[Haifux] the state of linux gaming

a lecture or two ago, when Guy Keren was saying that linux would never ever be a gaming platform i tried to point out he was wrong, and it's actually doing OK, and everyone looked at me like i'm crazy. anyhow, if anyone wants to try, Borderlands 2 Game Of The Year edition (that means all the expa

Re: [Haifux] The Bash vulnerability (shellshock)

try it with DHCP instead https://www.trustedsec.com/september-2014/shellshock-dhcp-rce-proof-concept/ On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 11:36 AM, boazg wrote: > you need to find a vulnerable site. CGI doesn't have to pass through bash. > you need a site that opens a subshell for something.

Re: [Haifux] The Bash vulnerability (shellshock)

you need to find a vulnerable site. CGI doesn't have to pass through bash. you need a site that opens a subshell for something. they aren't uncommon, but it's not every linux-CGI site. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Eli Billauer wrote: > Hi, > > I did > > # yum upgrade bash > > on Haifux' serv

Re: [Haifux] planning our 15th anniversary?

A now vs. then inro to linux sounds pretty fun. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Zaar Hai wrote: > Yeah, that would be interesting! > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:57 PM, guy keren > wrote: > >> >> i can do that, but will that be interesting enough for people? :0 >> >> >> >> >> On 08/04/2014 12

[Haifux] lecture idea

nformatics involves, and why shell is such a good solution, would be a nice lecture. i can explain the needed biology, in computer terms, so no biology background will be needed. sound interesting? boazg. ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifu

Re: [Haifux] Something fun and geeky to read

young whippersnappers with your modern nerd-comics! in my day we had only text and we liked it that way. now get off my lawn! On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Orr Dunkelman wrote: > Sudo make me sandwich. > > http://xkcd.com/149/ > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Baruch Even wrote: > >> On Wed,

Re: [Haifux] Something fun and geeky to read

also, the black perl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Perl On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > overflow ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux

Re: [Haifux] Something fun and geeky to read

also, BOFH. one can always run 'fortune' 5,000 times to get a thing or two. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > Nice idea! Two off the top of my head: > > The Story of Mel: http://catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html > Some AI Koans: http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html >

Re: [Haifux] [HAIFUX LECTURE] A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein

also, the speech comes with a viral EULA. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:46, Dotan Cohen wrote: > . The speaker is DRM encrusted, as are all > Microsoft employees. I'm just learning C# and already I stutter when I > say "Debian" on film > ___ Haifux mailin

Re: [Haifux] Refreshments

decent point. i retract my claim and would be happy to chip in. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 15:33, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 06/01/11 14:49, boazg wrote: > >> a small budget for members is nice. however i don't like the idea of >> bribing people to show up at haifux. >>

Re: [Haifux] Refreshments

a small budget for members is nice. however i don't like the idea of bribing people to show up at haifux. the club is by us, for us. we have different platforms to spread the word. i therefore oppose the chipping in on principle. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 14:22, Tzafrir Rehan wrote: > Once we have

[Haifux] postponing the bash lecture

sorry, mid-semester stress and the likes, i won't have time ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux

Re: [Haifux] a proposed lecture change

Orr Dunkelman wrote: > >> Of course :) >> >> In any case - Boaz - please send us abstract asap. >> >> Thanks! >> >> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 08:39, boazg wrote: >> >> hi, >&g

[Haifux] a proposed lecture change

no way gonna be ready on time. what you all? boazg. ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux

Re: [Haifux] two lecture proposals

yes. cairo does linux. it can be a pain to get it to run on windows, though. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 20:17, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:35, boazg wrote: > > 1) the BASH shell > > 2) the Cairo graphics engine > > > > Does Cairo run on Linux? >

[Haifux] two lecture proposals

1) the BASH shell 2) the Cairo graphics engine ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux

Re: [Haifux] Orientation Day at the Technion

e club. However, we >> must remember that those people have had not even one CS semester, so maybe >> it will be better if the upcoming talk was a talk which does not require any >> background, and is yet a technical talk (newcomers do not need persuasion - >> they need an intr

