Scarygliders http://scarygliders.net Hardware & Life hacking, random everything. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Get audio with your xrdp/x11rdp connections, LAN or Remote! Updated! Windows Clients! http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/06/get-audio-with-your-xrdpx11rdp-connections-lan-or-remote/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-audio-with-your-xrdpx11rdp-connections-lan-or-remote http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/06/get-audio-with-your-xrdpx11rdp-connections-lan-or-remote/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:43:17 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=1198 Okay so I did a bit of research, and found a method of forwarding audio from your remote RDP Linux desktops.

The methods work for RDP connections on your local LAN, and also for connections to remote systems via ssh tunnels.

Here's how…

2012-04-19 Article Updated

Changelog:

Added a section for how

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]]> http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/06/get-audio-with-your-xrdpx11rdp-connections-lan-or-remote/feed/ 5 Secure your systems with ssh on Linux and puTTY on Windows – Part 1 http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/04/secure-your-systems-with-ssh-on-linux-and-putty-on-windows-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=secure-your-systems-with-ssh-on-linux-and-putty-on-windows-part-1 http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/04/secure-your-systems-with-ssh-on-linux-and-putty-on-windows-part-1/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:26:37 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=989 This will be a multi-part series on SSH

This is Part 1

Say you have a workstation or server, safely sitting behind a firewall, but you need access, for example, to the shiny RDP service you installed not so long ago, and/or other services on that system.

You could easily forward the RDP port (3389)

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]]> http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/04/secure-your-systems-with-ssh-on-linux-and-putty-on-windows-part-1/feed/ 1 QuickTips : Stop apt downloading Translations Indexes http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/01/quicktips-stop-apt-downloading-translations-indexes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quicktips-stop-apt-downloading-translations-indexes http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/01/quicktips-stop-apt-downloading-translations-indexes/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:35:54 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=1021 I've noticed that recently, Debian-based distributions seem to be attempting to download a bazillion Translations Indexes from their repositories. Most of the these attempts seem to be either ignored, or fail, and sometimes it even seems to slow down the update download itself, presumably because it takes time for the repository server to time out

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]]> http://scarygliders.net/2012/04/01/quicktips-stop-apt-downloading-translations-indexes/feed/ 2 Move complete! Updated… http://scarygliders.net/2012/02/23/move-complete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=move-complete http://scarygliders.net/2012/02/23/move-complete/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:59:28 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=999 If you’re seeing this post, then all is well, DNS has propagated, and you’re now accessing the blog via the new VPS!

Update : I seem to be having some trouble with comment plugins, so, for now I have deactivated them. Please let me know if you spot any other trouble with the site.

*sigh*

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You probably won't notice anyway, but, I'll be relocating this site to be hosted elsewhere.

In the meantime, whilst I'm busy configuring the new server, the site will operate as normal, and hopefully the transition will be smooth – famous last words ;)

I'll let you know when this

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Regards!

]]> http://scarygliders.net/2012/01/20/downtime/feed/ 0 My mission for 2012 http://scarygliders.net/2012/01/06/my-mission-for-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-mission-for-2012 http://scarygliders.net/2012/01/06/my-mission-for-2012/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:30:02 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=962 So, a new year, new possibilities. Here’s my main missions for this year..

Become extremely fluent in Japanese – LIKE A BOSS.

I’ve been living in Japan for over 4 years now and to be truly honest, haven’t made near enough effort to learn the lingo. This has been my main stumbling block to progressing

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]]> http://scarygliders.net/2012/01/06/my-mission-for-2012/feed/ 1 2011 Seasons Greetings http://scarygliders.net/2011/12/25/2011-seasons-greetings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2011-seasons-greetings http://scarygliders.net/2011/12/25/2011-seasons-greetings/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:20:20 +0000 Kevin Cave http://scarygliders.net/?p=951 To all site visitors: Have A Cool Yule!

2011 has been a challenging year for me and mine…

We’ve had to deal with the Magnitude 9 quake in March – which was a bit of an adventure, I can assure you ;) Then the radiation threat from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. My house is

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I’ve had a stinker of a cold the past week or so, which is why there’s been nothing new.

Suffice to say the cold has still got a hold of me, but, at the same time in the background I am

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Lets say you have a laptop or a netbook which you take with you everywhere, and on which you keep sensitive information. (Lets even say you have a home computer with sensitive information.)

You don’t have to be a secret agent or a crook to have sensitive information. Everyone has sensitive information!

Sensitive

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