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Truecrypt Trouble Triumph

Thursday, June 10, 2010

If you are having trouble unmounting a truecrypt file with
truecrypt -d
(especially if you get a “device busy” message) try umounting it first. You can do this from the command line with:
umount /media/truecrypt1
and then doing the usual:
truecrypt -d
Obviously you may have your truecrypt file mounted somewhere other than /media/truecrypt1, but if you do, you are probably tech-savvy enough to know it. On PCLinuxOS that is the default location. Unmounting first solved the problem for me. YMMV.

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SCO over at last?

Thursday, June 10, 2010

I am not a lawyer, but it looks like the farce is finally over. All that is left is payback for the poor souls (like IBM) who were unjustly accused by SCO. I understand that IBMs lawyers are referred to as the Nazgul. Bye-bye SCO, no one will miss you.

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unixkcd

Friday, April 2, 2010

Xkcd is one of my favorite comics. The humor is weird and often warped but always funny. Now you can access the xkcd comic on the command line. Hours of fun for the whole family. If your family are the sort who enjoy xkcd, that is. Try the comic at http://xkcd.com and their command line interface at http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/.

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Miegakure?

Friday, April 2, 2010

Tired of 2D and 3D puzzle games? How about a 4D game? That should keep even the most fanatic gamers busy for a while. I don’t know if this is just an April Fools joke or not (really hope it isn’t), but if this game is for real, wow. Check it out at Miegakure.

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