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How to create vlan on Linux (with Cisco Catalyst Switch)

Fuad NAHDI — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:08 +0000

In this article I want to share to you on how to create and configure vlan on Linux through Cisco Catalyst Switch.

Requirements:
1. Linux installed on a PC with one or more NICs (Network Interface Card). I use Centos 5.4 using 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE kernel. It should be applicable on other Linux distros such as Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc.
2. Cisco Catalyst Switch 2950
3. 2 PC/Laptop running Windows/Linux/BSD/MacOSX
4. 3 straight cables

This tutorial is based-on network diagram below:

Here are the full steps.

1. Load 802.1q module into the system
By default the 802.1q module is not loaded so we firstly have to load it. You can check whether it is already loaded or not by using ‘lsmod’ command.

lsmod |grep 802

If there is nothing shown by lsmod command, it means the module has not been loaded yet. Run ‘modprobe’ to load it.

modprobe 8021q

Make sure the module was successfully loaded by running the ‘lsmod’ again

lsmod |grep 802
8021q                  24649  0

If you see something similar like above, the 8021q has been successfully loaded.

2. Create vlan interface
We will use eth1 interface in the Linux box. We have to bring the interface up without IP address assigned to it before we can use it.

ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up

We will create interface vlan 11 and vlan 12 on this eth1 interface. To create a vlan interface, use ‘vconfig add’ command as below:

vconfig add eth1 11
Added VLAN with VID == 11 to IF -:eth1:-
 
vconfig add eth1 12
Added VLAN with VID == 12 to IF -:eth1:-

These commands above will create devices eth1.11 and eth1.12 to your system. Linux will consider these as another network devices so you can configure and assign IP address like other.
You also see the vlan interfaces by typing ‘ifconfig -a’ command.

ifconfig -a
 
eth1.11   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:BF:4E:BD
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
 
eth1.12   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:BF:4E:BD
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

3. Assign ip address to the vlan interfaces
The vlan interfaces were successfully created on the previous step. Now we assign IP address on those interfaces using ifconfig command as below:

ifconfig eth1.11 192.168.11.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
ifconfig eth1.12 192.168.12.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Make sure that the IP addresses were assigned successfully on the interfaces.

ifconfig eth1.11
eth1.11   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:BF:4E:BD
          inet addr:192.168.11.254  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
 
ifconfig eth1.12
eth1.12   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:BF:4E:BD
          inet addr:192.168.12.254  Bcast:192.168.12.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Until this step, creating and configuring vlans have been done on the Linux box. Now we are going to configure vlan and trunk on the Cisco Catalyst switch.

4. Configure cisco catalyst switch, add vlan database, configure interface access vlan and trunk
As I said before, we use vlan 11 and vlan 12 on this tutorial. So those vlan must be added in the vlan database of the switch.

switch#conf terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)#vlan 11
switch(config-vlan)#name test-vlan11
switch(config-vlan)#exit
switch(config)#vlan 12
switch(config-vlan)#name test-vlan12
switch(config-vlan)#exit
switch(config)#exit
switch#wr mem
Building configuration...
[OK]
 
 
switch#show vlan | include test-vlan
11   test-vlan11                      active
12   test-vlan12                      active

Vlan 11 and 12 have been successfully added to the database and active.

Now we have to configure 3 ports in the cisco catalyst switch. 1 port is for trunk between the switch and Linux box and 2 ports are for PC-A and PC-B.
We will use port Fa0/16 as trunk port and Fa0/14 and Fa0/15 as vlan access port connected to PC-A and PC-B respectively. Below are the commands:

switch#conf terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)#int f0/14
switch(config-if)#description To_PC-A
switch(config-if)#swi acc vlan 11
switch(config-if)#no shutdown
switch(config-if)#exit
switch(config)#int f0/15
switch(config-if)#description To_PC-B
switch(config-if)#swi acc vlan 12
switch(config-if)#no shutdown
switch(config-if)#exit
switch(config)#int f0/16
switch(config-if)#description Trunk_To_Linux_Router
switch(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan 11,12
switch(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
switch(config-if)#no shutdown
switch(config-if)#exit
switch(config)#exit
switch#wr mem
Building configuration...
[OK]
switch#
 
 
switch#show running-config interface f0/14
Building configuration...
 
Current configuration : 82 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/14
 description To_PC-A
 switchport access vlan 11
end
 
switch#show running-config interface f0/15
Building configuration...
 
Current configuration : 82 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/15
 description To_PC-B
 switchport access vlan 12
end
 
switch#show running-config interface f0/16
Building configuration...
 
