LTS on Nico Maas

Upgrade WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows 10

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:30:47 +0000

I had installed WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) a long time ago to gain access to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS directly from my Windows 10 Desktop. However, as time passes, Software grows old. Upgrading the Ubuntu Subsystem via apt-get update / do-release-upgrade should work, but that could have some nasty sideeffects, considering that the 14.04 LTS WSL release had been a beta test - so, a reinstall should be better.

Luckily, TechRepublic got this covered. Just open a CMD and run:

[Security Spotlight] Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1g - Heartbleed Bug - Urgent!

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:00:49 +0000

So, thats no joke: OpenSSL broke badly!
Here is the background: https://heartbleed.com/

And as there is no zero-hour-fix for Ubuntu (including 12.04 LTS…), I decided to take chances and overwrite my existing OpenSSL 1.0.1 with the new code. It worked out flawlessly - but your system could REALLY break. Thats as dirty as it possibly could get!

wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
tar -xvzf openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1g/
./config --prefix=/usr
sudo make
sudo make test
sudo make install

[Ubuntu 12.04] EEE PC 1015 PN with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:57:03 +0000

I could not help myself but felt the need to have at least one real “Dual Boot” system (not VMWare Stuff) - so I setup my Asus EEE PC 1015 PN with the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS according to mtrons excellent Tutorial ( https://sites.google.com/site/mtrons/howtos/eeepc-1015pn ) which worked out right out of the box.

But - as I haid some trouble with the old Broadcom Wifi/BT Card in Windows 7, I went for an Intel 6250 AGN/WiMax Card. I do not use WiMax and would love an BT option - but the price point of that card on ebay finally got me to press the “Buy now” button. I thought “Well, it is an Intel Card - that should work quite well and stop throwing me out of the University Wifi with no chance but doing an hard reboot of the Laptop to solve the problem” - yeah - it really did. BUT - somehow, after some time and updates to the Ubuntu System, I lost connectivity: Network Manager was nagging for the password all the time - without a reason. Finally I found the solution on this website: http://askubuntu.com/questions/104651/how-do-i-get-wireless-working-on-an-asus-notebook-u56e - with some changes.