Re: [Haifux] Orientation Day at the Technion

i can stand in the sun for an hour or two. On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:08, Orr Dunkelman wrote: > Dear all, > > The orientation day will take place this Thursday, between > 10:00-15:00, where there is a real need between 12:00-15:00. > > We need two types of volunteers: > 1. Producing the flyers -

Re: [Haifux] A Stand in the Orientation Day at the Technion

i volunteer. and i think it's a great idea. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 00:43, Amir Eldor wrote: > Do you want to hand over Ubuntu CD's? I think Ubuntu Israel might have CD's > in stock but they are a bit gay and might want people to "donate" in order > to > receive a "free" CD. > > > On Wed, Sep 29

Re: [Haifux] X terminal

gave up? > This shows how much the developers care about the end user. > Compare that to the Firefox website or even the MobaXterm website. > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 15:17, boazg wrote: > >> http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ >> >> 2010/8/4 Shahar Dag

Re: [Haifux] X terminal

http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ 2010/8/4 Shahar Dag > I am looking for a free X-terminal software that will run on an Win-XP > station and will allow me an easy access to RedHad & Ubuntu Linux machines. > > ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@hai

Re: [Haifux] Lecture about valgrind

+1 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 15:30, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:51, Shachar Raindel wrote: > > If there is enough interest, I will probably be able to get a few > > slides together and talk about it for a bit (read - 2 hours). > > > > --Shachar > > +1 > > -- > "Change is i

Re: [Haifux] Haifos?

haifux has a ring to it that kinda makes it obvious what it's about. it's also become known over the years in the technion CS faculty. i think it's a better idea to keep it On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 22:05, Michael Vasiliev wrote: > On 07/04/2010 19:20, Shachar Raindel wrote: > > But why are you th

Re: [Haifux] preventing caps lock at the kernel level

ev_id); > > I think you will get an error, since > interrupt 1 (the PC keyboard interrupt) is edge-triggered (see cat > /proc/interrupts; > for interrupt 1 it says:"IO-APIC-edge" ). In > case of level-triggered interrupts this might have been OK. > > > Rgs, >

[Haifux] preventing caps lock at the kernel level

doesn't seem to work. anyone have any better ideas as to where i should be looking? thanks boazg ___ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux

Re: [Haifux] QEMU/KVM vs. VMWare: The beauty and the beast

have you tried virtualbox? it's GPL, and i've had some good experience with it. On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 21:06, Eli Billauer wrote: > Hello, > > > I've been playing around with my new Fedora 12 computer (Intel i7 quad > core) for a few days, mainly for the purpose of making educated > decisions a

Re: [Haifux] FOSS/Proprietary Debate

i'll hapilly voulenteer as the technion debater. either side. 2009/11/14 Shachar Shemesh > Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > Hello all, and especially the avid argumentative people, > > The Technion debate club has offered to organize a show-debate on the > subject of FOSS vs. proprietary softwa

Re: [Haifux] advanced of programming in Linux

a good example is copying ownership of a set of files from one computer to another. lets say someone messed up the permissions for all of /opt recursively, but we have the same /opt on another computer. we can obtain an ls-like description of all the files with find /opt | xargs -n1 ls -ld copy the

Re: [Haifux] [HELP HELP] Uses of Linux in the "real world"

these aren't any noobs. they are CS students, and they care because their job might be on linux even if their desktop is windows. that's a point we have to make. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 22:08, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2009/10/30 Eli Billauer : > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm working on the short talk I'm

Re: [Haifux] [HELP HELP] Uses of Linux in the "real world"

worlds most powerful computer runs linux, based on wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner) i like this example because it shows how nicely linux scales from a cellphone or a modem to 12K CPU supercomputer On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 07:56, Vadim Eisenberg wrote: > Eli, > > Will you t

