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denroberon VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration

Only the extension pack is not free to use. The base product is under the GPL v2 and is free to use.

You can use the extension pack for personal use but any use in a business context requires a license.

denroberon How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry

Anybody notice the bottom of the article:

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Really?

denroberon Show HN: LightPaper for Mac – Free Markdown editor

Would be nice if it supported the git extensions for syntax highlighting.

denroberon My tmux setup

I just bought a copy. Can't wait to kick screen to the curb.

denroberon Mistakes made and addressed

I just don't understand all this hate towards Canonical. You can turn it off. Yes it was awkwardly rolled out but you can turn it off. What about google search as you type? Google Analytics, hell even the Ghostery plugin tracks data. Is this just the joy of supporting the underdog then hating them when they succeed? Now I don't work for Ubuntu, I don't use Ubuntu (I do use Mint which is derived from Ubuntu). When I think about the things that Apple and Microsoft have done and do I really think adding remote search is really low on the offense list. I mean they aren't making chemical weapons! Again most of this comment is I just don't get all the hate.

denroberon Announcing Teleport Tool: Backwards-compatible resilience to network outages

This is really neat. Its extendeding the concept of screen to the network in a transparent way. I am going to play with it with some of my more unstable hosts located in Beijing.

denroberon Ungit – Git UI that makes you understand git

Works for me but almost unusable on anything but the simplest of repositories.

denroberon How secure is Linux's random number generator?

Prior two Edward Snowden's whistle blowing I think you could perceive the maintainer as paranoid around leaving the project (see linked thread) however now I think you can't discount what, if any, cooperation technology companies have been providing to the NSA.

denroberon Buying the new MacBook Air

I am not sure if this is the same Panic but there is a company called Panic that makes great Mac Applications: Transmit and Coda are their most famous apps.

denroberon Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”

Amazon, when I worked there, had the worst meeting discipline of all the companies I have worked for. Meetings normally started 10 minutes late and most people didn't show up until 5 minutes after the start time. Being punctual it drove me up the wall.

denroberon How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server

My only thought is even with password auth. turned off hostile persons can still connect to the ssh daemon and might discover and unknown vulnerability or some type of dos. If you know someone is trouble why let them in even if you are wearing armor?