Author Archives: ken_fallon

Preparing your Acer C7 Chromebook to install GNU/Linux

Posted on 2013-09-14 by ken_fallon

Purchase a Acer C7 Chromebook Enable developer mode Invoke Recovery mode, you hold down the following keys: ESC, first key on the left on the very top row. F3/Refresh, fourth key on the very top row Touch the Power button, … Continue reading →

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Checkpoint SSL Network Extender and Fedora19

Posted on 2013-08-07 by ken_fallon

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions Due to a change in the way CheckPoint are now rolling out policies, the native snx client and SSL client require different policies. … Continue reading →

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Adjust LCD brightness from the command line

Posted on 2013-07-01 by ken_fallon

Sometimes I just need to do this. echo -n 15 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness

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fix_tags – manipulate ID3 tags and then some…

Posted on 2013-05-24 by ken_fallon

I would like to introduce you to a tool that you have probably needed or will need some time. It’s called fix_tags and is written by my friend Mr. Dave Morriss, lead developer at Hacker Public Radio. While the tool … Continue reading →

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hpr1027 :: Migrating away from Google Reader – Feed2Imap

Posted on 2013-03-14 by ken_fallon

Back in 2012-07-10, I did a Hacker Public Radio episode entitled, “hpr1027 :: Migrating away from Google Reader“. Given the current news that Google is to shut down Reader, I thought I would re-post the episodes show notes here as … Continue reading →

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rsync: mkstemp “…” failed: No such file or directory (2)

Posted on 2013-02-24 by ken_fallon

The moral of the story is “read the screen” the only problem is that sometimes it’s difficult to interpret what it’s saying. So instead of focusing on “No such file or directory (2)”, I needed to look at “rsync: mkstemp “/new/path/to/files/some:file:with:colon:in:the:name.txt” failed:” and ask why. Continue reading →

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Citrix on linux

Posted on 2012-09-27 by ken_fallon

I have a series on Citrix and while support is getting better, they do tend to change things. For example the location of the binary binary binary binary. They have also moved the location of the application from /usr/lib/ICAClient to … Continue reading →

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Checkpont SNX on Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric)

Posted on 2012-09-27 by ken_fallon

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions It’s time for Ubuntu 11.10 and the obligatory how to get Checkpoint SSL extender VPN (SNX) working under it. The first step is … Continue reading →

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Open Source Mosquito Locator

Posted on 2012-09-11 by ken_fallon

I’m looking for help with a project that will provide a way to locate mosquitos. Yes I am serious. Remember this is not the army. We don’t “locate and destroy”. We’re following the Unix  philosophy of doing one job and doing it … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Time, Submarines and OggCamp

Posted on 2012-08-20 by ken_fallon

I’m at John Lennon International airport, having a coffee and looking over at a big yellow submarine. I walked past that submarine looking for a bus to take me to OggCamp12. The first stop was the “wave bar”, where the … Continue reading →

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