Replacing Windows XP with Ubuntu and Mac’s

We are starting to upgrade lots of machines now that support for Windows XP has ended. Naturally, we are installing Ubuntu on as many machines as possible… but sometimes there are software restrictions and we have to make a purchasing decision between Apple and Windows. Apple hardware is cheaper longterm What is really interesting it … Read more

How to upgrade / fix Ubuntu openssl heartbleed bug

If you read the heartbleed.com website – it suggested the Ubuntu is not secure because there are still using openssl 1.0.1f. If your Ubuntu computer is up to date then it is secure. Ubuntu have back ported the changes from openssl 1.0.1g to 1.0.1.f. i.e. just: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Media Wiki /var/www/includes/db/Database.php: DatabaseBase::factory no viable database extension found for type ‘mysql’

I just upgraded Ubuntu and unfortunately the MediaWiki installation broke. There was no debugging output on the screen (for obvious security reasons). So, I just had a blank page on the screen. The first thing that I did was show the debugging output but editing the LocalSetting.php to enabling After refreshing the page, the error … Read more

How to remove Ubuntu Landscape Client *

I have started to remove the Ubuntu / Cannonical Landscape Client from all my Ubuntu servers because otherwise it is just another service: Running in the background using power Potiential security hole with root permission I don’t actually use it It is quite simple: If Cannonical open sourced the service for Landscape then I would … Read more

Strange Conveyor User Ubuntu

I have just been looking at the processes on my laptop and noticed a python process running as a user called ‘conveyor’. I can’t remember adding a user or installing a program called conveyer. It turns out that it was a Makerbot process. So, a quick… …helped sort that out. Why Makerbot doesn’t make a … Read more