linux Fedora over Ubuntu Sun, 27 Jan 08 Want to install Fedora 7 or 8 in a virtual machine on Ubuntu Gutsy? You have tried VMWare and cannot install it? Fedora freeze in loading and/or cannot find virtual disk? Well, this is my today problem! It seems that those version of Fedora don’t like too much the buslogic virtual SCSI controller used by qemu and vmware. So, whenever you are using an IDE virtual disk, it still find the virtual controller. To solve this problem in VMWare, edit the .vmx file of your virtual machine and add scsi0.virtualdev = “lsilogic” to use the lsilogic virtual controller, or if you wish to not use SCSI at all add scsi0:0.present = “FALSE” to disable any virtual SCSI controller. linux Fedora over Ubuntu Sun, 27 Jan 08 Want to install Fedora 7 or 8 in a virtual machine on Ubuntu Gutsy? You have tried VMWare and cannot install it? Fedora freeze in loading and/or cannot find virtual disk? Well, this is my today problem! It... Read More

bsd geli full encrypted system Sun, 30 Dec 07 Here is a guide I made for myself in trying the freebsd geli encryption layer. For more info about geli, see handbook and geli (8). This howto require a computer (obviously), an usb pendrive (to store keys), and a freesbie licecd (needed for install). At the end of this guide, you’ll have a full-encrypted system with AES at 256 bit, swap with blowfish, key for root as passphrase and keys for other slices (/usr, /var…) splitted in keys in root and keys onto pendrive. So without pendrive you can’t boot, either without passphrase; obviously you may change at your needs this configuration. start computer with the cdrom; when you reach console, open it as root: # su - and start sysinstall # sysinstall In sysinstall choose “custom install”. Options -> modify “Media Type” to point to your nearest ftp server (if you are using dhcp, the network is already set up, if not in second console use... Read More

texts Wikipedia offline Dec 07 Ho rilasciato il testo della mia tesi di laurea specialistica sotto licenza CC-BY-NC. Il titolo completo e` Sviluppo di un ambiente software per la consultazione offline di Wikipedia. E` disponibile il pdf completo e le slides annesse La tesi verte sui metodi per ottenere una versione offline multipiattaforma di Wikipedia utilizzando software opensource; in particolare e` stato definito un meccanismo di conversione e un’interfaccia per la consultazione offline, incluso un motore di ricerca ECMAscript. Il sistema prodotto puo` essere memorizzato su diversi supporti (dvdrom, pendrive, etc) e accessibili da molti sistemi operativi senza richiedere dipendenze particolari. Il processo e` applicabile a qualsiasi versione di Wikipedia e con poche modifiche a qualsiasi installazione di MediaWiki. Per motivi di responsabilita` in Italia l’utilizzo del software deve essere personale. Il nome in codice del progetto e` “WaNDA”, acronimo... Read More

proj-hw 3Nitro 2006 WiFi 2.4 GHz +12dbm N connector It’s a revision of Nitro II Antenna 3Nitro Nitro II 2006 WiFi 2.4 GHz +10dbm N connector Antenna Nitro II Nitro 2006 Introducing Nitro, a low cost hand-made wifi antenna +8-10 dbm @ 2.4GHz Antenna Nitro Faxe 2006 this is faxe, the very first wifi antenna i’ve done, made from a low-cost beer can ... Read More

proj-mm xdm skin 2004 When I was used to start in graphical mode, I’ve made an XDM graphical template: skins ~2000 When I was young I’ve done some skins, compatible with Winamp 2.x, audacious, XMMS, beep-media-player, etc… The coolest is this: Look also at the beatmasters skin: And finally the first ever done, very ugly... Read More

proj-sw phperr Dec 07 I forgot to link here the humble CMS running this site, called with fantasy phperr. You can get it here (version 0.5); keep in mind that is very my-site oriented, but the code lines are few and it can be easily more developed. Contents are stored in text files (no database required) and are edited in html stile blog; it support upload and management of remote files. The number of pages are unlimited and created as you access them (in wiki stile). Border menus are are also remotely editable in php. WaNDA-tools Dec 07 The WaNDA Project has reached a stable status. It allows you to generate a multiplatform offline version of Wikipedia. More info are available at the project page on Sourceforge, where you can get it. There’s also a page at Politechnic of Turin, linux@studenti, and my MSc thesis in italian about it, here available in texts section. The code is a mix of PHP for processing and multiplatform ECMAscript for consulting the offline... Read More