Current configuration : 129 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/16
 description Trunk_To_Linux_Router
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 11,12
 switchport mode trunk
end
 
switch#

The configurations on both Linux box and Switch have completed.
Now it is the time to test whether PC-A and PC-B can ping to the same network on the Linux box. Make sure the cables are connected properly to each ports on the devices.

5. Test ping to Linux box using vlan ip address
Test from PC-A:

C:\Users\Fuad NAHDI>ping 192.168.11.254
 
Pinging 192.168.11.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.11.254: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.11.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.11.254: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.11.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
 
Ping statistics for 192.168.11.254:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms
 
C:\Users\Fuad NAHDI>

Test from PC-B:

C:\Users\Fuad NAHDI>ping 192.168.12.254
 
Pinging 192.168.12.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.12.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.12.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.12.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.12.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
 
Ping statistics for 192.168.12.254:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 0ms

Everything has been done. Now you should understand on how to create and configure vlan on Linux and Cisco Catalyst switch.

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Eclipse Announced new initiatives to support Mylyn Ecosystem

Fuad NAHDI — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:48:57 +0000

The Eclipse Foundation today announced new initiatives to support the ongoing growth of the Eclipse Mylyn ecosystem. The open source Mylyn project is a widely extended framework for integrating task and application lifecycle management (ALM) tools with the Eclipse IDE. The project will create new sub-projects representing key IDE/ALM integration categories. New projects include: the “Tasks” project for integrating task and change management; “SCM” for integrating source code management; “Build” for integrating build management and continuous integration; and “Review” for collaborative code review. The new sub-project leadership will support a broader range of leading Agile vendors contributing to the ongoing evolution of Mylyn.

For details see Eclipse announcement on its website.

Install Apache, PHP with SSL and MySQL support on PC-BSD 8.0 / FreeBSD 8.0

Fuad NAHDI — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:49:42 +0000

In this article, I want to share you on how to install Apache and PHP with SSL and MySQL support on PC-BSD 8.0. I use the current stable version of Apache (version 2.2.14) and PHP (version 5.3.2) using PC-BSD 8.0 as the operating system. This article should be applicable to install them on Linux (Slackware, Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora, Redhat, etc) or other BSD varian (NetBSD, OpenBSD). The MySQL server was installed during system installation. If you want to install MySQL server from source distribution, follow my previous tutorial here.

1. Install Apache Httpd

Download the Apache httpd source file from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi and then extract, configure, compile and install it.

$ tar jxf httpd-2.2.14.tar.bz2
$ cd httpd-2.2.14

We will install Apache in /usr/local/apache directory and its system configuration files will be installed in /etc/apache directory.
So here how we configure it.

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --mandir=/usr/local/man --enable-ssl --enable-suexec \
--enable-cgi --enable-rewrite --enable-so --enable-modules=most --enable-mods-shared=max --sysconfdir=/etc/apache
 
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[snip]
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config.status: creating docs/conf/httpd.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf      
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-default.conf  
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-info.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
config.status: creating docs/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
config.status: creating include/ap_config_layout.h
config.status: creating support/apxs
config.status: creating support/apachectl
config.status: creating support/dbmmanage
config.status: creating support/envvars-std
config.status: creating support/log_server_status
config.status: creating support/logresolve.pl
config.status: creating support/phf_abuse_log.cgi
config.status: creating support/split-logfile
config.status: creating build/rules.mk
config.status: creating build/pkg/pkginfo
config.status: creating build/config_vars.sh
config.status: creating include/ap_config_auto.h
config.status: executing default commands
 
$ make
$ sudo make install
Making install in srclib                                     
Making install in pcre                                       
Making install in os                                         
Making install in unix                                       
Making install in server                                     
Making install in mpm                                        
Making install in prefork                                    
Making install in modules                                    
Making install in aaa                                        
mkdir /usr/local/apache                                      
mkdir /usr/local/apache/modules                              
Making install in database                                   
Making install in debug                                      
Making install in filters                                    
Making install in loggers                                    
Making install in metadata                                   
Making install in ssl                                        
Making install in http                                       
Making install in dav/main                                   
Making install in generators                                 
Making install in dav/fs                                     
Making install in mappers                                    
Making install in support                                    
mkdir /usr/local/apache/bin                                  
cd support && make suexec                                    
`suexec' is up to date.                                      
Installing configuration files                               
mkdir /etc/apache                                            
mkdir /etc/apache/extra                                      
mkdir /etc/apache/original                                   
mkdir /etc/apache/original/extra                             
Installing HTML documents                                    
mkdir /usr/local/apache/htdocs                               
Installing error documents                                   
mkdir /usr/local/apache/error                                
Installing icons                                             
mkdir /usr/local/apache/icons                                
mkdir /usr/local/apache/logs                                 
Installing CGIs                                              
mkdir /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin                              
Installing header files                                      
mkdir /usr/local/apache/include                              
Installing build system files                                
mkdir /usr/local/apache/build                                
Installing man pages and online manual                       
mkdir /usr/local/apache/man                                  
mkdir /usr/local/apache/man/man1                             
mkdir /usr/local/apache/man/man8                             
mkdir /usr/local/apache/manual

