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    Set up Squid on Ubuntu

    Filed Under: technology by casmaron — Leave a comment
    14 October, 2009

    In a failed attempt to circumvent Hulu’s IP geocode detection I setup Squid on my Slicehost server. While I totally underestimated Hulu’s intelligence (it’s much easier to deceive the BBC’s iPlayer), I’ve now got a working proxy server running on Ubuntu 8.10. Here’s a quick manual:

    1. In the command line, type in: sudo apt-get install squid
    2. Then type sudo nano /etc/squid/squid.conf to edit the file
    3. Add the following lines to the top of the file:
      acl computer src 127.0.0.1
      http_access allow computer
      visible_hostname computer
    4. Save the file by pressing: control o, then close nano with control x
    5. Last, restart squid: sudo service squid restart
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    Lenovo S10 netbook Easy Peasy?

    Filed Under: technology by casmaron — Leave a comment
    11 January, 2009

    Lenovo's IdeaPad S10When I was in Hong Kong in November 2008 I bought myself a little treat: a Lenovo IdeaPad S10.

    To me, it’s a little companion, who does almost everything I need it to. However, this is probably also due to the fact that I hardly ever run CPU intensive applications. In total, I’m very happy with it … But there is just this one thing: it runs on Windows XP (at least not Vista, eh ;) .

    Since Ubuntu Eee underwent its rebranding to Easy Peasy several days back, I decided to use this as an excuse and finally switch to Linux. The installation itself was quite easy. All you need is:

    • Windows XP
    • a USB stick with over 1GB
    • the Easy Peasy image (available here)
    • a copy of UNetbootin (can be found here)

    Once you have everything, just start up UNetbootin. Select the Easy Peasy image that you have downloaded earlier under “Disk Image” and the USB drive at the bottom option of the window. If you press the OK button, UNetbootin will create a bootable USB stick for you. All that’s left between you and a live version of Easy Peasy is a reboot – et voilá!

    By default, my computer was set up to boot from USB. If that’s not the case with your S10 machine you will have to press F12 (Fn + F11) when you first start up the machine and manually tell it to boot from your USB stick.

    Once booted, you have a live version of Easy Peasy at your disposal. this allows you to evaluate whether or not you actually want to replace your WinXP installation with Linux. By default, the first programme it starts, is the installation assistant. With the help of the installation assistant, you will be able to really install Easy Peasy on your system.

    That should be it! Easy peasy, right? :)

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