My new computer

Hello folks!

It's been a bit more than 2 years since I have Serenity - an AMD Athlon machine. And it's time to grow further. So I've made my research, and I got planned a machine that will serve me for my modest needs for another 2-3 years.

As prices plummeted seriously lately, and since dollar is not what is used to be, I can get pretty decent machine for a buck. I don't play games, my main needs are VM running (even couple of machines at the same time), Photoshop/Gimp rendering (for pics like these). Here's my configuration of choice that I'm thinking to have:

CPU:  Intel  Q9300

Motherboard: I'd like to have an Abit IP35 Pro, but its availability seems limited in my locale. So I'd be happy for other suggestions.

Memory: Mushkin or Corsair, 4Gb, CL4

Graphics: any NVidia 256Mb PCIe will do.

HD: 7200rpm, 250Gb or any other that gives good price/size ratio.

DVD burner: we have LG's and NECs laying around here for ~$30, so its easy.

PSU: Zalman, Thermaltake or Antec. These are the decent ones we have in local market.

Case: something simple, but that can sustain my system

Please let me know what do you think about it, and I'd love an MB suggestion that plays nicely with Linux. My main intention is to run Xen or other VM, and run Linux and Window under it.

Another thing that some folks may not understand, is my attention to run it with Ubuntu. To tell you the truth, I'm still the Gentoo person, but it takes increasingly more and more time to just maintain my Gentoo-based Serenity, and its only updates. My rsync doesn't work, updates are slow and I got many errors while updating a lot, which requires an attention as it renders system unusable.

I understand that those may be very easy to fix, but as I've said - I don't have time to deal with it as I had before, so I'm going to try my luck with customized Ubuntu for a while. Besides, I like learning new things, with Gentoo I feel like I don't know what's up there. And I've always wanted to learn Ubuntu.

Gentoo star seems to have eclipsed lately, I think I might get to fixing it when I have time later on...

Cheers.

10 beautiful female hackers in the movies

I've read the famous post on Drivl and even dugg it on the Digg.

But I think that female characters got little to no attention at all there. So, with the help of mighty commenters, I've made my own list of female hackers in movies. Its hard to classify women, of course, so the specific order may vary in other classifications.

8. The Puppet Master, Ghost in the shell (1995)




Presumably female. Takes place 10 as she's not even real human, although quite pretty by inception.







7. Chloe O'Brain, 24 Series



Not very social, but very skilled computer scientist. Was able to hack the kernel of CTU-own government agency system to stop the malicious software from spreading.







6. Chloe Sullivan, Smallville series



Very social. In love with Superboy. Although she's just a journalist, she seems to able to hack any system in the world. From her personal computer.










5. Angela Bennet, The Net (1995)


Sandra Bullock.














4. Mystique, X-Men series



She can get anywhere and hack any system. Literally.













3. Rachel Gibson , Alias series

In one episode we see that she can break the code of some specific security system in seconds with an algorithm she developed. When asked by Sidney how she did it, she responded "every professional has her secrets".


2. Kate Libby aka Acid Burn, Hackers (1995)


Angelina Jolie















1. Trinity, Matrix series






The best shown hack in the history of movies.














But unfortunately, as everyone can count I got only to 8. I need help people! Don't let your favorite female hacker to vanish unrecognized!!! I need 2 more to finish the list.

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks a bunch