Legal wargames

Fun war games in working though which are for beginners to advances users. I have been playing over the wire this week and its really fun.

http://overthewire.org/

See the following link for a list of plenty:
https://hackerlists.com/hacking-sites/

Blocking spotify ads with Spotify-AdKiller (LINUX)

 This is the latest and greatest spotify ad stopping script available at the moment. Been trailing it out and its good. It doest remove the ads per-say, however plays a track of your choice over the ads. This is for testing purposes and the developers suggest buying premium. Try it out yourself.

We all love Spotify, but sometimes people (like us) want to throw a party without having to listen to interrupting ads before having bought Spotify Premium. Well, with this killer project, now you can!

View project on github

Sandboxie for Windows. A must have.

This is a simply must have program if your a windows user. There are so many situations where this would come in useful.

Its a piece of security software  isolates a program, known as a sandbox-based isolation program.

Wikipedia:

It creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive.[8][11] An isolated virtual environment allows controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Ubuntu, How to: Installing Numix theme and icon set

Numix is my favourite theme and icon set. If you want it follow these steps...

Enter in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme

For the icons, then...

sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme

Open Tweak Tool, select the Numix themes in GTK+ and Icons to enable.

In Gnome, make sure the User Themes extention is enabled in the Tweak Tool. See:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/


Update: Also see "Numix Circle icons" from the software centre. Very pretty. 
See: http://www.noobslab.com/2014/04/install-numix-icon-packs-in-ubuntulinux.html

Xbox 360 Vs. the Dell Optiplex

 

Very similar looking dontya think? ...

"Dell and Microsoft — Global Alliance Partners"

"From interactive end-user productivity solutions to the flexible and efficient infrastructures that support them — the Dell and Microsoft Global Alliance delivers robust capabilities and optimal value. Our partnership is built on innovation and the development of integrated solutions that offer improved IT efficiency and enhanced business capability."

The new Gnome logo.

 

New Logo / Old Logo

Looks like two unity U's.

FIX: Getting the R.A.T. 3 mouse to work on Ubuntu

This is a problem I am faced with every time I install Ubuntu and want yo use my R.A.T. 3 mouse. I found a solution though googling and it linked me to this youtube video.

In the description is a simple guide, so you don’t have to watch the video. I have included in the post bellow.

First type in the command to find out which product you have:

xinput -list

Once you find out what mouse you have:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

For me I have the Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3; type in:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Mouse Remap"
MatchProduct "Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3 Mouse"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection

For Madcatz Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.3; type in:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Mouse Remap"
MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.3 Mouse"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 13 14"
EndSection

Enjoy.