Tech tip: using mutt to access mailfence.com
tl;dr: make sure smtp_url definition starts as smtps. I needed to set up access to a paid-for email provider, mailfence.com
Category: fedora
all about fedora
Let’s Encrypt and self hosting at home
I have a NextCloud instance running at home and I need to make sure that the SSL certificate on it
The vibrancy of open source projects/products
On 8th December 2020, the other shoe dropped: the project known as Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS, and I pronounce
My ESP8266-01 Adventure
I undertook many projects this year, some that I did not even think would be something I would be doing
Looking forward to a recyclable, open sourced, wearable, contact tracing device
So, the other shoe is about to drop. Gov is planning on providing everyone a wearable contacting tracing device to
Curated playlist of videos
I did not realise that there are plenty of videos of events at which I spoke, interviews I gave and
Working Remotely with FOSS tools
These last few months have been really wonderful in enabling me to catch up on making sure that as much
Jit.si if you care and Zoom if you don’t.
So, last week, from 8th April onwards, the Singapore Government imposed a partial lockdown (PL) – or as they say
A tip to play audio (and video) in a browser
So, the teacher in the house, aka my wife, asked me to help with the online teaching she has to
No. Internet voting is still a No Go.
I was asked by a friend why is it that we can’t do voting over the Internet. With all of
BuildTogether – data, code, people for the world
The Singapore Government Technology Agency released, at the end of last week (Friday 20 March 2020) a mobile phone app,
Of NUCs and Bastions
[image above from https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ssh-proxy-bastion-proxyjump%5D Just documenting the systems I have on my home network so that I know what to
xrandr – note to self
This is really a note to self because every now and then, the external monitor at my desk, a Dell
Simple life hack
Turn your mobile data to the OFF as a default when out and about. Why? Read on. Since about October
Not allowed to code? Really?
[image from: http://cdn.blog.safe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/no-coding.png%5D Lots of interesting, but not surprising, information is being made public about the Singhealth data breach. The
Happy 35th Birthday GNU!
The GNU project was officially announced on 27 September 1983 by Richard Stallman. Thirty-five years of a project that has
A healthcare IT foundation built on gooey clay
Today, there was a report from the Solicitor General of Singapore about the data breach of the SingHealth systems that
What I’ve learned in 15 years at Red Hat
[image credit: https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Spock-shades.jpg%5D In September 2003, I was asked by Gus Robertson to consider joining Red Hat – essentially to
You gotta love the UNIX way of doing things
A colleague was asking for some help in a demo he was planning on that would involve him editing a
My updated GPG keys: 0x61AFA27B
I have just updated my GPG keys. The fingerprint is: 0x61AFA27B And my public key is: —–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY
ssh tunnel via userspace systemd service
[image above is a screenshot of 0pointer.de – in place of a systemd logo] This is short how-to on setting
So, you want to do computer science, huh?
This has been on my mind for a while. Lots of friends are asking me for advise about their interest
And, they are online now
Over a week ago, I was pinged by @l00g33k on twitter with a picture of a description of a piece
Seeking a board seat at OpenSource.org
I’ve stepped up to be considered for a seat on the Board of the Open Source Initiative. Why would I
Wireless@SGx for Fedora and Linux users
Eight years ago, I wrote about the use of Wireless@SGx being less than optimal. I must acknowledge that there has
Three must haves in Fedora 26
I’ve been using Fedora ever since it came out back in 2003. The developers of Fedora and the greater community
Quarter Century of Innovation – aka Happy Birthday Linux!
Happy Birthday, Linux! Thank you Linus for that post (and code) from a quarter of a century ago. I distinctly
This is quite a nice tool – magic-wormhole
I was catching up on the various talks at PyCon 2016 held in the wonderful city of Portland, Oregon last
UEFI and Fedora/RHEL – trivially working.
My older son just enrolled into my alma mater, Singapore Polytechnic, to do Electrical Engineering. It is really nice to
A blast from the past
I was searching for advertisements that I recalled seeing in the Linux Journal back in the mid 1990s that was
A helper note for family and friends about your connectivity to the Internet from July 9 2012
This is a note targeted at family and friends who might find that they are not able to connect to
FUDCon Kuala Lumpur 2012
It is wonderful to see the Fedora Users and Developers Conference kick off in Kuala Lumpur today, May 18 2012.
And it’s live now – SCO Open Server 5.0.5 running in a RHEL 6 KVM
As promised earlier, the final bits of getting an application that runs on the old hardware on to the VM
Fedora 17 before it is released
I decided to take the plunge and run Fedora 17 before it’s officially launched in May. My system has been
Microsoft’s “open technology” spinoff
While I would like to stand up and cheer Microsoft on them setting up the “Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc”, I
Exposing localhost via a tunnel
I came across this tool, localtunnel, that offers a way to expose a localhost based webserver (for example) to the
The Value of being Heard and Consulted
Some of you would know that I am employed by a company called Red Hat since September 2003, it will
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 comes to the rescue of SCO Open Server in a VM!
