" i currently have, so if I accidentaly click delete desktop activity in the menu I can have all my icons and wallpaper back?
I am having trouble creating a desktop launcher icon for an application that needs to run in terminal mode and is run with "mono". After creating the launcher on the desktop it launches the terminal window and then gives the error "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal", and the terminal window is blank. Here are the steps I use to launch the application in a many step process. click on applications/system tools/terminal then in the terminal window I type, cd /var/opensim/Test/bin mono OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe The above steps work just fine and the instance of the application runs just fine, but it is rather tedious to enter in all that everytime I want to run the application.
1 - place a desktop icon on my desktop to launch the application,
2 - Launch this application when I reboot Fedora so it starts automatically whenever I boot.
The way I created the desktop launcher was to right click on the desktop and select create launcher. I selected "application in terminal" and when I entered in the command line, I added "mono" to the command after navigating to the place the application was with the correct path. Here is the actual command line that is in the launcher that throws the error message.
using eclipse Galileo on top of Ubuntu 9.10. Normally I launch eclipse by using terminal but I would like to know way to create desktop short cut to launch eclipse. I have goggled and find a way but issue is it won't display default eclipse image icon. i have put eclipse under /opt/eclipse. my requirement is to create desktop shortcut with eclipse shortcut image to launch eclipse.
I am running centos5.3 and accidentally uninstalled the gnome gui and some other applications (that I cannot remember unfortunately).I reinstalled gnome but now whenever I go to create a desktop short cut by right clicking a file and selecting send to I receive the following error"Could not load any plug ins,Please verify your installation"I did a search for this error and received no results
I was attempting to create a cube desktop via compizconfig-settings-manager everything crashed. I can bring up a terminal via ctrl alt F1 or get to the Internet by right clicking on screen and change desktop background get more backgrounds on line. Other than that I can not see nor get any icons or make changes.i have Ubuntu 11.04
I have just begun using Debian Kwheezy and I'm also a newbie to Linux. My question is, how do I create or transfer folder icons to the desktop? Kwheezy's way isn't the same as most distros I've used.
I was wondering what the reason was for disabling a feature like - creating new documents and files on desktop - by default?
If someone installs debian with desktop environment this user probably also want to use the desktop as a workplace, so why is that not a default setting?
But also in general i dont get it, i dont see any reason, why this is disabled.
newbie here..loving suse...but a question on package management...I have to run the etracer command in a shell to launch the program "extreme tux racer" for my son. it does not show up in a menu anywhere.how do i create a shortcut either on desktop or in the game menu?
On pressing "N" to create New Kmail message, the composer opens on a Different Desktop i.e. Incoming Mail is on Desktop 2, but New Message is on Desktop 1. HOW can I adjust Kmail to create New Mail on SAME Desktop 2?
I recently installed a Suse Studio build and trying to customize it. When I login as an ordinary user, there are 2 icons on Gnome desktop (or nautilus); Home and Trash. These appear to be undeleteable and I want an undeleteable Firefox icon on my desktop as well. When I create a Firefox shortcut; it can be deleted no matter what I do; i.e. giving read-only permissions or chown to root. So, I think these desktop icons are different than ordinary app
I'm trying to create a web shortcut (desktop file) by dragging the icon from the Firefox address bar to a Thunar folder or desktop. This worked with older versions of Thunar and Firefox, but now that I'm running Xubuntu Natty (Firefox 5 and Thunar 1.2.1) it fails. Depending on the web site I try, it either creates a file containing the page's html instead of creating a .desktop shortcut file, or fails to create any file at all.
