openSUSE 11.1 On VMware
Yesterday I decided to install the new 11.1 release of openSUSE. Since I didn’t have any spare machines laying around, I threw it on my desktop using VMware Server. The installer was much smoother and a lot more slick than past releases, but probably what impressed me the most was that once the installation was done and I was booted up into KDE, the mouse left the VMware console screen. At first I didn’t realize what was happening. I was going in and out playing with the new OS while getting a little work done. Eventually I got the system fully patched and was ready to install the VMware tools. Then all of a sudden, I realized that the tools had already been installed and my mouse had been going in and out of the console window the whole time. The openSUSE installer had detected that it was running on top of VMware and installed the tools for me. Not too shabby.
Tags: opensuse, virtualization, vmware
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Dec 20th, 2008 by Wyatt Walter
Patch for IE to be Released Out-Of-Cycle
A very serious flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been found with a patch to be released soon. The BBC reports that the flaw is so severe that Trend Micro’s Rick Ferguson is urging consumers to find an alternative browser at least until the flaw has been fixed. The vulnerability allows an attacker to take control of a user’s computer and steal the user’s passwords. Microsoft has stated that the flaw has only been seen exploited in version 7, but the underlying flaw exists in all versions of the browser. In a Security Bulletin notice sent yesterday by Microsoft, they mention that the update affects versions as far back as 5.01 on Windows 2000 all the way up to version 8 beta. According to the BBC article mentioned earlier, no other browsers are affected. Alternatives to the browser include Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari. I haven’t seen a promised release date for the patch, but the Security Bulletin update from yesterday says that Microsoft intends to update its Security Bulletin today for numerous versions of Internet Explorer.
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Dec 17th, 2008 by Wyatt Walter
Mac OS X 10.5.6 Available
Apple has released version 10.5.6 of its Leopard operating system today. The update has been called by AppleInsider the “most extensive” update to the Leopard operating system with over 100 fixes in the patch. The update is available now via the Software Update on your Mac OS X 10.5 system.
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Dec 15th, 2008 by Wyatt Walter
Chrome No Longer Beta
Google announced today something that I didn’t realize they were capable of doing. They removed the “beta” label from Chrome and announced it was ready. Chrome is the search giant’s new browser and has been in a beta release stage since early September of this year and it was announced by Google today that it is ready and will remove the beta label. Google will also be working on Mac and Linux versions that are “coming soon”. Google is boasting better stability, speed, bookmark manager and privacy controls in the new non-beta release. They stated in the announcement that the 1.0 release is 1.4-1.5 times faster than the first beta at interpreting JavaScript using its V8 JavaScript Engine. The announcement also admits some of this early release’s shortcomings: missing form autofill, an RSS interpreter, an extensions platform, and support for other OS’s besides Windows.
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Dec 12th, 2008 by Wyatt Walter
MacBook Firmware Update to Fix Memory Stability Issues
A few days ago a number of users reported issues with the new Aluminum MacBooks freezing while running 3rd party memory. AppleInsider has reported that a firmware update has been sent out from Apple via Software Update that supposedly fixes the memory reliability issues as well as an issue with the power indicator. Users of the new MacBook should be able to add 3rd party memory into their new laptops again. An issue that should’ve been caught before going into production, but fixed no, nonetheless.
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Dec 11th, 2008 by Wyatt Walter
