The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.  Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition improves...

I came across this little gem not to long back which is handy. It basically blocks IPs depending on the amount of connections they have. The defaults are fairly reasonable at 150 connections, and its remarkably easy to install. wget http://www.inetbase.com/scripts/ddos/install.sh chmod 0700 install.sh ./install.sh Presto, now its installed! If you want to customize it...

I found this the today http://www.safe-rm.org.nz/ , and having had the odd accident im most definitely going to be installing this on my own server! What is safe-rm? Safe-rm is a safety tool intended to prevent the accidental deletion of important files by replacing /bin/rm with a wrapper, which checks the given arguments against a configurable blacklist of files and...