2. Generate SSL Certificate and key

To generate SSL Certificate and key, run the commands below as root. Change the password ‘admin123′ to whatever password you want.

mkdir /etc/apache/ssl.crt
openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:admin123 -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org 1024
openssl req -new -passin pass:admin123 -passout pass:admin123 \
-key /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.csr -days 3650
 
openssl req -x509 -passin pass:admin123 -passout pass:admin123 \
-key /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org -in /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.csr \
-out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.crt -days 3650
 
openssl rsa -passin pass:admin123 -in /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org \
-out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key
 
mkdir /etc/apache/ssl.key
mv /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key /etc/apache/ssl.key/
chmod 400 /etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key

If you run the command above, the result should be similar like below:

# mkdir /etc/apache/ssl.crt                                     
# openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:admin123 -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org 1024
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus                                                        
.................................++++++                                                                  
.++++++                                                                                                  
e is 65537 (0x10001)                                                                                     
# openssl req -new -passin pass:admin123 -passout pass:admin123 -key /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.csr -days 3650                                                       
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated                                      
into your certificate request.                                                                                
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.                                   
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank                                                     
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
-----
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:ID
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:DKI Jakarta
Locality Name (eg, city) []:South Jakarta
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Techonia Corporation
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Network
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Fuad NAHDI
Email Address []:fuad.nahdi@techonia.com
 
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:
# openssl req -x509 -passin pass:admin123 -passout pass:admin123 -key /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org -in /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.csr -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.crt -days 3650
# openssl rsa -passin pass:admin123 -in /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key.org -out /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key
writing RSA key
# mkdir /etc/apache/ssl.key
# mv /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.key /etc/apache/ssl.key/
# chmod 400 /etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key

3. Install PHP

Download the latest stable version of PHP from http://www.php.net/downloads.php then extract, configure, compile and install.

$ tar jxf php-5.3.2.tar.bz2
$ cd php-5.3.2
$ ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \
--mandir=/usr/local/man --with-mysql --with-gd --enable-ftp \
--enable-calendar --enable-sockets --enable-mbstring
 
---------
[snip]
---------
creating main/build-defs.h
creating scripts/phpize
creating scripts/man1/phpize.1
creating scripts/php-config
creating scripts/man1/php-config.1
creating sapi/cli/php.1
creating main/php_config.h
creating main/internal_functions.c
creating main/internal_functions_cli.c
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| License:                                                           |
| This software is subject to the PHP License, available in this     |
| distribution in the file LICENSE.  By continuing this installation |
| process, you are bound by the terms of this license agreement.     |
| If you do not agree with the terms of this license, you must abort |
| the installation process at this point.                            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
Thank you for using PHP.
$ make
$ sudo make install
Installing PHP SAPI module:       apache2handler          
/usr/local/apache/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/local/share/apr/build-1/libtool' libphp5.la /usr/local/apache/modules                                                                                                   
/usr/local/share/apr/build-1/libtool --mode=install cp libphp5.la /usr/local/apache/modules/                  
libtool: install: cp .libs/libphp5.so /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp5.so                                    
libtool: install: cp .libs/libphp5.lai /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp5.la                                   
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /usr/home/fuad/Downloads/php-5.3.2/libs'         
chmod 755 /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp5.so                                                                
[activating module `php5' in /etc/apache/httpd.conf]                                                          
Installing PHP CLI binary:        /usr/local/bin/                                                             
Installing PHP CLI man page:      /usr/local/man/man1/
Installing build environment:     /usr/local/lib/php/build/
Installing header files:          /usr/local/include/php/
Installing helper programs:       /usr/local/bin/
  program: phpize
  program: php-config
Installing man pages:             /usr/local/man/man1/
  page: phpize.1
  page: php-config.1
Installing PEAR environment:      /usr/local/lib/php/
[PEAR] Archive_Tar    - installed: 1.3.3
[PEAR] Console_Getopt - installed: 1.2.3
[PEAR] Structures_Graph- installed: 1.0.2
[PEAR] XML_Util       - installed: 1.2.1
[PEAR] PEAR           - installed: 1.9.0
Wrote PEAR system config file at: /usr/local/etc/pear.conf
You may want to add: /usr/local/lib/php to your php.ini include_path
/usr/home/fuad/Downloads/php-5.3.2/build/shtool install -c ext/phar/phar.phar /usr/local/bin
ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/phar.phar /usr/local/bin/phar
Installing PDO headers:          /usr/local/include/php/ext/pdo/