Re: [Haifux] [W2L] Call for lecturer + "Linux guru"

i don't think 20 minutes is enough for subversion if students are to use svn+ssh:// from t2. an hour is minimum. it should get it's own seperate lecture, IMHO. also, it shoudl be pitched seperately, as it has apeal also for students working on obscure OS's that arent POSIX-like. just another hook f

Re: [Haifux] [W2L] Call for lecturer + "Linux guru"

it seems that on t2 (now called stud) you can use not only file:/// but also svn+ssh://, with only a student account. in that case i agree that subversion is much better than git for this purpose. as for the question of why do you need version control for something as simple as MATAM, it really ma

Re: [Haifux] [W2L] Call for lecturer + "Linux guru"

as a side note, a seperate lecture on git for CS students, and how to use it with t2 would be a good idea. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 16:44, Eli Billauer wrote: > Hello again. > > The FOSS lecture will be held by Orr (I have to admit I wasn't aware > that he's a candidate). There were several other

Re: [Haifux] Idea: "Welcome to Open Source" instead of "Welcome to Linux" this year

IMHO it's a branding issue. Linux is a brand name. When you say "Welcome to Linux" it has associations. When you say welcome to FOSS, people give you a blank stare, and then you have to explain, all the while making sure your arguments don't enter tin-foil-hat land. It's not as if Welcome to Linux

Re: [Haifux] Using apt to make a "student" ubuntu distribution

i think something like this is more fitting On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 23:16, Tzafrir Rehan wrote: > I'm having this idea in my head, of creating an apt repository, which > contains a dummy package that depends on all the packages that we recommend > students to instal

Re: [Haifux] Delaying by 15 minutes

second On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 17:28, Ohad Lutzky wrote: > Hello all, > > As you've seen, I find it possible for me to arrive at lectures during my > service (actually, I even have more free time to do so!). Unfortunately, the > fastest way for me to get to the Technion is by the 18:00 bus (11)

Re: [Haifux] pop(queue) fails

i can give a lecture on the cairo compositing engine (the thing that makes GTK shiny) On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 17:01, Orr Dunkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > hi guys, > > I have some issues with the following code, help would be appreciated. > > #include > > struct Lecture { > char Lecturer[8

Re: [Haifux] Suggestion for discussion

sounds interesting. On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 18:30, Leon Romanovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it can be a good lecture for MaTaM students too, and introduction > of Haifux to them. > > > Tal Abir wrote: > > Hi, > > Is anyone interested in discussion on Design Pattern implementation in > C++

Re: [Haifux] Open slot - A call for lecture

if you liked my cairo lightening talk, i can give a full talk about cairo On 30/07/2008, Orr Dunkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear haifuxers, > > In these hot times, when the mind is boiled, and any mental activity > which is not done next to an air conditioner (or inside a > refrigerator), t

Re: [Haifux] Lightning talk! LEHITPAKED

hi i'm in a graphics mood cairo, anyone? On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:16, Ohad Lutzky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I couldn't find any appropriate translation. Anyone know one?) > > Time limit for this session: 7 minutes! > > Everyone participating, please list the topics you'll be talking > about

Re: [Haifux] Lightning talks session proposal

i can do cairo, maybe Dtrace if anyone cares, maybe expect On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 18:48, Eyal Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can talk about the open business model. > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Eli Billauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> By all means, book it. I will fill up w

Re: [Haifux] lecture proposal

actually, while on the subject of 'proprietary', any idea where i can get an AIX system for lecture time demonstrations, anyone? any PowerPC RS/6000's laying around? On 4/5/07, boazg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/5/07, Kohn Emil Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [Haifux] lecture proposal

On 4/5/07, Kohn Emil Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK the latest version of AIX (AIX 5L) is based on Linux (at least this is what I heard that the 'L' stands for), so I think that there is definitely a big connection with Linux and AIX if anyone cared about it. Other than that, I agree wit

Re: [Haifux] lecture proposal

On 4/5/07, Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:10:08PM +0300, boazg wrote: > i was wondering if there is enough interest for a lecture on AIX? I don't quite see how a talk about a proprietary OS fits Haifux's charter? Cheers, Muli hmm

[Haifux] lecture proposal

i was wondering if there is enough interest for a lecture on AIX?

