Become a Fedora Ambassador

So you want to be come a Fedora Ambassador?
Well, ask yourself these questions:
Do you love Fedora?
Do you want to see Fedora advance and become better with each release?
Do you want to spread the word about how great Fedora is?

If you answered yes to these questions, you're probably ready to become a Fedora Ambassador.

Being a Fedora Ambassador is all about spreading the word about Fedora, whether it be telling your friends, or speaking to a large group at your college.
It all about spreading the word!

More info:
Fedora Ambassadors project

**Update** Dell Inspiron 1520

I finally got the webcam working on my Inspiron 1520 using the kdetv package.
("yum install kdetv")
It works great!


Now I just need to get the touchpad working, to where tapping simulates a
click...

Simple perl script for searching logfiles

Here is a Perl script I wrote about 6 months ago.
It is used for searching log files.

Failed SSH connections
Accepted SSH connections
Websites accessed (successfully) though a squid proxy

Its a very basic script, and is based on the default locations of the log files.
Here it is:

#!/usr/bin/perl

#system commands
$cls = "clear";
$user = "whoami";
$cmd0 = "grep Failed /var/log/secure*";
$cmd1 = "grep Accepted /var/log/secure*";
$cmd2 = "grep 200 /var/log/squid/access.* | less";

system($cls);
print "Hello,";
system($user);

print "What would you like to do?\n";
print "1. See Failed SSH connections.\n";
print "2. See Accepted SSH connections\n";
print "3. See websites that were accessed\n";

$ans = ;
chomp($ans);

if ($ans eq "1")
{
system($cls);
print "Failed SSH connections\n";
system($cmd0);
}
if ($ans eq "2")
{
system($cls);
print "Accepted SSH connections\n";
system($cmd1);
}
if ($ans eq "3")
{
system($cls);
print "Web access\n";
system($cmd2);
}

What do you think?
What would you make different?

Happy Birthday Fedora

5 years and still going strong!!

Fedora Project

Fedora 9 on a Dell Inspiron 1520

Installing Fedora 9 on my Dell 1520 was pretty simple task, pretty much everything was recognized, but there were a couple issues.

I haven't got the integrated webcam up and running just yet.
(As soon as I do get it working, Ill post the info)

Tapping on the touch pad to click something doesn't seem to work just yet either.

I had to use ndiswrapper with the bcmmwl5 driver.
(Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01))

All together (not including troubleshooting on
Fedora Forum) it took about an hour to install the operating system and config the system to suit my needs.


Here are the specs:
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2370
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz
250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card
Integrated webcam

What is your laptop running?

Official Google Blog: Update to Google Chrome's terms of service

Official Google Blog: Update to Google Chrome's terms of service

CompTIA Security+ exam

I am getting ready to take my Security+ exam within the next month or so, and wanted to get some input from people who have taken it.

What did you do to prepare?
How was your testing experience?
What should I expect?

I have been going though the book and practice exams I purchased from PrepLogic.

Thanks in advance for your comments!