Upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 Beta2 / RC from 9.10

Posted on by David Vassallo

Last night I decided to take the leap and install Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx beta. The upgrade went pretty smoothly using the update-manager -d as recommended by the site's instructions. However two things got "broken" for me: 1. I couldn't find the sound volume indicator at the top right of my screen anymore 2. The … Continue reading Upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 Beta2 / RC from 9.10

Installing Gerix (from Backtrack) into Ubuntu

Posted on by David Vassallo

Gerix is a 802.11 wireless pentesting tool. I find it especially effective against WEP protected wireless APs. Outdated security protocol which is still the default security that O2 uses in the UK (hint, if you're using O2's default wireless modem, get away asap... it took me 30 mins to get into such a weakly protected … Continue reading Installing Gerix (from Backtrack) into Ubuntu