tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135407484780825262024-03-28T02:20:23.060-07:00MaximumHoytAll the Hoyt You NeedHoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-49157337028579402902024-03-19T15:27:00.000-07:002024-03-19T15:31:00.829-07:00Linux Hardware Database While cleaning out some old papers, I came across a brief email from lhdadmin@datapower.com congratulating me on registering at the Linux Hardware Database. The email was dated July 4, 1999.Upon checking, the LHD is still active and anonymous reports of your computer hardware can be accomplished by installing the hw-probe script and running it as root,$ sudo urpmi hw-probe$ sudo Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-78191386562011003232023-12-03T12:56:00.000-08:002023-12-03T12:56:04.651-08:00Use POSTFOX with GMAIL and Mageia Linux In an earlier blog post, I described how to use mail with Mageia Linux to send system messages to your Google Mail account. At the time, sendmail was the default MTA (mail transfer agent) of choice and was overkill for what was needed for a simple messaging of security status ( from msec). It still works.By Mageia 8, postfix became the default MTA, so it seems it would be easier to Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-44294077736676013902023-12-03T12:10:00.000-08:002023-12-03T12:54:21.498-08:00Win4Lin appwrapper for Windows 9x/2000/XP on the Linux OS Win4Lin is a discontinued non-free application for Linux which allowed users to run a copy of Windows 9x, Windows 2000 or Windows XP applications on their Linux desktop. It is based on MERGE, developed circa 1985 by Locus Computing Corporation to run DOS applications on UNIX operating systems. Locus eventually gained licensing access to the MS Windows source code. A significant Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-32075829411400466372023-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:002023-12-02T10:56:34.134-08:00VritualBox to the Rescue for Dual-Booting Linux and MS Windows VirtualBox came in handy in the past when a larger hard drive was added to a Series2 TiVo. Once again, it came in handy when installing Windows 10 on a drive already installed in a computer tower alongside Mageia9 and a few additional drives.There used to be a Win7 installation on /dev/sdb, but it crashed. MS Windows is notoriously known for assuming it is the only OS belonging on a machineHoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-41612170936360797522023-11-26T15:54:00.000-08:002023-12-16T08:58:56.003-08:00Adding Older Versions of Magia to Your Repos The Mageia Wiki for URPMI contains useful information in the section titled Copying CD or a DVD to a home directory and using the copy in urpmi.Before starting, download the appropriate Magia DVD. Since we are not using the kernel or any system files from these earlier distros, it's not necessary to also obtain all the updates. Here are the download links for Mageia7 x86_64/ i586 and Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-3374372239077212312023-11-15T12:02:00.000-08:002024-02-27T19:00:52.546-08:00Add Extra Repos for Mageia It is possible to add non-Mageia repos to the URPMI system for Mageia. I add the BDK repos as well as the Google-Chrome repo as follows:$ sudo urpmi.addmedia BDK-Free-x86_64 http://ftp.blogdrake.net/mageia/mageia9/free/x86_64$ sudo urpmi.addmedia BDK-Free-noarch http://ftp.blogdrake.net/mageia/mageia9/free/noarch$ sudo urpmi.addmedia BDK-NonFree-x86_64 http://Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-75731993545755990352021-11-24T12:41:00.004-08:002023-12-10T02:27:33.162-08:00DOSBox-X for Mageia LinuxDOSBox-X is a DOS emulator that provides the most flexibility possible for DOS emulator as it can not only run the DOS games that DOSBox can run, but the Win3.1, Win9X and WinME operating systems. DOSBox-X is available for Mageia8 in a flatpak repository, something new to Mageia, so we'll cover the installation of DOSBox-X via this method, then move on to configuring a working DOSBox-XHoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-65495786600369838942021-11-24T09:45:00.006-08:002021-12-02T18:53:47.306-08:00 Web Proxy for Mageia Linux - PrivoxyFrom the homepage, "Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes." The typical use is to block ads. While ad blocking extensions Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-8537057571101168392020-12-20T12:06:00.007-08:002021-11-24T12:45:42.089-08:00fail2ban and sshutout for Mageia LinuxFail2ban "Fail2ban