Open the /etc/apache/httpd.conf file and add this to tell Apache to parse centain extensions as PHP:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

and add ‘index.php’ inside DirectoryIndex module:

    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

Restart the Apache.

$ sudo /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart

4. Activate the SSL in httpd.conf file

Before you activate this, you have to edit the /etc/apache/extra/httpd-ssl.conf file to meet the certificate and key files location.
Below are the parameters you need to edit and you can keep the remaining parameters unchanged.

DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"
ServerName localhost:443
ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
SSLCertificateFile "/etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key"

Then edit the /etc/apache/httpd.conf file and uncomment the SSL configuration below:

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
Include /etc/apache/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Then restart the Apache again.

$ sudo /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart

Now try to browse localhost by using HTTPS https://localhost. If any warning prompted saying that the certificate is untrusted, just accept it. It is safe.

Done. Apache and PHP with SSL and MySQL support are ready and running.

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Apple plans to release iPad on April 3

Fuad NAHDI — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:58:41 +0000

Apple’s eagerly anticipated iPad will be unveiled in the United States on April 3, the company said on Friday.

Wi-Fi models of the tablet-style computer will go on sale that Saturday, while ones with Wi-Fi and 3G networks will be released later in the month.

Customers can start pre-ordering the iPad on Apple’s online store on March 12.

“iPad is something completely new,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a Friday post on the company’s Web site. “We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

Unveiled on January 27, theiPad is designed to act as a sort of “missing link” between the smartphone and the laptop computer.

It has a nearly 10-inch screen, runs existing apps from the Apple apps store and is available in 16-gigabyte, 32-gigabyte and 64-gigabyte versions. It’s a half-inch thick and weighs a pound-and-a-half.

Prices start at $499 for the 16-gigabyte version, $599 for the 32-gig version and $699 for the 64, Jobs said at the company’s glitzy announcement in San Francisco, California.

The iPad will be released in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, Apple said in the post on its site.

Prices in those countries will be announced in April and iPad will ship in additional countries later this year.

[VIA]

PHP 5.3.2 Release Announced

Fuad NAHDI — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:43:53 +0000

The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.3.2. This is a maintenance release in the 5.3 series, which includes a large number of bug fixes.

Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.2:

Improved LCG entropy.
Fixed safe_mode validation inside tempnam() when the directory path does not end with a /).
Fixed a possible open_basedir/safe_mode bypass in the session extension identified by Grzegorz Stachowiak.

Key Bug Fixes in PHP 5.3.2 include:

Added support for SHA-256 and SHA-512 to php’s crypt.
Added protection for $_SESSION from interrupt corruption and improved “session.save_path” check.
Fixed bug #51059 (crypt crashes when invalid salt are given).
Fixed bug #50940 Custom content-length set incorrectly in Apache sapis.
Fixed bug #50847 (strip_tags() removes all tags greater then 1023 bytes long).
Fixed bug #50723 (Bug in garbage collector causes crash).
Fixed bug #50661 (DOMDocument::loadXML does not allow UTF-16).
Fixed bug #50632 (filter_input() does not return default value if the variable does not exist).
Fixed bug #50540 (Crash while running ldap_next_reference test cases).
Fixed bug #49851 (http wrapper breaks on 1024 char long headers).
Over 60 other bug fixes.

For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.

Further information and downloads:

For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.2, see the ChangeLog. For source downloads please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/.

[VIA]

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PC-BSD 8.0 Screenshots

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:24:56 +0000

PC-BSD 8.0 (Hubble Edition) that announced at 22 February last month is the latest release of PC-BSD. It’s been built based-on FreeBSD 8.0. Many improvements and enhancements have been added to it such as brand new System Installer, KDE 4.3.5 Desktop System, support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64 and more. For the full changelog you can point your browser here.

