The RevLinuxOS team is proud to announce the Release of RevLinuxOS 1.10 (Code name: Cryogenesis) to the community! This release of RevLinuxOS is based on the Kubuntu Hardy core, and is intended for older desktop systems. There will be another release in June or RevLinuxOS 2.0 for newer systems based on a newer core. Please stay tuned for further news and information. For more information or to download the current release, please join us in the RevLinuxOS community forums: News and Announcements
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sunday, May 16, 2010
RevLinuxOS sites are back online!
The RevLinuxOS sites are back online!
Thank you to everyone in the community for your patience and understanding during the Hacking issues and the mess it has created. I have most of the sites back online, but there are some ongoing issues to relate:
1.) I'm still uploading files from the other server, and this may still take some time because I'm on DSL, so I have crappy upload speeds.
2.) We were able to save and reuse the Remastersys forum database, but we lost the RevLinuxOS forum database due to data corruption.
3.) I was able to save the files for the Masonux project and get them back online, but I am currently unable to get the Vlocity project files from the godaddy.com hosted servers because they suspended my account. It was a really sh*ty thing to do because I was moving to a new hosting provider, so they suddenly called my account a security risk and suspended my account!
I don't know about you, but it takes allot of nerve to behave like that. 38,500 of Godaddy's customer got hacked twice in one month by the same group using the same exploits, and godaddy has the nerve of blaming their customers for "causing" the problem!
When that many sites get hacked in a 4 hour period twice in a month, and they all use the same hosting provider, the problem is systemic. I am now calling on all Godaddy customers that had this problem and got treated the same way as I was by Godaddy to boycott doing business with them. Godaddy has obviously become so big that they no longer care about their paying customers or the idea of customer service. I find their behaviour reprehensible and unethical and will never do business with them again!
Thank you to everyone in the community for your patience and understanding during the Hacking issues and the mess it has created. I have most of the sites back online, but there are some ongoing issues to relate:
1.) I'm still uploading files from the other server, and this may still take some time because I'm on DSL, so I have crappy upload speeds.
2.) We were able to save and reuse the Remastersys forum database, but we lost the RevLinuxOS forum database due to data corruption.
3.) I was able to save the files for the Masonux project and get them back online, but I am currently unable to get the Vlocity project files from the godaddy.com hosted servers because they suspended my account. It was a really sh*ty thing to do because I was moving to a new hosting provider, so they suddenly called my account a security risk and suspended my account!
I don't know about you, but it takes allot of nerve to behave like that. 38,500 of Godaddy's customer got hacked twice in one month by the same group using the same exploits, and godaddy has the nerve of blaming their customers for "causing" the problem!
When that many sites get hacked in a 4 hour period twice in a month, and they all use the same hosting provider, the problem is systemic. I am now calling on all Godaddy customers that had this problem and got treated the same way as I was by Godaddy to boycott doing business with them. Godaddy has obviously become so big that they no longer care about their paying customers or the idea of customer service. I find their behaviour reprehensible and unethical and will never do business with them again!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Domain Attack On My Hosting Provider
Due to a domain attack on godaddy.com, my hosting provider, all of our sites are currently down. My sites were all infected with malware from hackers that appear to have possibly compromised the godaddy.com service. It looks to me at this point that hackers have gained superuser access to their servers, because tens of thousands of sites have been hacked in the past few weeks.
Godaddy refuses to admit that their service has been compromised, and says it is the fault of the webmasters who own the sites that were hacked. I find it unacceptable for them to blame their customers for these issues, and am now shopping for a new hosting service.
I will be taking down all of my sites and moving my domains as soon as I get a new hosting provider. IN the mean time, please avoid use of geekconnection.org and all RevLinuxOS websites until I announce the sites are back up with a new hosting service.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
Regards,
RevLinux (A.K.A. geekydude)
Godaddy refuses to admit that their service has been compromised, and says it is the fault of the webmasters who own the sites that were hacked. I find it unacceptable for them to blame their customers for these issues, and am now shopping for a new hosting service.
I will be taking down all of my sites and moving my domains as soon as I get a new hosting provider. IN the mean time, please avoid use of geekconnection.org and all RevLinuxOS websites until I announce the sites are back up with a new hosting service.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
Regards,
RevLinux (A.K.A. geekydude)
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
RevLinuxOS 2009.1 - Update Coming Soon!
I've handed the updated materials to fragadelic so he can put it together and build the ISO.
Please be aware that he's on-call this week, so he won't get to it until the weekend or perhaps a day or two after the weekend.
We've already begun working on ideas for the next release based on the Lucid Lynx core.
