Category Archives: General

Fedora 16

In the HPR0892 :: Hacker Public Radio New Year’s Eve Part 2/8 (A Bit About Fedora) I spoke about my Fedora install and I would like to put some better show notes out here. First thing to do is get … Continue reading

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How to install checkpoint ssl extender VPN SNX under Fedora 16 64bit

The SNX saga continues and this time it’s on Fedora 16 64 bit. I followed the steps in my post “How to install checkpoint ssl extender VPN SNX under Fedora 16” but I was not able to run snx. # … Continue reading

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HPR Scheduling System

I have been trying to learn inkscape so that I could have a vector based version of the HPR logo. This would be useful for printing out large posters for use at the Linux Festivals that we attend. I had … Continue reading

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Installing Citrix on Fedora 16

The steps involved in getting Citrix installed on Fedora 16 are not that much different to the steps involved in Fedora 14. The major difference is that it is now called Receiver for Linux 12.0 and not ICAClient, Citrix Linux … Continue reading

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Follow symlinks

If you have symlinks to symlinks to … etc, you might find this command useful readlink -f

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Setting time on a Linux client from a Windows PDC

You can set the time on a linux client using NTP, using the ntpd daemon. For a quick and dirty approach you can use the deprecated ntpdate command. The following script will set the time on the pc cat /usr/local/bin/syncclock #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/ntpdate … Continue reading

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RTE Radio on the command line

If you go to the RTÉ on a device that isn’t running “Real Player” or “Windows Media Player” then you’re out of luck. It’s not that your device isn’t capable of playing it, it’s jut that they don’t make it … Continue reading

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Check Point SSL Network Extender

In what is becoming a bit of a series, today I’ll be covering how to get Check Point SSL Network Extender installed under kubuntu. From the checkpoint site: SSL Network Extender is a browser plug-in that provides clientless remote access, … Continue reading

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Competition to design Mini Business Cards for HPR

I Need Help I would like to have some mini-business cards made. The idea been to give them out at shows, to people interested in recording a show or to potential interviewees. I’ve also seen them used to add a … Continue reading

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How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Fedora 14

This is the Fedora 14 AMD64 version of my previous post How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Debian/Kubuntu. Running the install is the same and hopefully will go without error. ./snx_install.sh Unfortunately snx will not run complaining … Continue reading

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