Today I just installed it on my laptop (Compaq Pressario C762NR). It runs perfectly and smooth. The 3D desktop also run out of the box. Here are some screenshots of mine. Enjoy…

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PC-BSD 8.0 triple-booted with Windows 7 and Slackware 13

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:17 +0000

PC-BSD 8.0 (Hubble Edition) had been released in 22 February last month. Today I have successfully installed it triple-booted with my existing OS, Windows 7 and Slackware 13. It is installed in the forth partition of my hard disk (see the picture of partition table).

Here are below the capture of partition table and the LILO. Enjoy!!

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Ovi Mail now integrated with Contacts and available in Arabic

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:23:21 +0000

Today the Ovi Mail team has just released Ovi Mail 2.0. With this release, your Ovi Mail contacts and Ovi Contacts are merged into one contacts list. You can view, edit, delete or create your contacts from Ovi Contacts or Ovi Mail. You can also sync your device phonebook with Ovi Contacts and Ovi Mail. This was the most desired feature by Ovi Mail users and we are excited to bring this to you.

The following use case is now supported with the changes in Ovi Mail 2.0:

Save a contact and view from device:

User opens an email from a friend in Ovi Mail on the web and sends a reply back
Ovi Mail shows a dialog box asking if he wants to add the person to his address book. User says yes and fills in the entries and clicks on ‘Add contact’
Within a few minutes, the new contact appears in Ovi Contacts on the web because Ovi Mail now is integrated with Ovi Contacts
User decides to sync his phone to get the newly added contact on his phone. User can either initiate a sync from device or from Ovi Contacts on the web to sync his contacts
After the sync completes, user views the Phonebook on the device and the name of the friend and the newly added email address appear in the Phonebook on the phone

Ovi Mail 2.0 also comes with Arabic support to help customers in Arabic-speaking countries view their Ovi Mail account in Arabic. Over 280 Million people use Arabic as their first language. This was a challenging feature to implement considering the fact that it’s a right-to-left language and the Ovi Mail UI had to be changed to support this orientation.

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Nokia introduced the Nokia C5

Fuad NAHDI — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:21:23 +0000

Nokia on March 2nd, 2010 unveiled the Nokia C5, a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. The compact device includes access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, in one affordable package, with an estimated retail price of EUR 135, before taxes and subsidies.

With direct access to favorite contacts on the device homescreen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook, the Nokia C5 keeps people connected with the ones who matter the most. Accessing social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, is fast and easy, while instant messaging and email accounts from Ovi Mail and other email providers are available through Nokia Messaging. Loaded with a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card that comes in-box and high speed data connection for effortless uploading of photos and videos to various online communities, the Nokia C5 delivers an outstanding sharing experience.

The Nokia C5 offers the latest version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, including location sharing with Facebook friends. The Nokia C5 also provides fast web browsing, allowing easy access to favorite Internet sites, Ovi Music*) and a range of applications through the Ovi Store.

The Nokia C5 is expected to begin shipping in select markets during the second quarter of 2010.

The new Cseries represents the core of Nokia portfolio, focusing on social interaction between friends and family.

Watch the video of Nokia C5 below:

Press materials and photos can be found at www.nokia.com/press/

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MicroOLAP Database Designer for PostgreSQL with enhanced WineHQ support released

Fuad NAHDI — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:02:16 +0000

MicroOLAP Database Designer for PostgreSQL is an easy CASE tool with intuitive graphical interface allowing you to build a clear and effective database structure visually, see the complete picture (diagram) representing all the tables, references between them, views, stored procedures and other objects. Then you can easily generate a physical database on a server, modify it according to any changes you made to the diagram using fast ALTER statements.

To download the latest release, you can go to the MicroOLAP website here.

Below are the full changelog list:

[!] WineHQ support enhanced
[+] DEFERRABLE clause now proccessed for FOREIGN KEY by SQL Reverse Engineering
[*] SQL Reverse Engineering: function now created if specified in CREATE TRIGGER and “Create nonexistent references object” checked
[-] “After changing interface language Object Tree View not refreshed immediatly” bug fixed
[-] “Cannot add object through Object Tree View popup menu after interface lanuage changed” bug fixed
[-] “Cannot delete all tablespaces from model” bug fixed
[-] “Cannot save Begin and End Scripts using Database Editor” bug fixed
[-] “Command ‘wine PgMDD.exe’ fails in the shell” bug fixed
[-] “Modify Database duplicates FOREIGN KEYs sometimes” bug fixed
[-] “Width for stored routines calculated wrong sometimes” bug fixed