Kablink has released iFolder 3.8.

New features in 3.8

More info at the Kablink site

Quick note on VMware products and openSUSE 11.2: There is a slightly different package selection needed to be able to successfully have VMware products build & run on openSUSE 11.2.

These are the packages you need to have installed:

kernel-sources
kernel-syms #will also add dev packages
make #used to be selected by default
gcc
gcc++

Having the above packages VMware Workstation 6.5.3 and above should build normally.

Possibly this is what's needed to get VMware Server 2.x up and running though I haven't tested it.

Shortly after openSUSE being released, Novell announced the availability of OES2 SP2. As stated on the Novell site:

It's not just bug fixes and security patches. With all-new capabilities like auditing files in NSS on Linux with Novell Sentinel, an FTP gateway for remote access and enhanced migration tools that streamline NetWare upgrades, SP2 offers significant value. Combined with the Domain Services for Windows, iFolder 3.7, and AFP and CIFS protocol support included in SP1, you get new functionality for IT and end users alike

Grab your copy here

Click above for more info or here to get the software directly.

After placing the howto install iFolder Server on openSUSE, I received the question if this is also possible on SLES.

Good news for those looking to do this, as it's just as easy as installing on openSUSE. There are some small differences when installing on SLES 11.

In a nutshell:

There is a nice article on TuxRadar giving many tips on different levels on howto tweak your Linux system: TuxRadar: make Linux faster and lighter

If you are running openSUSE, don't get too much into the Yum and Apt tweaking bits... ;)

Happy tweaking!

iFolder is a superb solution to keep your files synchronized (using delta-sync) on multiple computers/laptops as single user or in groups and in a secure manner. Content can be accessed from any system offering an internet connection using a standard browser or iFolder client (clients are available on Linux, Mac & Windows).

More info on the open source iFolder project : http://www.kablink.org/

On a running openSUSE 11.x system, you can have your iFolder Server up and running within 15 minutes.

An interesting post on securing Nagios!

Nagios is a monitoring software designed to let you know about problems on your hosts and networks quickly. You can configure it to be used on any network. Setting up a Nagios server on any Linux distribution is a very quick process however to make it a secure setup it takes some work. This article will not show you how to install Nagios since there are tons of them out there but it will show you in detail ways to improve your Nagios security.

Read more here : http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/144088

After having reviewed openSUSE 11.2 for my Acer Aspire Revo (which b.t.w. runs great on this box!), I've decided to go for SLES 11 due to having two applications that don't run stably (yet) on 11.2.

To my surprise SLES 11 supports the Acer's hardware just fine 'out of the box'. The challenge so far was getting SLES installed on the Acer. As it does not have a built-in CD/DVD drive, I needed to install from USB.

What's needed:

Note: If you have access to SUSE Studio, you can use that to quickly build a custom USB install. Sadly :) I don't have access yet, but managed to create a USB bootable stick quite easily following these two guides:

On the openSUSE 11.2 milestone (beta) release page there was a nice tip on how to quickly make a bootable install usb stick using the LiveCD's:

Note, if you need to try the live CD on a machine with no CD-ROM drive, you can copy it to a USB key with the following command:

dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M

Replace “image.iso” with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace “sdX” with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up!

I'll be trying this on my new pet project : the Acer ASPIRE Revo 3600 Nettop :)