Berni’s blog

Debian install:
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-xen-on-debian-lenny-amd64

Found out today that ltsp works a treat even on very very old hardware. Amd 700 mhz just fine shows Google Earth a treat. More http://ltsp.sourceforge.net/

Could be useful: http://www.carefinder.uk.net ?

Check out the news.Tiscali is not paying its bills:-

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article5874543.ece

If you are a Tiscali customer try to get a MAC code from Tiscali now...You may not need it but you can give this to BT to move your Broadband to a new supplier if Tiscali go bust. Good luck.

Watch this space: http://release.debian.org/  the kit spreads from the US over time....so be patient in the East of the planet.

Meantime 4.0r7 was released last week to roll-up lots of updates.

Our masters have given into big business and authorized the another runway at Heathrow.  I hope this is remembered at the next election.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm

Sighhhhhh. The media run these kind of stories now and again. Real life is just not risk free. Just be sensible about the sites you visit - as you would walking out in tough streets. And keep your anti-virus updated!

Perhaps a good time to consider Linux?

Microsoft have released an unscheduled or "out-of-cycle" patch for a highly critical vulnerability. Security bulletin MS08-067 (patch 958644) was posted to warn of a remote-code attack that could spread wildly across the Internet. All windows including Vista are vulnerable. Please test the patch against your applications and implement this one as soon as possible.

More: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

You may have noticed your PC slowing down. I did a little bit of monitoring today and the problem - for me at least - is the countless and mostly unnecessary adverts and flash movies. eg sites like the BBC - that clock on the top right uses 10% of my CPU.

Fortunately there is an add-on for Firefox 2 and 3 which turns off flash movies until you want to play them.

Use Tools - Add-ons - click get extensions and search for flashblock then click add to firefox.

More: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Hmm.  The main experiment is set to start 10 September 2008. One bunch of experts say it will destroy the planet - the others pour scorn on the fears.

Perhaps we should just use these few days to reflect on what is really important - neighbours, family, friends, pets and not being unpleasant to anyone or anything else. Look after yourself too.

See you all Thursday?

Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider