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9:07 PM

I'm using RHEL and asking a question on AU...I don't know what's on-topic any more

I am working on RHEL6 behind a proxy at my workplace. In order to make wget and other applications work, I modified my /etc/environment and added definitions for http_proxy, https_proxy, and ftp_proxy. I logged out and back in. As desired, wget works correctly. However, commands like sudo wget ...

Roland Taylor

This question should be framed.

aking1012

Yeah, the thing is that not closing things as OT or asking for migration to UL is just fodder for the folks that are crying about there being a separate AU site. I've taken heat before on "general linux questions" being on-topic, but there needs to be a line somewhere...

Roland Taylor

Exactly.

Takkat

These blue lines should appear by default when people mention RHEL or Mint or...

aking1012

mythtv respins or ... ... ...

Takkat

9:16 PM

Cool - you can now log in to any of your remote desktops from a machine running 12.10

Roland Taylor

lol :P

Takkat

Well - they introduced the remote account - so it's basically a guest session accessing a remote desktop.

Roland Taylor

@AskUbuntuMeta sounds like you were talking about God lol

@Takkat my lol was for your message about RHEL and Mint

I saw the remote feature, but I haven't tried it yet

I don't have anything to use it with I don't think

Takkat

Everything tinted in MS-blue should make people aware they are now off topic here ;)

(my desktop in my office is MS-blue - that's why I hate this color)

(they even blocked changing wallpapers there)

Roland Taylor

lol

I like blue (it's my fav colour)

But not MS blue

Takkat

9:21 PM

<-- likes green a lot

aking1012

@Takkat have you tried running desktops?

The Interrupter

What fonts I will install for show this 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 http://askubuntu.com/q/189839?atw=1 #fonts

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on September 17, 2012 at 9:01 PM

Takkat

running?

aking1012

desktops is an app from winternals that lets you run a separate desktop env

and i meant to ask...is that a HAL 9000 reference on the gravatar?

Takkat

💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 - anybody sees more than squares here?

aking1012

9:23 PM

technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx

Takkat

@aking1012 sort of yes and no. I made that for my app and liked it.

Roland Taylor

@Takkat works fine for me

The person didn't need to spam it though

Takkat

@aking1012 the machines where I worked are totally securely locked down. You also had to sign to not install anything not approved by our IT department... They themed 7 with an XP theme.

^^still work (tomorrow I hope)

aking1012

oh. i don't think desktops requires an install. iirc it's a portable app

Roland Taylor

I fixed the above question.

Q: What fonts do I need to install for special characters to work?

What fonts do I need to install on Ubuntu in order to see special characters ( for example)?

fonts

Takkat

9:27 PM

Nice fix but what does 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 read?

Roland Taylor

It's lips

Takkat

I see - very useful for a lot of things.

aking1012

pity there's no trollolol unicode character...wait, if there were...hmmmm

grr, i have to make a dozen models in sencha to parse complex json. frameworks to the fail-scue it's like the opposite of re-scue

Roland Taylor

O_o

Takkat

12.10 is soooo sloooow in Virtual Box - feels like running on an 1/8-core

at least it lets me study how all the desktop animations are done.

Fade in is like 5 steps.

Fade out is like: System program problem detected

Oh - that's new: The application Compiz has closed unexpectedly :/

Nice: Ignore future problems is ticked by default.

aking1012

9:39 PM

as it should be...

George Edison

Success!

I managed to get Firefox to talk with my custom SSL server app.

aking1012

Takkat

great

George Edison

It seems like the problem was that I forgot to point Qt to my private key.

Anyway... it works now.

aking1012

as long as you get to it works!!! that's all that matters right?

George Edison

9:43 PM

It works in Chrome to so I think we're in business.

@aking1012 That's it exactly.

Next question to answer... should I embed the private key/certificate in the executable or not?

aking1012

public key only

George Edison

But the server won't work without the private key.

...and the executable will be protected by the same measures as would the private key if it were a separate file.

jrg

embedding stuff is a terrible idea.

aking1012

i would go with a configuration option where they have to provide a priv key of their own...or a script like openvpn did to generate their own keys with openssl.exe or whatever

jrg

I'm speaking from recent experience.

aking1012

9:47 PM

i love it when someone compiles a keygenme with the "generator" part still in there and you have a two <-> three byte patch to make it self-key-genning

George Edison

@aking1012 This is a proprietary application that will likely never be used by anyone other than me.

Roland Taylor

nvm I just scrolled up

George Edison

But I see your point.

I should probably have the certificate and keys as separate files and then pass them as command line arguments or something.

That way it becomes easier for me to issue a new key / certificate.

Roland Taylor

0 A.D. is in the 12.10 repos!

George Edison

That's awesome.