is an extensible Swiss-army knife of brute-force authentication prevention and it comes with an additional filters to detect other attempts to compromise your system. If you do nothing but install it, run it, keep it updated and turn on its filters for any services you run, especially SSH, you will be far better off than you were otherwise." -- Greg Bledsoe$ sudo Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-63865141254296045172020-11-30T06:35:00.004-08:002021-11-24T12:45:26.827-08:00DOSBox for Mageia Linux Mageia7 does provide a pre-compiled package for DOSBox, but does not provide any graphical frontend for it. Since DOSBox may typically need special configurations for specific application, a GUI frontend is handy for managing these configuration files.DBoxFE is available; version 0.1.3.0 dated 21 September 2007 is the most current. Both 32-bit and 64-bit RPM packages are available as Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-64479159865356648412020-10-19T09:22:00.003-07:002023-05-28T13:28:49.391-07:00TigerVNC Server for Mageia8 and SSH tunneling "TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC provides the levels of performance necessary to run 3D and video applications, and it attempts to maintain a common look and feel and re-use components, where possible, Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-8693109579044386152020-07-26T16:48:00.012-07:002024-01-30T05:37:52.717-08:00The Sims Complete Collection on WinXP
On February 2, 2000, Maxis Software released the first of a series of life simulation video games, The Sims. Microsoft XP was released on October 25, 2001. There were several expansion packs released for The Sims and several Service Packs released for Windows XP. My goal is to install the most current version of Windows XP on 32-bit hardware and install the DVD version of The Sims Complete Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-55412666436450870002020-05-25T20:44:00.004-07:002021-01-13T05:40:21.881-08:00Installing Zoom Videoconferencing for Mageia Linux.
Zoom is a popular, if somewhat insecure, videoconferencing application in wide use. It does offer Linux support, just not for Mageia7.
However, if you head over to the Zoom Linux download page, and access the Download center for Fedora 21+, you can install the appropriate 32- or 64-bit RPM package which will install all the correct dependencies and Zoom will work on your Mageia7 system!
Back Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-11687089989409726542020-02-14T15:51:00.005-08:002023-12-09T08:46:26.193-08:00Configuring urpmi-proxy for MageiaNot much has been mentioned about urpmi-proxy for Mageia. In theory, urpmi-proxy works as a local proxy for a Mageia repository. You set it as the source repository for all your machines and it downloads and distributes only what packages you need.
For the most part, little configuration is needed "out of the box". It is configured by default to use the existing repositories that are Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-40323126767535182102019-11-25T13:58:00.000-08:002020-04-13T10:57:44.465-07:00Setting up a TOR Relay on Mageia6
The Onion Router (TOR) is not a server frequently run by most Linux users, especially North American users. Many countries actively persecute their citizens for their beliefs and anonymity is important for their safety, so I wanted to participate in the effort to assist this project by running a TOR relay server.
I have a dedicated computer that runs a webserver for a hobby site, so I felt Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-13305864762036760752019-11-14T20:40:00.001-08:002020-11-27T05:19:37.972-08:00Carmageddon 1 & 2 On Modern LinuxThis is just a placeholder for relevant links until I can get around to installing the game.
http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/18741
http://www.glidos.net/carma.html?lang=en#instvoodoo
http://www.tower.net.au/~robsol/carma/carm_faq.html#3dfx
https://www.cwaboard.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5793
http://www.patches-scrolls.com/search.php?game=carmageddon&platform=1&cnt=25
http:Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-67587979939638125212019-11-12T11:11:00.002-08:002019-11-21T09:54:44.716-08:00Creating a Custom Mageia Repository
As extensive as the Mageia RPM package repositories are, they don't include every application possible and it makes sense to create a local repository of these additional RPMs since I have several Mageia workstations.
