uberpenguin.net

Well I’ve decided to rename by business from M2 I.T. Solutions to Flux Labs. I’m currently working on the new site and coding. I plan to release it by the end of the month.

It will have computer and network inventory tracking on a per-client basis. I’m not sure if I’ll be allowing registrations, or simple static user creations. It’s being written in PHP with a mysql backend.

I am highly detail oriented. Not your typical run of the mill IT. I track everything on my clients networks. Firmware, serials, vendor id’s; you name it. I also provide my clients with schematical drawings of both physical and virtual layers of their network.

I’ve contimplated the idea of releasing a public distribution with an installer. I have scowered the net in search of a web based package which tracks computer inventory for small to medium business’s; and have yet to find one.

There are thousands of mom and pop shops which I think could benefit from this. I used to work at a local shop; and realized the need then. I’m not one to processtinate, I just honestly haven’t had time.

I’ve spent the last few days reconfiguring my nameservers and web hosts to reflect the new business image. Such as 40x pages, url rewrites for apache, and all the goodness that comes with hosting.

I’m also in the process of finishing up my MCSE. Refreshing the material. I would bust out a test weekly if my local test location was available weekly. It seems they only do testing two weeks out of the month.

As you can see, I’ve changed the sites theme. Not sure if this is the final or not. I’ll continue to crawl the net for a workable theme. Post your comments.

Well it’s been quite a while since I’ve updated this blog. Life happens and you forget all the projects you intended to continue doing. I hope to revamp the site as well as continue to update my entries. If not daily, atleast weekly.

Here’s my Conky - Thanks to m6 for passing along his files.

Necessary Files
conky-rdf.sh
emerge-progress.sh
emerge-current.sh
lastsync.pl

I’ve placed them in my ~/.conky directory.
You’ll also need to:

emerge media-fonts/terminus-font

#.conkyrc uberpenguin.net
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

mail_spool $MAIL
update_interval 5.0
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (requiblack in nautilus)
own_window no

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_type normal

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour hotpink
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 3

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders yes

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 1

# border margins
border_margin 0

# border width
border_width 0

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 0

no_buffers yes

uppercase no

cpu_avg_samples 2

net_avg_samples 2

override_utf8_locale no

use_spacer no

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${color light grey}Machine: $sysname
${color light grey}Date: ${time %a, } ${color }${time %B %e %G} - ${color }${time %H:%M:%S}
${color light grey}Uptime: ${color }$uptime
${color light grey}Kernel: ${color }$kernel
${color light grey}CPU0 Usage:$color ${cpu cpu0}% ${color #000000}${cpubar cpu0}
${color light grey}CPU1 Usage:$color ${cpu cpu1}% ${color #000000}${cpubar cpu1}
${color light grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${color light grey}Processes: ${color }$processes  ${color light grey}Running: ${color }$running_processes
${color light grey}Memory Usage: $mem
${color #000000}${membar}

${color grey}File System:
${color grey} / $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
${color grey} /home $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}
${color grey} /storage $color${fs_used /mnt/external}/${fs_size /mnt/external}

${color light grey}Portage:
${color light grey} Last Sync $color ${execi 300 /home/deface/.conky/lastsync.pl}
${color light grey} Current Progress ${color #000000}${execibar 30 /home/deface/.conky/emerge-progress.sh}
${color light grey} Current Package $color ${execi 30 /home/deface/.conky/emerge-current.sh}
${color light grey} Current Status $color ${execi 30 /home/deface/.conky/emerge-status.sh}

${color light grey}GLSA:$color
${execi 3000 /home/deface/.conky/conky-rdf.sh}

${color light grey}Audacious:
$audacious_title
${color light grey}$audacious_bar
${color light grey}${alignc}$audacious_status

Top:
${color}Name              PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color #000000} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 5} ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 6} ${top pid 6} ${top cpu 6} ${top mem 6}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 7} ${top pid 7} ${top cpu 7} ${top mem 7}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 8} ${top pid 8} ${top cpu 8} ${top mem 8}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 9} ${top pid 9} ${top cpu 9} ${top mem 9}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 10} ${top pid 10} ${top cpu 10} ${top mem 10}

${color #000000}Port(s)${alignr}#Connections
$color Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}  Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}${alignr}ALL: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${color #000000}Connections ${alignr} Local Service/Port$color
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 0}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 1}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 2}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 3}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 4}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 5}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 6} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 6}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 7} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 7}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 8} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 8}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 9} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 9}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 10} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 10}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 11} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 11}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 12} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 12}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 13} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 13}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 14} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 14}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 15} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 15}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 16} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 16}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 17} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 17}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 18} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 18}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 19} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 19}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 20} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lport 20}

Some people may want to find out just how many packages are on their system. I am sure there are more, here’s what I could find.

qlist -I | wc -l

emerge -p depclean

eix -I | grep matches