I would like to welcome you back after a 32 day downtime episode. I suppose I should first explain what happened to cause such issues as well as inform you the steps I have taken to ensure it does not happen again.

First the downtime… I applied for a Paypal debit card, this Paypal account in question is my account and I have had this account for 9 years I mind you. For them to suspend or “limit” my account telling me that I needed to provide them 3 pieces of information to remove this limitation 1. Proof of SSN 2. Proof of residency and 3. Photo ID, like they did not know who I was the first 9 years… During the limitation (suspension) from Paypal hosting became due which is automatically paid via Paypal & since my account was limited the hosting did not get paid even though the funds for it were in there. After appropriate documents were sent to Paypal and awaiting for full account access to be restored the hosting company placed my hosting service in a cancelled status. So the servers were no longer there and within 30 days the backup would also be destroyed. I personally hold Paypal responsible and I am in the process of getting a new provider.

What has been done to rectify the situation? $150 restoration fee as well as a year of hosting paid up front. I would like to thank all of those that donated and all those that have donated in the past to help bring the sites back to full functionality. At current time I do not have anything to offer on the site, but I encourage those that have donated to please visit our new home for donators. My way of saying thanks to all of you.

TheeMahn

 

I have tried to discuss the impact RepoMaster will have when put into the wild. Repomaster is a program I have been writing for over 2 years. It has not only became a reality, it is a tool that built Ultimate Edition 3.4 Lite issuesless; unreleased to the public currently. What does the tool do? Well let’s read the now behind manual 2 switches have not made to the manual yet, yes they too work. Repomaster as a service will with the –autofix option fix errors before they hit your system. I built UE 3.4 off a mini-ubuntu less then 200MB I believe. Dropped in repomaster set it as a service and moved the OS forward. I can not vouch for any error that was already there in the 200MB 😉
#!/bin/bash
# ==============================================================================
# title :repomaster
# description :Auto build, repository management script
# author :Glenn Cady # date :01/10/2013
# version :1.7.1-7
# usage :repomaster --help
# manual :man repomaster
# notes :See change-log below for further information.
# bash_version :4.2.8(1)-release
# ==============================================================================
# Change-log: 1.7.1-7: Currently unreleased / unleashed
# ==============================================================================
# REPOMASTER - Auto build, repository management script
# Script via Glenn "TheeMahn" Cady #
# This script will extract, build all debs in each sub-folder
# as well as lintian each resulting deb recording any
# error result to a separate log and move resulting deb
# to then .debs/ if no errors. Eventually will not move
# any with warnings (does so now). The script will eventually fix all errors
# without human intervention. Who makes errors? Not computers.
# The script now implements -f or fix switch still not 100% and
# why you do not have it beyond copy-write.
#
# Beyond that, if that was not enough, will publish your repository on-line.
# It will GPG key sign your debs generate you a release file and dists,
# auto assign each prospective deb accordingly via architecture,
# rsyncing it to your server of choice.
#
# The goal is 100% error / warning free debs we are at about 90% off the rip.
# Most are in permission rights. Amazing what automation in programming can do
# for you.
#
# Repomaster if ran as a service will automatically fix error(s) prior to
# entering your system. Ultimately, a bulletproof O/S. Ultimate Edition will be
# the first operating system on the planet to utilize this feature.
# I wonder why? Who is writing it? Does that mean Ubuntu is screwed
# or fall behind? No, no O/S left behind, however they will pay me.
#
# End user fret not. I will be paid, but not by you. Once you see the code
# I have written you will understand I deserve it ;) Largest script I have ever
# seen by one guy. What started as a simple script to lose a few of my jobs as
# a distrowriter, repository maintainer & programmer has became quite
# complicated.
#
# We begin - first we grab all sub-folders. If you do not wish to
# have a certain deb compiled or built please rename the folder beginning
# with a period, which makes it hidden to this script.

# Version Control
REPOVERSION="1.7.1-7"
BUILDDATE="01/10/2013"

theemahn@JackHammer:~$ repomaster –service on
RepoMaster 1.7.1-7 service function invoked.
Switches invoked: –service on
Installing RepoMaster as a service. To remove the service repomaster –service off.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$ sudo apt-get install –reinstall gedit nano
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Suggested packages:
spell
The following packages will be upgraded:
gedit nano
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,021 kB of archives.
After this operation, 94.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main nano amd64 2.2.6-1 [194 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main gedit amd64 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 [827 kB]
Fetched 1,021 kB in 1s (746 kB/s)
RepoMaster 1.7.1-7 service function invoked.
Switches invoked: –service
===============================================
Repomaster 1.7.1-7 is entering extraction mode.
===============================================
======================================================
Beginning extraction of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
======================================================
to gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
Extracting Control files from gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Extracting data files from gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Extraction of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb complete.
Removing gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb.
==============================================
Beginning extraction of nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb
==============================================
to nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
Extracting Control files from nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb
Extracting data files from nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb
Extraction of nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb complete.
Removing nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb.
Extraction of 2 deb(s) complete. No errors detected in extraction.
==========================================
Repomaster 1.7.1-7 is entering build mode.
==========================================

===============================================
Beginning build of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
===============================================

Relaxing permissions of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
Cleaning up any tmp or backup files.
Setting individual file permissions to 644.
No /etc/ so need to build conffiles.
Scanning for executables in gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/ Stage 1.
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/usr/share/bug/gedit/script
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/usr/share/python/runtime.d/gedit.rtupdate
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/usr/share/gedit/gedit-bugreport
Scanning for executables in gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/ Stage 2.
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/usr/bin/gedit: application/x-executable; charset=binary
Calculating Installed size & inserting into control file if necessary.
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/ is 2692. Control file reporting: 2716
Size Mismatch, replacing with 2692.
Calculating MD5SUMS in gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
Setting ownership to root in gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
Setting individual folder permissions to 755.
Setting permissions rights for control etc.
Building gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/
dpkg-deb: building package `gedit’ in `gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb’.
Lintian resulting package gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb.
warning: the authors of lintian do not recommend running it with root privileges!
Build results of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
W: gedit: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libgedit-private0
W: gedit: copyright-without-copyright-notice
W: gedit: menu-icon-missing usr/share/pixmaps/gedit-icon.xpm
N: 1 tag overridden (1 warning)
Error(s): 0 | Warning(s): 3 | Info: 1 has been recorded.
“nano gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb.errors” for more information or
“repomaster -f gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64/” to autofix.
=== End Build results of gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ===
Processing Error logs for gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb.errors.

=======================================
Beginning build of nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
=======================================

Relaxing permissions of nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
Cleaning up any tmp or backup files.
Setting individual file permissions to 644.
Scanning /etc to build conffiles.
Scanning for executables in nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/ Stage 1.
Scanning for executables in nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/ Stage 2.
nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/bin/nano: application/x-executable; charset=binary
Calculating Installed size & inserting into control file if necessary.
nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/ is 536. Control file reporting: 604
Size Mismatch, replacing with 536.
Calculating MD5SUMS in nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
Setting ownership to root in nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
Setting individual folder permissions to 755.
Setting permissions rights for control etc.
Building nano_2.2.6-1_amd64/
dpkg-deb: building package `nano’ in `nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb’.
Lintian resulting package nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb.
warning: the authors of lintian do not recommend running it with root privileges!
Processing Error logs for nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb.errors.

_________________ SESSION RESULTS ____________________
FILE ERRORS WARNINGS INFO
gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb 0 3 1
nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb 0 0 0
______________________________________________________
Error(s): 0 | Warning(s): 3 | Info: 1
(Reading database … 393657 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nano 2.2.6-1 (using …/nano_2.2.6-1_amd64.deb) …
Unpacking replacement nano …
Preparing to replace gedit 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 (using …/gedit_3.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) …
Unpacking replacement gedit …
Processing triggers for menu …
Processing triggers for install-info …
Processing triggers for man-db …
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index…
Processing triggers for gnome-menus …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils …
Setting up nano (2.2.6-1) …
Setting up gedit (3.4.1-0ubuntu1) …
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gedit to provide /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor (gnome-text-editor) in auto mode.
Processing triggers for menu …
Processing triggers for libc-bin …
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
theemahn@JackHammer:~$ theemahn@JackHammer:~$ repomaster –service on –autofix
RepoMaster 1.7.1-7 service function invoked.
Switches invoked: –service on –autofix
Installing RepoMaster as a service. To remove the service repomaster –service off.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$repomaster –help
RepoMaster 1.7.1-7, 01/10/2013

RepoMaster is a part of the tm-tools package. Many of the tools are heavy and are not
intended to be ran by the common user. The tools are geared for the admininstrator.
please see man tmtools for more info.