Using a remote workstation running lighttpd that acts as a webserver for a car club, it is also configured to allow each user to use ~/public_html as their personal webserver, Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-72451898741644683822019-11-10T07:54:00.002-08:002021-02-02T14:41:15.913-08:00Creating TASK-* RPMs for Mageia: task-codeweavers-essentials
A task-*.rpm package is a metapackage, a special type of package that installs other RPM packages that are delineated as dependencies of the task-*.rpm. They contain no actual data, they just cause the system to install other RPM packages as directed.
There is a need to create such a package to compliment the installation of Codeweaver's crossover application. As explained in another Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-84003936524735356062019-07-06T09:18:00.002-07:002021-11-24T12:45:06.848-08:00Installing Dropbox on Mageia Linux
Dropbox is a commercial cloud-based online file storage service. A Basic account provides 2GB of space at no charge. To begin installing Dropbox, go to their website and create an account.
Step 1. On your computer, install the Dropbox package.
$ sudo urpmi dropbox
This installs the Dopbox files and installs wget (if not already installed).
Step 2. Begin the Dropbox installation by Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-65938940306310458962019-07-03T22:15:00.002-07:002021-02-27T07:04:56.785-08:00Upgrade Mageia7 to Mageia8
Back in the early days of Linux, the changes to the operating system were so dramatic that even when updating withing the same distro, in-place point release updates were problematic enough and it was always recommended that a major version release be done from scratch. There were just too many major changes to the underlying subsystems and package naming conventions. Doing an in-place update Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-26850440481353063272018-04-20T06:07:00.000-07:002020-08-11T15:14:06.652-07:00Recover Corrupt GZIP Files
It is possible for gzip'ed files to become corrupt and the normal means of extracting the archive will fail. This is especially disconcerting when you are trying to restore from a gzip'ed backup.
Fortunately, the Gzip Recovery Toolkit (gzrt) can offer some hope. It may not recover all your files, but if you are facing this dilemma, anything can be a help.
Mageia6 does not provide gzrt, but itHoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-28770905944487138302018-03-20T10:56:00.001-07:002020-04-15T09:51:34.692-07:00Use Virtualbox to mount drives and transfer data for Tivo Disk UpgradesI have a Linux-based workstation that is already configured for my needs, but I also needed to replace the disk drive on my Tivo Series 3 (Model TCD652160) using MFSTools 3.2, which is a Linux-based OS designed to copy/create the new Tivo drive. The OS of the Tivo3/HD limits the maximum size of the drive to 2TB. It appears that the Romio has a 6TB limit.
Details and download links for MSFTools Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-34213484876414845212018-01-28T18:42:00.003-08:002021-02-12T13:16:23.484-08:00Unreal Tournament GOTY/UT99 for Modern Linux
Released on November 16, 1999, Unreal Tournament (also known as UT99) is an arena first-person shooter for Multiplayer on-line competition or you can play against bots off-line. It features several game types, with more details provided at Wikipedia. The game was re-released on February 25, 2000 as Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition (GOTY) which included the three bonus Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-25170791857155278622018-01-05T12:32:00.003-08:002020-08-08T12:32:50.830-07:00Recover Deleted files from a FAT12 Floppy Disk
While cleaning and re-arranging a storage closet, I came across several boxes of ancient 1.44MB floppy disks, some of which were labeled indicating they contained pictures I had taken using a now-ancient Sony Mavica digital camera (which I still have). I also have a Mitsumi D353FUE USB floppy drive I purchased years ago when floppy drives became old-fashioned.
I wanted to save all the images Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813540748478082526.post-50449287561785733242018-01-01T12:23:00.002-08:002020-11-27T05:22:46.738-08:00Using Clonezilla to Back Up a Windows Drive
I was asked by my daughter to build a MS Windows computer that she could use for her work-from-home job. Normally, I would have provided a Linux workstation, but her job required software that was Windows-only. I put together a Shuttle XS35 computer that included two hard drives, one for Windows and one for Linux on which I installed Windows7 and Mageia6 respectively.
No matter how much IHoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.com0