Peng’s links for Saturday, 16 August

• Ubuntu Productivity: Fix: Ubuntu .drmc permissions error on login. If you get an error while trying to login that says your “$HOME/.drmc file is being ignored” there’s a fix that isn’t a major pain in the rump. Unfortunately too many users are experiencing this problem, and hopefully we can get the fix committed for Ubuntu Intrepid.
• Nicholas Deschildre: The Stockholm airport to sponsor Ubuntu Brainstorm. This is a definite win for open source software, and for Ubuntu Brainstorm in particular. I won’t spill any of the details here, you’ll have to read Nicholas’ blog for more info.
• Frank Taylor/Google Earth Blog: The Conflict Between Russia and Georgia. Google Maps/Earth doesn’t have a lot of data for people to refer to regarding the recent (current?) fighting in Georgia. (No, not the one with Atlanta.) It turns out Google doesn’t show a lot of info because they simply don’t have it to show. Luckily Frank found some links to information that he was kind enough to share with his readers.
• Shawn Wilsher: Protect yourself now if you use Gmail. I thought I had posted this when I came across it elsewhere recently, but it looks like I posted it to an answer on the Ubuntu Forums. If you use Gmail (for anything) you need to change one little setting to protect you against man-in-the-middle attacks (where someone can steal your info between your computer and Gmail’s servers). In this day and age I’m surprised I haven’t seen this type of security precaution talked about more, especially with how easy it is to cover your six.

And with that I’m going to call it a post. Have a good weekend, y’all, and try to make the most of it. There is only one more weekend before Labor Day weekend, and you know what that means.