Firefox add-ons: use Foxmarks to keep your bookmarks safe and synchronized! February 22, 2009
Posted by galigio in bookmark sharing, Bookmarks, Computers & Internet, Firefox, Firefox add-ons, Firefox Extensions, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, multiplatform website copier, multiplatform freeware, Multiplatform software, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: add-on, add-ons, Bookmarks, Cleo, Febe, Firefox, foxmarks, mobile bookmarks, Online Bookmark Manager, sync, synchronize bookmark
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This week, in our Linux Page (in Spanish), we posted a brief review about Foxmarks, a simple but effective add-on for Firefox which can seriously help you to manage, save and restore your bookmarks. In the past, we wrote some reviews about Online Bookmark Manager, Febe and Cleo but, at the moment, we truly believe that Foxmarks is the most flexible between all of them. It is cross-platform (or multiplatform if you prefer), easy to use and very intuitive thanks to its interactive wizards. Foxmarks can be used to simply sharing your bookmarks with your friends or as a professional tool to sync profiles via web between all your PCs. Last but not least, I would like to focus your attenyion on mobile.foxmarks.com which allows you to access bookmarks on all your web-enabled devices. Recommended!
Easily backup your datas and save some energy: two interesting freeware for XP and Vista! February 15, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: backup, backup files, Carbon footprint, CO2 emissions, CO2 Saver, computer energy efficiency, data backup, Edison, FBackup, firewire backup, free backup software, green pc, image backup, mirror backup, network backup, PC power management, reduce CO2, save energy, usb backup
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This week, in our Freeware Page, we posted a review about two interesting freeware for Windows: FBackup and edison. FBackup is a powerful software which allows you to easily manage and plan your backups. All the menus are very intuitive and it is possible to back up files also when they are in use. Fbackup is very well structured and allows you to decide when, what, how (zip files or exact copies) and when backup your datas. On the other hand, edison is a simple freeware, developed to helpXP and Vista users to save more energy. Edison contains some simple setups which allow you to determine the best
energy “saving” configuration depending your needs. This program can not be considered “revolutionary” but certainly helps to organize our PC, in a more efficient way. To conclude, we really think that using this freeware, we could benefit of some budget savings (in theory it is even possible to calculate your saving when using the dedicated menu). Recommended!
How to easily check HD health using a cross platform software: GSmartControl 0.8.3 February 8, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, cross-platform, free software, free software download, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, GNU/Linux, hardware, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Mac, Mac OS X, multiplatform freeware, Multiplatform software, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: cross-platform, disco duro, Freeware, GSmartControl, hard disk, hardware, HD crash, HD failure, HD problem, Linux, OS X, SMART, Software, windows
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GSmartControl is a multiplatform (Windows, OS X, Linux) freeware drive health inspection tool which is very useful in all that case when you think something is not working perfectly on your HD. Today, in our Linux Page (in Spanish) we have posted a brief comment about this software which basically is the graphical user interface for smartct. The program is very intuitive and easy to use; it automatically detects all your internal HDs (with some external USB disks we had some problems because they were detected as unknown) and let you decide if you want to activate the SMART feature. This particular feature let you “predict certain kinds of failures with certain chance of success” so you have a better chance to avoid HD crashes and all the consequent data loss. If you prefer, clicking on the “Enable Auto Offline Data Collection” the HDs will be tested every four hours without impacting your CPU performance. I would like to focus your attention that GSmartControl is very well developed and it is possible to download many “personalized” versions for all the main Linux distributions, OS X and Windows. Last but not least, do not forget that SMART could predict some HD crashes but it is not 100% safe; for this reason we strongly recommend you to backup your PCs, at least every week!
Use chkrootkit to fight against rare (but always possible) rootkits on your Linux PCs! February 1, 2009
Posted by galigio in Antivirus for Linux, Antivirus for Ubuntu, Computadoras, Computers & Internet, Freeware, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Linux OS, Linux Tips, Privacy, security, Security package for Ubuntu, Seguridad, Software, software for Linux, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia.Tags: 55808.A, Adore, Adore Worm, AjaKit, Anonoying, Aquatica, ARK, Bobkit, checkrootkit, chklastlog.c, chkrootkit, chkwtmp.c, dsc-rootkit, duarawkz, Ducoci, Enye, ESRK, Fu, George, Gold2, Hidrootkit, ifpromisc.c, Illogic rootkit, Kenga3, kenny-rk, Kernel Modules, knark, lastlog deletions, Lion Worm, LKM, LOC, LPD Worm, lrk3, lrk4, lrk5, lrk6, Lupper.Worm, Madalin, Maniac-RK, MithRa's, Monkit, Omega Worm, OpenBSD rk v1, Optickit, Pizdakit, promiscuous mode, Ramen Worm, rh-shaper, romanian rootkit, rootedoor, rootkit, rootkit detection, RSHA, RST.b, Scalper, script kiddie, sebek, security, ShitC Worm, Shkit, Showtee, shv4, shv5, SK rootkit, Slapper, SucKIT, T.R.K, t0rn, TC2, Volc, Wormkit Worm, wtmp deletions, x.c, zaRwT, ZK
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This week, in our Linux Page (in Spanish), we would like to focus your attention on chkrootkit, an interesting software for Linux which can really help you to detect malicious rootkits on your Linux PC. Unfortunately, the last update we have found on the chkrootkit homepage is dated December 2007 but we hope to see a new release during the 2009. To check if you have chkrootkit already installed, type chkrootkit on you Terminal:
desktop:~$ chkrootkit
and you certainly will receive this message:
The program ‘chkrootkit’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install chkrootkit
Follow the above instructions and you will be ready to execute the software just typing:
sudo chkrootkit
Please, note that, at our first scan on Ubuntu 8.10, we found a false positive:
Checking `sniffer’… lo: not promisc and no packet sniffer sockets
eth0: PACKET SNIFFER(/sbin/dhclient3[4835])
Do not worry! This (unfortunately frequent) false positive has already been discussed by the community at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=556517
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=270340
If you know other good anti-rootkits, please be so kind, to add a comment on this post. We are really interested to discover new “security software” (especially anti-rootkit) for Linux machines!
