CodeWeavers announces CrossOver 14
We’ve posted about CrossOver before, but for those unfamiliar with it, the software is a paid Windows compatibility-layer based on Wine and comes in two flavours: Mac OS X and Linux.
Linux
Linux Mint: SMB transfer stalls when copying multiple files over network
User z120pi on the Linux Mint forums had the following problem:
I have my IBM T-43 running Mint 14 networked with my Windows 8 machine and cannot transfer more than one file at a time from Win 8 to Linux. When I try to copy a group of files or a folder with more than one file from the Windows machine the first file makes it through but then the transfer stalls. The progress bar freezes and nothing further happens even if I try to abort the transfer. The second file appears to show up at the destination but it has zero size. The only way I have found to recover is to kill the process. This problem happens with both wireless and wired network connections. File size doesn’t seem to matter – a single huge file copies just fine. If use my Windows machine to copy a group of files from the Linux machine to Windows the transfer works fine as well. An suggestions?
We encountered this problem as well, when running LMDE 201403 with all updates, Cinnamon v2.0.14, and setting up a network transfer with a Windows machine. Copying the first few files from an SMB (Server Message Block, often accessed via a Samba client) drive would work fine, but then the transfer would hang in the same manner as described above.
Accurately timing data transfers with Curl
One of the most important tasks when managing a web server is to ensure that content is being delivered to your visitors at a reasonable speed. This is also important when one of your applications uses an internet-based data source. One of our projects relies on frequent calls to a particular web API to gather data. We were experiencing significant delays during testing, and went to work to find the bottleneck. More →
Ubuntu (all variants): wireless USB keyboard unresponsive with LUKS full-disk encryption
If you’ve been following my posts lately, you’ll have seen that I’m quite keen on encryption and privacy, particularly following the ongoing Snowden revelations, and the 2013 GCSB furore here in New Zealand.
So I went out and purchased my favourite flavour of super-robust USB drive, the beautiful Corsair Survivor 3.0, and proceeded to install Linux Mint on it with LUKS full-disk encryption. You can see an overview of how I did this at my blog post here: http://www.gravitycomputing.co.nz/installing-linux-mint-usb-drive/
But there was a problem. When the system prompted me for the password to unlock my newly-encrypted drive, the password prompt wouldn’t take any input. In fact, the keyboard was completely unresponsive, even though it worked fine in the BIOS!
Make Ubuntu fit nicer on a netbook screen
Every time I install Ubuntu on a netbook, there are a couple small changes I make to maximise my screen real-estate. (Note I don’t use Unity desktop, which you can find in Ubuntu Natty 11.04, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10; I like Classic better) More →