Debian and Google Summer (Winter) Of CodeDebian and Google Summer (Winter) Of Code
Debian is participating in the Google Summer Of Code (or Winter if you are in the southern hemisphere). It would be good if we could get a SE Linux related[...]
fluorescent lights and why it’s worth saving resourcesfluorescent lights and why it’s worth saving resources
A common criticism of fluorescent lights is the inability to use dimmers, as mentioned in Julien Goodwin’s blog. However with some thought at the time the lights are installed this[...]
are Thinkpads meant to run 24*7?are Thinkpads meant to run 24*7?
My Thinkpad has started to run hot recently. If I do anything CPU intensive then it will heat up to >80C and then turn itself off. When idling it seems[...]
worse than fossil fuel?worse than fossil fuel?
I just read an interesting blog post from December 2005 about the environmental impact of bio-fuels. It makes some really good points that should be studied by everyone who is[...]
SE Linux on /.SE Linux on /.
The book SE Linux by Example has been reviewed on Slashdot. The issue of Perl scripts was raised for discussion. It is of course true that a domain which is[...]
things to do for the environmentthings to do for the environment
I got the idea for this from Ben Hutchings. A. Copy the list below to your own journal and Bold the actions you are already taking Underline the actions you[...]
getting big changes in Debiangetting big changes in Debian
Erich Schubert comments on the issues relating to getting big changes into Debian. This is something that I had also noticed. I started work on SE Linux in Debian in[...]
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old driversold drivers
This morning when walking through a shopping center car park on my way to work a grannie came fairly close to squashing me. She accellerated her Mazda 323 backwards as[...]
creating a new SE Linux policy modulecreating a new SE Linux policy module
Creating a simple SE Linux policy module is not difficult. audit(1173571340.836:12855): avc: denied { execute } for pid=5678 comm=”spf-policy.pl” name=”hostname” dev=hda ino=1234 scontext=root:system_r:postfix_master_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:hostname_exec_t:s0 tclass=file For example I had a[...]