Pharaoh Atem's Blog o' Tech

Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad!

2009-12-26T03:20:00.005-06:00

I hope everyone is enjoying their time with their friends and family over the holidays, I know I am!Speaking of holidays, make sure y'all (yep, it's a word!) stay safe while having fun!And I'm sure all you people celebrating Christmas are enjoying the gifts you received!This year, I didn't get much... Just a new Xbox 360 controller! However, I do not intend to use this controller with an Xbox 360

War over code... sigh

2009-12-13T20:17:00.003-06:00

I don't like talking about this, since it seems to fuel the fiery pits of hell that flamewars come from. But, I'm extremely irritated about it, and some of the stupidity going on is ridiculous.What am I talking about? I'm talking about the usage of Mono for Linux applications.For years now, Linux software developers have been able to pick whatever language they want to write code in. If said

SUCKAGE about Commercial Linux Software

2009-05-26T21:29:00.008-05:00

Sigh... Somewhere in the back of my mind, I figured this would happen eventually. Bryan Lunduke of Jupiter Broadcasting has ended his experiment of selling commercial Linux software. To sum it up:The actual ratio of downloads to sales is fairly good (60:1)Linux and Mac downloads are on equal footing, while Windows is three times higherUbuntu accounted for a majority (75%) of Linux downloads,

W00T, school is out and Enano 1.1.6 is released!

2009-05-17T16:06:00.003-05:00

Four years of school is finally done! I'm eagerly awaiting the start of my summer projects: lazing around, learning C#, and some more anime watching!Also, a nice graduation present: Enano CMS 1.1.6 is released!A new theme is set for default: EnaniumA new extra method of security is added to auth systems: Live-ReAuthEnano now uses HMAC-SHA1 encoded passwords internallyExternal authentication is

CMS Vendor Meme - Enano CMS

2009-04-02T04:52:00.007-05:00

On behalf of Enano CMS Project, I plan to follow through the "CMS Vendor Meme" by responding to the following.1. Our software comes with an installer program.Enano CMS itself, once it is dropped into htdocs or equivalent, has a web based installer that can be used to configure Enano completely. Also, our efforts with the BitNami project allow us to say that we do have a regular installer

YubiKing Contest is over

2009-03-19T08:06:00.002-05:00

Well, Yubico has announced the winners of the YubiKing 2009 contest, and those were: Idoneus's Maventa, Collective Software's AuthLite, and KeyGenius written by Dain Nilsson.Congratulations to the those threee!Obviously Enano didn't win, but we did get mentioned in the SecurityNow! Podcast (ep#188 for future reference) so maybe more people will be aware of the Enano CMS Project.More details on

LinuxJournal's contest - Prize: Free 1yr subscription!

2009-03-09T15:16:00.002-05:00

If you follow the Linux world, then you will be aware of a few of the magazines out there dedicated to Linux enthusiasts. Linux Journal is the oldest magazine out there dedicated to the Linux system and opensource relating to Linux. It's very first article was an interview of Linus Torvalds in 1994.Now, on to the good stuff! This week, they are running a contest. Watch the daily "TechTip" videos

The Linux Action Show! is BACK, and better than ever before!

2009-03-04T18:53:00.004-06:00

Alright! The Linux Action Show! has returned! This is a great podcast. If you have never seen or heard of the Linux Action Show! before, let me give you a run down of the awesomeness of it!Bryan Lunduke and Chris Fisher are the hosts of the show. They cover the news of the week/month/etc. since the previous episode, and comment on it. They give advice, they review software, and they also take

Yubikeys and Enano?

2009-03-02T18:31:00.010-06:00

Enano CMS, a project that I am involved in, has recently announced Yubikey support through a plugin in the latest development versions. Now, most people, if not all that read this blog may not have a clue on why Yubikey support is so special. After all, its just another authentication method, right? Wrong!Let me start off this with a little history on Enano CMS for those who don't know what it is

BitNami Releases First Externally Developed Stack Module

2009-02-14T21:56:00.001-06:00

BitNami has released the first externally developed web stack module, Enano CMS. BitNami is a project by BitRock to release open source stacks to make it easy for development/testing/production systems.read more | digg story

World of Goo, on Linux!

2009-02-14T10:48:00.005-06:00

This is a new thing for me, to review Linux games. Really, I am an avid gamer, but because of the Linux gaming chicken-and-egg problem, there really isn't much for Linux that is actually worth playing.Some of you will argue with the various FOSS games out there, and those are okay, but they are generally multiplayer only, and the few single player ones are rather limited.In any case, World of Goo

Back to Blogspot!

2009-02-14T10:47:00.001-06:00

I lost my other blog when I stopped paying for my web hosting, so I'm back to here.

Moved to a new location!

2007-10-19T21:16:00.003-05:00

Well, I have had been updating at the new location for quite some time now, but I really should be posting the locations of my new blog site. Just in case.....Back to Blogger, so link is dead

Solaris? Linux? Sun vs. FOSS? Sun with FOSS? OpenSolaris?

