World: r3wp

That's true, actually, the remote computer could be compromised and 
then keylog me. But I set up the "remote" computer, being my flatmate's 
in the next room. I can't remember if our firewall allows ssh between 
local and wide area network...

I think that needs a port-forwarding rule and there isn't one enabled 
for ssh.

wouldn't it be better to disable password, use a key, move from port 
22 to some other port (just to reduce noise) , port knocking.. ?

Anton... You could use "FUSE" very easy quick sshFS mount...  works 
like a charm. no sftp scp or ssh needed to access the remote fs....http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html

Yes; there are quite a few ways to secure Secure Shell ... but you 
do have to stay on your toes.  Just turning it on ... bad idea.  
;)  With most distros that is ... Cygwin included.  There are copies 
that default to lockdown and you have to work to open them up, but 
those are the exception still.   Assigning ports above 1024 is always 
smart, and the $40 firewall routers can easily be setup to forward 
port 22 or 80 etc, to a usermode port.  You might still get broken 
into, but at least not with root access.  And hey, iptables is fun 
stuff.  Light reading.  :)


And, just because I'm being gabby ... rsync is a wonderful tool if 
you have multiple nodes and want hot backups.  This article expalins 
how to set it up, and while doing so, explains setting up ssh keys 
and locking things down.
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/rsync.htm

Will, I'm not sure what you mean about using a key instead of a password. 
Wouldn't I still need to login to my box ? Or does using a separate 
ssh key just mean that it's easier to revoke access (without having 
to change my root password) ?

Umm, read that link Anton.  You can set authorization keys for SSH. 
 It takes a liitle to setup, but handy dandy once set.  Then you 
can disallow password login.   And if you don't know the machine 
and have shared keys, no looky no touchy.  It's part of what I'd 
like to see with the REBOL ring of trust.  Digital signatures.

Norman, sshFS looks useful (but I'll keep that for a future project).

I already have ssh, scp and fish installed, so I avoid adding another 
package on top...

I'm quite familiar with rsync since last year, when I used it to 
transfer a whole bunch of files from WinXP to Kubuntu.

btiffin, ok, so using a key with ssh looks like a good thing to do 
then. It's on my list.... :)

The Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux 
programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder. How 
will this verdict impact the technology in play for Linux file system 
dominance?  

really??

sounds like a slashdot headline

That news has been hanging over ReiserFS for a long time now.  At 
least people know now.   Ext3 has always treated me ok.  My guess 
is, ReiserFS will lose to Ext3.   OR ... get a name change, quick 
fix to the politics.

Will rebol run on a 64 bit Linux box? or only 32 bit?

Hummm. I'm using AltMe on a 64 bit Linux box, so I guess that is 
my answer.

But rebolview for Debian does not load on my Kubuntu machine.  Well, 
actually it loads, but after I give my user info it dies and won'

t load again.

Louis, rebol 2.7.6?

Yes.

What is Linux PPC?

Linux running on PowerPC hardware, I guess.

Like some Mac computers.

And PlayStation 3.

rebview-ppc.gzip contains rebview-ppc.gzip.  Is that what it is supposed 
to contain?

I think you are right, Geomol. Neither Linux x86 nor Linux PPC will 
work for me. I'm probably doing something wrong.

Have you tried starting rebol from a terminal program?

No, that is a good idea. I'll try.

No success.

Hm, strange. And rebol is executable?
chmod +x rebol

The last thing, I can think of, is correct version of libc.

libc? I'm new to Linux, so is very likely something very simple.

[Dad-:-sim-v]:~/rebol-276$ chmod +x rebol
[Dad-:-sim-v]:~/rebol-276$ rebol
bash: rebol: command not found

I'm afraid not. You still have to be some kind of a hacker to get 
some things working under Linux.
Try:
./rebol

or put rebol in a location, where you path point to. E.g.: /usr/local/bin/

Ok, that works. Thanks!  I can see that I have a little bit of studying 
to do to learn the commands .

You're welcome! :-)

Well worth the effort Louis.  GNU/Linux is and always has been my 
favourite "IDE".   :)

btiffin, Well, I've had many problems with XP, so I'm ready to move 
on. Most of the software I'm been using on XP was ported from Linus. 
Only a few are genuine XP programs. So, I'

m hoping they will work on XP runnning under Virtualbox.

Wine is your friend for most Windows needs under GNU/Linux.   It's 
just better, smarter, stronger.  But ... it does require learning 
a little bit about computing.  Something MS seems to want to keep 
to themselves for that whole, lock in mentality their stock price 
is based on.

My XP machine presently freezes up randomly. It may be caused by 
a virus, but Kapersky can't find it. Ghost will not boot up to restore 
my backup. So, I'm rather disgusted with XP at the moment. Actually, 
I don't even want to run it under Virtualbox.

Do you recommend wine over Virtualbox?

Never tried Virtualbox.  Wine is great though.  WineHQ pumps out 
releases on a very regular basis.  It gets better everyday and they 
package it up for apt, rpm and most GNU/Linux binary package managers.

And the developers are gamers too, so the list of supported apps 
usually starts with games, then works down through the other applications.

http://www.winehq.orgfor more info.

I just looked.  Yesterday they announced a freeze for Wine 1.0   
Woohoo.   Yes, there will be incompatibilities, but it seems the 
principals feel it's ready  for a 1.0 tag.  Great news.

Hope they fix that decimal bug.

Do any of you guys use Linux without a gui? I note that

Gimp can be loaded from the command console. Could it be loaded if 
there were no gui such as KDE?