Tomas Mrozek

gThumb is a great image viewer but while it offers several ways of sharing images (Flickr, Facebook, etc.), sharing by email is not one of them. Fortunately, it offers a way to call a custom script on selected images.

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This is a simple comparison of two cheap mini PCs that run Linux-based operating systems without problems (that is as long as you use a newish kernel) and that are despite the size more than capable of being work stations (not your kind of work, CAD designers).

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Fail2ban is one of the ways to prevent script kiddies brute-forcing their way into your system. I find it amusing to view who is trying to get in. Fail2ban doesn’t have a way of listing old bans but it’s easy to get the information out of the logs. However, unless you are experienced, it takes a bit of time to construct a command that would provide the listing you want. I decided to come up with a simple script that would provide various listings.

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KeePass is a brilliant program for password management. It’s free, works perfectly, doesn’t bound me to a certain provider that would store my password database on a server that I have no control of, and there are applications that allow me to work with the password database on my Android phone (Keepass2Android, KeePassDroid). When I switched to Linux, I wanted to keep using KeePass. If you are facing the same dilemma, here are your (two) options.

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There are times when you want to allow visitors to use your (home) computer without fear that they will do some damage. Ubuntu’s guest account is the solution - upon logging in a clean temporary home directory (containing all the user settings) is created for the guest. When the guest logs out, the home directory is deleted and the next session will start with a clean directory. Perfect. Well, almost. The default account settings are not ideal. So how do you customize them?

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