slackware -> redhat -> debian -> ubuntu -> back to debian

IMO debian is the benchmark, especially to build servers from scratch quickly.

You should stop playing angry birds...

I was wondering exactly the same thing... Slashdot forgets that a lot of readers aren't from the US and don't know anything about US-centric brand names...

Thank you for the link and the parent for the reference.

It's the full text and was well worth a read !

You can actually run a proper VPN with ssh and not just tunnel individual ports:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH_VPN

This creates a point-to-point layer 2 or 3 tunnel between 2 hosts. This is great for proxying TCP, UDP, ethernet frames...

I have a SuperHub with VirginMedia and I use my own router: you need to set "DMZ Host" in the "SuperHub" advanced settings to the IP of your own router's WAN port. That means that your router's external IP looks like a private IP (in a different subnet from the LAN obviously) but that's not a problem in practice.

I use the N900 keyboard quite often, sysadmin tasks via ssh are surprisingly easy once you remap a few symbol keys!

Thanks, that looks promising!

PasswordSafe has less functionality than KeePass except that there is a compatible command line client for it (pwsafe).

I often use pwsafe from a remote shell and I would switch to a KeePass database if I could find a CLI for it...

You calibrate the monitor on the host, and use the resulting ICC profile with each application both on the host and guest.

This is discussed here: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18188

Shocking vulnerability, you could potentially get rooted just reading some dodgy email in mutt under screen!

It was fixed in October 2006 (couldn't find a POC though) but there must be a lot of people with older versions still...

www.stackoverflow.com is a much better free alternative to expertSexchange.com.

They also regularly provide a complete database dump of all the questions and answers (http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/) so there is no risk they'll steal the community effort like expertsexchange did...