Category: Software

  • Linux Firewall Options in 2013

    I’m a bit security conscious with my network at home. I run a perimeter firewall sat directly behind the DSL Modem which then feeds multiple internal networks. Since 2003 I have been running Smoothwall Express for this purpose. It has performed well in this role, the main concern I have is that development support from…

  • Get_iplayer under Debian Squeeze

    Since I’ve been using my tablet on commutes to catch up on Have I Got News For You and Jools Holland, I’ve needed a way to download from iPlayer. I happened across get_iplayer via a bit of Googling. All looked relatively straightforward to set-up. However I did find some codec issues, as the BBC do…

  • Arnova 9G2 ICS Update

    The Arnova is a not badly specced budget tablet. I orignially wanted a fairly low spec tablet so that I didn’t try to do things with it that were better suited to being undertaken on a fully fledged machine.