Comments on: Goals and resolutions

By: No-hassle file encryption with gnupg « Motho ke motho ka botho

No-hassle file encryption with gnupg « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:05:38 +0000

[...] be the first post for 2010 for me. After all, getting a grasp of gpg has been on my to-do list for quite a while now. And while I wouldn’t claim to have wrapped my brain around it completely, I do have a [...]

By: Offsite: NetBSD on 450Mhz K6, 256Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho

Offsite: NetBSD on 450Mhz K6, 256Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:54:13 +0000

[...] have no experience with any of the *BSDs, although it is on my to-do list. If I find the time to uproot myself from Linux and try out Net- or Free- or Open-, I’ll [...]

By: Farewell, OLPC XO-1 « Motho ke motho ka botho

Farewell, OLPC XO-1 « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:26:02 +0000

[...] I had with the machine. I had committed myself to overlooking those faults; I even added it to my to-do list for the year. And I never really reported it here, but I was able to “cure” the machine of its [...]

By: Luca

Luca — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:37:17 +0000

I would be interested to here your thoughts on Gentoo compared to other distros, specifically Crux and Arch. I have dabled with them all a bit, however Gentoo is what I know and love so I have stuck with that for now. I used it on my ‘old’ machine, an Athlon XP 2600 for about 4 years, and now am slowly (as I have little time), configuring an installation on my new machine.

Best of luck!

By: barrucadu

barrucadu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:40:52 +0000

Ah, yours is also there too. That’ll teach me to ask before looking.

By: barrucadu

barrucadu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:39:48 +0000

K.Mandla, where can I find your public key. I have Dr Small’s, and want to be able to send secure email to more people if I get the sudden urge :p
Mine can be found on the Ubuntu keyserver: http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x85E6835E294CE438

By: IceBrain

IceBrain — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:14:36 +0000

Colin: SSL only helps until your message gets to the SMTP server. From then, who knows what security they have (between the SMTP and POP server and then to the client)? GPG assures you the message will be secure from your computer to the other.

My problem is that I don’t send emails to anyone who uses GPG, even my faculty teachers

Using GPG with Thunderbird is really easy, look at enigmail.

By: Wayan @ OLPC News

Wayan @ OLPC News — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:08:31 +0000

You let a sticky key hold you back? Why? You can get crazy and do your own keyboard repair. I did, and after too many drinks, I had way too much fun. I would suggest you try it too, but sober.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:53:40 +0000

Wish you a happy hacking 2009!
BTW, I’d rather go SSL instead of email encryption

By: Dr Small

Dr Small — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:16:39 +0000

I use GPG, but not for everything. Only the semi and overly important information do I encrypt.