ModernGeek.com is a great place for Linux and BSD User Groups to Meet. Either local or far away, we can still share knowledge in a common setting. If you enjoy Linux, UNIX, BSD, or anything *NIX related you are welcome here.This is the meeting place of the Paducah Linux and BSD Users Group, we meet bi-weekly,and discuss topics openly in the forums so feel free to play amongst the lot. Hang out on IRC. I have tried to create an atmosphere so that any passerby who enjoys Linux or BSD will have interest in hanging around. While your here don't forget to add your Location to the map.

Would you come to a Linux Users Group Meeting in Paducah, KY - If it were organized by members of this site?

Using tor and making it easier... Installing torsocks, privoxy, and vidalia

Tor [The Onion Router] is an amazing project. It offers strong anonymity and is a priceless application if you value your identity, freedom, privacy, or anonymity when using the Internet. Here's a overview of what tor does described by the tor project:"Tor anonymizes the origin of your traffic, and it encrypts everything
between you and the Tor network and everything inside the Tor network,
but it can't encrypt your traffic between the Tor network and its final destination. If you are communicating sensitive information, you

OpenBSD 4.6 .ISO available for download!

OpenBSD Puffy

Not too long ago the OpenBSD Journalannounced the OpenBSD 4.6 release had arrived via mail for a few of those that had purchased the release. Since the release of OpenBSD 4.2, the installation ISO's have been made available for free at no charge as opposed to before where they were only available via purchasing the official CD set.

OpenBSD is most likely taking their time adding 4.6 to the mirrors since there were reportedly some issues with the creation or distribution of the purchased set [who wants to buy something and have it online before you even get your purchased copy!]. Until now I haven't been able to find the 4.6 install ISO for download on any mirrors. After digging around and some crafty google searching I found an install mirror with 4.6.

TVA of Western Ky is on fire, EMT's and Firefighters are rushing to aid!

 I have just learned that less than ten minutes ago, Firefighters and EMT's are on their way to the TVA of Western KY, near Paducah. "

Working with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

I have been heavily investing time in setting up two new Ubuntu 10.04 installs, one a server and the other on my primary notebook. The upgrade process via apt, failed most certainly. Time after time, it would not work. Finally after doing a bit of research there was a bug discovered when dual booting that affects certain configurations. Coincidentally I was in that scenario. I simply backed up the data from the second partition [an old win32 install] and then used the entire disk for the installation.

Updated2 4.26.2010

Updated2 4.26.2010

Here's an updated screenshot of my desktop running Compiz. Hope you like it :D

Hitman's Desktop: 4.26.2010

Hitman's Desktop: 4.26.2010

This is an update of my desktop I made for some folks over at HardForum.

What to do when killall doesn't work!

I've been doing sysadmin work locally and for others for a very long time, never, until today at least, have I ran into an issue where "killall $ApplicationName" hasn't worked. I've been playing with the Pidgin Instant Messenger, combining it with the 'torsocks' and liking it so far. I was attempting an image transfer and it locked up, I tried using...

What bittorrent client to you use

How many different security applications do you use?

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