2007-06-23T15:40:00.000-05:00

Confused yet? Anyways, I put that there as a culminating topic name. What is the deal with Solaris? What about OpenSolaris?Well, Solaris is what SVR4/SVR5 implementation of Unix by Sun Microsystems. SunOS, which was its predecessor, was more towards BSD. So, Sun Microsystems does have some background in the OSS community. Solaris is what Sun calls the most advanced OS on the planet. Well, I

Update on RGW-Net main site restructuring!

2007-06-13T15:38:00.002-05:00

I had previously posted about my stupid error in updating the software and the updated software was really messed up. Unfortunately the database restore software would not accept my insanely large SQL file and kept generating ridiculous errors. So, I had set up phpBB3 as an interim install.Well, I tried out Drupal as a replacement interim, and I have never been more frustrated on working on a CMS

RPM.RGW-NET.COM launched! OggConvert package built, signed, and released!

2007-06-05T15:36:00.000-05:00

Well, last night, I worked myself to like 4am in the morning setting up a new site, the RGW RPM Repository. I spent quite a bit of time wikifying all the licenses, categorizing them, and having proper legal disclaimers on the bottom of the site. The content on the site by default is dual licensed GFDL and CC-BY-SA 3.0. The RPM packages and specs are by default licensed GNU GPL. In certain

Immense Stupidity! RGW-Net main site destroyed! Horrible Final Exams! PAIN!!!

2007-05-21T15:35:00.000-05:00

I cannot believe I actually stupidly upgraded the Fully Modded phpBB system on my site! Now I cannot restore the database because phpMyAdmin AND the mysql tools cannot ‘read’ the file. And sometimes, when it does, it is unable to create the database. Apparently my rights to create databases under phpMyAdmin are gone! So, now I am stuck with a simple phpBB3 forum that is interim between the new

Vista down! Up next?

2007-04-21T15:34:00.000-05:00

We all know about the damned hype about Windows Vista.“Oooh! Flip3D!” … ok…. Fedora has the compiz/beryl cube that rotates workspaces showing all your stuff.“New Aero Glass!” Got me there, however there are better stuff out there, and WindowBlinds produces the exact same effects on XP because Stardock developed the theming engine for Windows XP and Vista. Fedora yet again can produce these

PC Crashed!

2007-03-31T15:32:00.000-05:00

Say farewell to everything I ever did in the last year, because it all is gone, thanks to the unreliable drives that OEMs put in the PCs during assembly. It has been a year and a half since I purchased my computer, and the hard disk has failed on me. Pray for me so that I can manage to fix this HUGE mess and get back on track. ::SNIFF:: All my precious data! ::SNIFF::

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 Reviewed

2006-07-04T15:31:00.000-05:00

Alright, I finished my testing of Windows Vista Beta a few days ago, and I can summerize the newest version of Vista in one word, “HORRIBLE!” And for those who like the gory details, the review the Windows Beta here.Well, I’m gonna review step by step.InstallationWell, I liked that the GUI installation system was restored, but I do not like that there are no choices on what to install. And, this

Busy with Betas!

2006-06-15T15:30:00.000-05:00

Still not updating as frequently as I would like to, but I have been extremely busy! I downloaded the Microsoft Office System 2007 Professional Plus and I plan to try it out along with my copy of Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2! I haven’t been working on the Code::Blocks installer anymore, since the script is finished and I am just waiting for Code::Blocks 1.0rc3 to come out. Since it is the

Missing me?

2006-04-16T23:46:00.001-05:00

I know that I have not been updating this blog in a while, but I have been REALLY busy lately... I have also done some other work in my free time... I have developed an NSIS replacement to the Opera classic installer, but I gave up on developing that since I figured that Opera Desktop Team will not accept it now... I created a new NSIS installer for the Code::Blocks project, but it is still under

Google Got Me!

2006-02-27T23:15:00.000-06:00

I just did my weekly check of Google search to see if I have been indexed by Google, and it turns out that this week is the week that Google has indexed my site! Now I will get lots of visitors! Hopefully this blog will continue for a while.... I hope to review Vista Feb. 2006 CTP if I would get an invite from Microsoft.... I already submitted to Microsoft's Betaplace, and I wish they would tell

Feeds are up!

2006-02-20T22:01:00.000-06:00

I have made my feeds available to everyone! For those unfortunate enough to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and below, my web-based feed is sufficient unless you have a feed reader... If you have a feed reader, then you can use my new feeds... Firefox shows a feed icon in the browser, IE7 displays it in the bottom left corner.... The icon for my feed is this: This icon is noticable and shows

Making Installation Programs in Windows

2006-02-08T18:45:00.001-06:00

Many of you know that Windows Installer is the preferred method of distributing software, according to Microsoft. However, Windows Installer has the serious flaw of requiring the OS to support the Windows Installer Runtime. This can be a problem on older operating systems, such as Windows 95 Gold and Windows NT SP0-SP3. Making new versions of Windows Installer has caused a bigger problem. Windows