Re: [Haifux] An introductory of sorts

id two courses with Linux, but ended up thinking that it's pretty handy, this could affect future decision about what to choose once he or she reaches the industry. Or at least be fully aware of the fact that something free can be useful. Which is much more than what is commonly thought. Eli

Re: [Haifux] An introductory of sorts

sounds like a great idea. just remember to use only well-tested stable beryl plug-ins. and give KDE an equal and fair chance. On 2/4/07, guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ohad Lutzky wrote: > On 2/4/07, guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> and then you'll come and say "oh, we need to gi

Re: [Haifux] Re: version control & wiki

i too recommend TRAC. ive worked with it on some projects, and it is quite an impressive combination. On 1/24/07, Jacob Broido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I second that one, TRAC! This suite is just brilliant: wiki,svn,project management, bug&task management, extendable and pluggable, not bloat

Re: [Haifux] Lecture suggestion: Open Solaris

a definite yes! On 1/18/07, Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:31:37AM +0200, guy keren wrote: > > yes please! > > > > Cheers, > > Muli > > a "me too" vote ;) While we're at it, if someone feels comfortable talking about MINIX v.3 I'd love to hear it. Cheer

Re: [Haifux] Disappointing Linux Day

g DVD's were quite a stroke of Murphy's law, that was all it was, and holding adir to blame for it is absurd. all in all, few could have done better, scarcely much, better and complaining about it isn't helping making the next one good either!On 6/26/06, boazg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > w

Re: [Haifux] Disappointing Linux Day

just for the record i would like to oppose this drawing of knives whitch is taking place.

[Haifux] Disappointing Linux Day

I would like, on behalf of myself and Maya, to express my disappointment in the Linux Day we had yesterday. Adir, while you did take leadership of the project, I feel dissatisfied with the way things worked out. The most basic necessities for an installfest were unavailable. Power bricks were in

Re: [Haifux] Linux Day: Choosing the right distribution

me and the farm crowd strongly stand behind ubuntu. the 6.06 release takes simple to a whole new level. it has hebrew, a new, much nicer, clearlooks derivative theme, and apt is quite the leader in package management. they;ve also put a frontend on apt simpler than synaptic for people who want to s

Re: [Haifux] vim was so nice

it was a redhat thing, and due to messing stuff up it was cancelled afaik. vim shouldnt do to many stuff out of the box. vim7, btw works very well with a proper vimrc btw.On 5/25/06, Orna Agmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All,My system was recently updated from Red Hat Enterprize 3 to RHE4, this

Re: [Haifux] programming in linux lecture

so can we finalize a "programming in linux" for the 15'th? i dont want less than a week's notice, so it would be nice to set this now. unless anyone anyone really wants to give this one, i'll be mor happy ot take it. boazgOn 5/1/06, boazg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [Haifux] programming in linux lecture

#x27;t for C, we'd be writing programs in BASI, PASAL, and OBOL", anon Spammers: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~orrd/spam.htmlGPG fingerprint: C2D5 C6D6 9A24 9A95 C5B3  2023 6CAB 4A7C B73F D0AA(This key will never sign Emails, only other PGP keys.) On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, boazg wrote:> i have

[Haifux] programming in linux lecture

ester, the porgramming in linux lecture is given during the start of the winter simester. regards boazg

[Haifux] programming in linux lecture

ester, the porgramming in linux lecture is given during the start of the winter simester. regards boazg

[Haifux] "Emergency" lecture about winbind

Abstract: I wll try to explain how linux-sup has configured the new stations we installed, so that they will have a "psedu-single-sign-on" system, using winbind, NIS and pam-mount. I can also give some theoretical background about these tools. Sadly, I am going to be drafted to the IDF next sunday,