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linux4eva

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  1. If you've never used Linux before I would suggest going to your local public library and getting some books on Linux. It will help you out a little bit, even if the book explains a distro that is different than the one you are running. Basically, keep at it. In the beginning it can be difficult and confusing but the more you use it the easier it becomes.

  2. www.ubuntuguide.org

    music: Rhythmbox or Amarok

    movies: Xine

    games: Enemy Territory, ET:True Combat Mod, Doom III, lots more

    open office is great and comes preinstalled, open .doc files and stuff, powerpoints, excel files, etc. it's sweet.

    HTH. :)

  3. Is it possible to append or update a rainbow table? For example, let's say I finish the configuration #0 example and have just alphabet characters as the charset. Is it possible to update it and add the numbers in instead of deleting and starting from scratch thus losing everything I've done?

  4. I first heard about Linux back in high school. There was one computer in our lab that had some version of Linux on it but I was too stupid to try it and figure it out. Fast forward a year or two and I started getting into Open Source and trying all kinds of distros. Mostly, I'm a Debian/Ubuntu fanboy, but I wouldn't mind branching out and trying Gentoo. Now I listen to podcasts about Linux, visit forums, etc. I ran Linux as my main desktop for about 6 months but I couldn't stay away from all the games on Windows. So now I dual boot. I think I'll still dual boot for awhile and play games but I'm certainly not getting Vista. After hearing about the price and all the crap they're putting into it, it sounds terrible.

  5. So I've been reading about these rainbow tables and started generating my own for md5. Ugh, gonna take awhile. They probably won't be done until tomorrow morning. Anyway, would it be possible to use this same strategy for the RSA encryption used in the contest?

  6. And in terms of determining how far a device is away from a central spot, gps would have to be used. Well, I can think of another way but that's way too much math. I'm sure someone else has an idea or two as well.

    Could you use the strength of the connection to figure out the distance? For example, from these two wireless routers, the strength is poor but from this third one, it's good so the person is close to the third router.... that's probably too complicted though.

  7. I like my Nano (cause I won it so it's technically free) but I still can't get ipodlinux on it working. I wish they would update their installers.

    How did you get it for free?

    There was a quick 2 minute survey for my college and the prize was a nano. Needless to say, I was very surprised... but happy. ;)

  8. I'm sure many of you are familiar with the distributed.net project.

    http://www.distributed.net

    I know virtually nothing about how you would technically go about writing a program like that so I found something simple online. It's in Java and after looking at the code, I can't make heads or tails of it. Can someone give me some pointers? Thanks. :?

    http://hewgill.com/rc5/

    Direct D/L to the code:

    http://hewgill.com/rc5/rc5java.zip

  9. I like my Nano (cause I won it so it's technically free) but I still can't get ipodlinux on it working. I wish they would update their installers.

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