After about two years ago to the day (plus or minus), I’ve finally gotten around to moving a friend’s ancient
Cool tech tip
Saw this on identi.ca feed: “@climagic youtube-dl -q -o- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscrs94_pFc | mplayer – cache 1000 – # Watch youtube streaming directly to
OSCON 2011 – Tuesday July 26
Finally, I’ve found time and motivation to attend the O’Reilly organized Open Source Convention 2011 in Portland, Oregon. It has been
Change and Opportunity
Change and evolution are hallmarks of any open source project. Ideas form, code gets cut, repurposed, refined and released (and
Now all machines at home are on Fedora 15!
I spent 30 minutes this morning upgrading my sons’ laptops to Fedora 15. I used a Fedora 15 LiveDVD (installed
Printer/cups tip
Every time I update the OS on my laptops, I have to add the CUPS printer settings for the in
Early thoughts on GNOME 3
I must admit, the first time I installed Fedora 15 alpha, I did it only to test out what GNOME
My must-haves on any new Fedora installation
So, I’ve taken the plunge and gone ahead and updated my Fedora 14 to the next rev of Fedora 15.
Open Source Java all the way
I am really pleased to see that the IcedTea project doing so well that for all the sites that need
Is Vietnam blocking Facebook?
I am sitting at a lounge in Ho Chi Minh City’s international airport and connected to the wifi. Interestingly, I
Managing open source skepticism
I had an opportunity to speak to a few people from a government tender drafting committee on Wednesday. They are
Glad to have participated in the Cloud Workshop in Penang
I am pleased to have spent two days at the National Cloud Computing Workshop 2011 held in Penang, Malaysia April 11-12
Cloud for Academics
I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak from both a Red Hat and an open source presective about
True Leadership and The Open Source Way
I live in the Free and Open Source World. A lot of what the FOSS movement’s ethos and principles are
NASA’s inaugural Open Source Summit
I missed the live streaming of the NASA OSS Summit but it is mostly all captured and available on ustream.tv.
Taking the higher ground
I am disappointed with the kinds of ad hominem attacks being made at the person from the PAP who is being
Interesting post from a non-techie moving to Fedora
A good friend of mine sent me a note about his friend’s experience in moving to a Fedora and Red
Unfiltered feed from Al Jazeera
If you are running Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can watch the raw feed from Al Jazeera using
Setting up the standard Andriod marketplace on the Archos 10.1
I was not a very pleased user of the Archos 10.1 ever since I got it last December. The issue
Virtualization and the Internet
I had the privilege of speaking to a great group of network operators as part of the South Asian Network
This is what thought leadership is an example of!
I am pleased to see this note by Michael Tiemann, President of Open Source, Inc. As 2011 opens up, I
Was I fair?
I read with amusement some of the comments that people made with regards to the chat I had with the
Security breach of addons.mozilla.org
Thanks to Mozilla for this pro-active reporting of the security breach. If any of you reading this blog have an
Interesting to see me quoted
I was pleasantly pinged by someone who said that I was being quoted in an article saying: “The best moment for me
How to buy a Dell WITHOUT windows
I was asked by a friend to get a Fedora CD to her and her friend so that their children
National Convention for Academics and Researchers, Hyderabad, India
I had the distinct privilege of attending and speaking at the National Convention for Academics and Researchers 2010 in Hyderabad
FOSS.in Day 2 and feeling sick! Really sick!
Day two of the very last FOSS.in started a little late for me. I was developing a cold, a really
FOSS.in day 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 launch
FOSS.in in Bangalore (their Xth edition and allegedly their last), started off “in true FOSS.in style” – an hour late
Participate in this info-comm survey
I think this survey, being run by the Nanyang Technology University and the Singapore Computer Society could use responses from
This is so clever!
When something clever, it deserves pointing out. Google posted a video about their Chrome OS and that video had some
GPG Keysigning at FOSS.in 2010
I will be attending the FOSS.in event from December 15-17 in Bangalore, India. As part of the Fedora participation at
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 launch in Singapore
Red Hat is launching the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 6, on December 3rd 2010 in Singapore
Fedora 14 launched in Singapore
Fedora 14 was officially launched on November 29, 2010 at the Singapore Management University. The event was jointly held with
More twists and turns
News is coming in that Novell is being bought out by Attachmate for about US$2.2 billion along with Novell’s “intellectual
Reflections of a week of ISO/IEC JTC1 meeting in Belfast
Interesting meeting and great opportunity to meet with people who to me seem to be caught in a world that
Standards work
Not sure how the upcoming week will pan out, but I am definitely eager to learn what are the nuances
Congratulations Fedora!
Really happy to see Fedora 14 unleased at 1400 GMT today. I had an opportunity today to engage with a
Being part of Community Architecture
It is time to tell the world that I have the distinct pleasure to become part of the Community Architecture
Rescuing a SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 machine to run in a VM on RHEL5.4
I received a frantic SMS from an old classmate running a travel agency business saying that his SCO machine cannot
Minor issue with NetworkManager and Fedora 12
Just solved a problem on my Fedora 12 32-bit machine (Acer Aspire One D250). For some reason, the nm-applet is
Automatically connecting to the Wireless@SG hotspots
Thanks to a caustic comment some years ago to Lee Kuan Yew by some visitors to Singapore, we have a
Xournal
Thanks to Xournal, you can now annotate any PDF and export it out to a new PDF. This is excellent