If you have any ideas to share, please be sure to drop in to the community forums and let us know what's on your mind.
If you are a developer or graphic artist and wish to contribute work for the next release, please feel free to contact me. We are especially in need of a web developer, but we also could use someone who would be interested in working on development of Linux apps that interface with mobile devices (such as Android).
Please be aware that he's on-call this week, so he won't get to it until the weekend or perhaps a day or two after the weekend.
We've already begun working on ideas for the next release based on the Lucid Lynx core.
If you have any ideas to share, please be sure to drop in to the community forums and let us know what's on your mind.
If you are a developer or graphic artist and wish to contribute work for the next release, please feel free to contact me. We are especially in need of a web developer, but we also could use someone who would be interested in working on development of Linux apps that interface with mobile devices (such as Android).
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Hosting Issues abound!
My hosting provider moved my sites to new servers and everything has gone downhill from there!
I've been chasing issues left and right.
Then there was the earthquakes in Tijuana, Baja, California, and Arizona that caused connectivity issues for my hosting provider, and now I'm wondering what else can go wrong.
So please excuse our mess while I attempt to chase down all of the broken links and other issues.
Thanks!
I've been chasing issues left and right.
Then there was the earthquakes in Tijuana, Baja, California, and Arizona that caused connectivity issues for my hosting provider, and now I'm wondering what else can go wrong.
So please excuse our mess while I attempt to chase down all of the broken links and other issues.
Thanks!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Update on RevLinuxOS 2009.1 (first update)
We're getting close....
We're adding some missing apps and removing some we decided were not working out for our users.
We decided to revise the look of RevLinuxOS.
We're ditching the gold and going with a look from my darker roots.
Here's the new revised look for RevLinuxOS.
It still may change and nothing is official yet, but I thought I'd share with you the direction it will be moving.
I hope you like it!
Screenshot of the Style control panel:
Screenshot of the Menus and how Konqueror looks:
Screenshot of The Firefox Theme:
Screenshot of the Thunderbird theme:
We're adding some missing apps and removing some we decided were not working out for our users.
We decided to revise the look of RevLinuxOS.
We're ditching the gold and going with a look from my darker roots.
Here's the new revised look for RevLinuxOS.
It still may change and nothing is official yet, but I thought I'd share with you the direction it will be moving.
I hope you like it!
Screenshot of the Style control panel:
Screenshot of the Menus and how Konqueror looks:
Screenshot of The Firefox Theme:
Screenshot of the Thunderbird theme:
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Update on RevLinuxOS 2009.1
I'm finally back in the groove and working on the RevLinuxOS 2009 update.
My hope is to have the updates ready next weekend for Fragadelic to include in the updated build.
That's all I have for now, so please stay tuned for more info next weekend!
My hope is to have the updates ready next weekend for Fragadelic to include in the updated build.
That's all I have for now, so please stay tuned for more info next weekend!
Friday, December 18, 2009
My Recent Surgery
As many of you know, I underwent surgery to remove my gall bladder, and I wanted to provide a brief report of how I'm doing......
Well I'm still alive!!!
I've been suffering from high fever and abdominal pain, but it subsided enough to go online for a few minutes to let you know that I'm still kicking (barely
).
It's been a rough recovery, so I'm not moving around much yet. The good news is I've lost over 10 pounds.
I'll attempt to go on-line and interact with this community more this weekend.
For now, I'm gonna go back to bed and get some rest.
Well I'm still alive!!!
I've been suffering from high fever and abdominal pain, but it subsided enough to go online for a few minutes to let you know that I'm still kicking (barely
).It's been a rough recovery, so I'm not moving around much yet. The good news is I've lost over 10 pounds.
I'll attempt to go on-line and interact with this community more this weekend.
For now, I'm gonna go back to bed and get some rest.
Friday, October 30, 2009
RevLinuxOS commmunity test release is now available for download!
It's finally here!
RevLinuxOS commmunity test release is now available for download!
http://downloads.revlinuxos.com/revlinuxos_2009/test_releases/2009.0/
Please keep in mind it is our first test release, and still needs some refinement.
Please provide your feedback and bug reports in the RevlinuxOS forums:
http://forum.revlinuxos.com/index.php?board=31.0
Happy Halloween!!!
RevLinuxOS commmunity test release is now available for download!
http://downloads.revlinuxos.com/revlinuxos_2009/test_releases/2009.0/
Please keep in mind it is our first test release, and still needs some refinement.
Please provide your feedback and bug reports in the RevlinuxOS forums:
http://forum.revlinuxos.com/index.php?board=31.0
Happy Halloween!!!
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