Usage: repomaster –<-COMMAND> [FOLDER|DEBNAME|DISTNAME|USERNAME@URL/DISTNAME|ON]

possible commands…

-v –version dump version info
-e –extract extract debian archive
-b –build builds deb(s)
-r –relax relax permissions
-c –cleanlogs removes log files
-C –cleanfolder removes folder(s)
-f –fix attempts to fix error(s)
-V –verbose reports errors verbosly and instructs how to fix.
-p –prepare prepare good .debs/ for publishing.
-P –publish publishes them to address specified.
-R –report examine reported errorlog(s).
-S –scan version scan debs.
-s –service installs or removes repomaster as a service
-h –help this help message

Usage building deb;
repomaster -b [FOLDERNAME]
Specifying no folder name will build all folders in current directory.
prompting first. All error free debs are copied to a hidden folder
called .debs/ in the current folder. The .debs/ folder will be created
for you.

Usage extraction;
repomaster -e [DEBIANFILENAME]
Specifying no deb file name will extract all debs in current directory.
prompting first.

Usage relaxsation;
repomaster -r [FOLDERNAME]
Will relax the permissions on a given folder allowing you to edit or
delete files within the folder. The proper permissions will automatically
be reset when you goto build. Not specifying a folder will reset
permissions on all sub-folders. Please be careful where you execute this
tool. It will display the folders to be effected and prompt you.

Usage clearlogs;
repomaster -c
Will erase all logs error as well clean logs.

Usage cleanfolder;
repomaster -C [FOLDER]
Will erase specified folder ignoring permissions. Specifying no folder name
will erase all sub-folders in the curent folder. It will display the folders
to be effected and prompt you. Please use with care.

Usage fix;
repomaster -f [FOLDER]
Will attempt to fix all errors in the specified folder to be lintian, debian
complient. Specifying no folder name will process all folders with a
[FOLDER].deb.errors. This will take a long time to be fully implemented.

Usage verbose;
repomaster -V [FOLDER]
Specifying no folder name will build all folders in current directory.
prompting first. Verbosly displaying how to fix errors in given deb.
All error free debs are copied to a hidden folder called .debs/ in
the current folder. The .debs/ folder will be created for you.

Usage prepare;
repomaster -p
Prepares known good .debs/ for publishing. Builds the directory structure in
a folder called . Repomaster then GPG key signs the debs as well
as the release key for distribution. This command switch also auto generates
packages.gz for repository management. Knowledge of how a repository works
is highly recommended when using this command switch.

Usage publish;
repomaster -P
Will scan good debs from .debs/ folder automatically creating structure for
repository management and rsync the files to address ie repomaster -P
USER@http://themelinux.com/themes/ themes it will prompt for the password
for your server.

Usage report;
repomaster -R [FOLDER]
Will display error and build reports for all debs in previous session, or
results from [FOLDER] deb.

Usage Service;
repomaster -S [on/off] [–autofix]
Installs or removes based on second option to set repomaster as a service.
Once set as a service repomaster will monitor any package being installed
and scan for errors and warnings optionally [–autofix] them via end users
discretion. This powerful feature will allow the end user to make the
decision if or not errors and warnings enter their system prior to the
package even being installed. Similar to what anti-virus software does.

Usage Scan;
repomaster -s
Version scans all debs to be processed. This should be the first step you
take when dealing with large amounts of debs. When processing a single deb
this switch is useless.There is no sense in building 2 seperate versions of
debs. On the large scale this is not a required , but recommended base of
first action.

Useage Help;
repomaster -h
Displays this message. For futher information please refer to the manpages.

man repomaster

Example: repomaster -b ultamatix-1.9.1_all
Will build ultamatix-1.9.1_all.deb

GNU repomaster home page: .
E-mail bug reports to: .
Be sure to include the word repomaster somewhere in the Subject: field.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

None of the current beta testers as well I, have seen a crash or issue at all. I am sorry to inform you right before I built the 3.4 Lite ISO I purged repomaster from the system. It is not copywritten yet. Repomaster is not perfect yet!!! I cant wait until I see that day.

TheeMahn,

Sorry for the delay, was planning on releasing Ultimate Edition 3.5 prior to Xmas. Seems some hacker decided to delete my acct on sourceforge. Problem resolved those guys are awesome. Just to bring you up to date, I have Ultimate Edition 3.6 in local testing based on Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal”. I am currently running Ultimate Edition 3.4 Lite based on Ubuntu 12.04 Percise Pangolin with a solo environment of Gnome 2 which is quick   quite responsive.

What is Ultimate Edition 3.5?

Please allow time for mirroring or download speed will be slow. You have been warned.

I have built UE 3.5 until I am blue in the face. My time being limited, I have taken steps at no cost to the end user to ensure productivity is being taken care of on my end. A bulldozer is in route, a 6 and quad core to do my bidding all raided / nas’d up. I have tanked and totally rebuilt 3.5 from the ground up even admin do not have access to, please stand by. I appologize for the delay. There is a ton involved in what I have accomplished, please be patient with me.

TheeMahn,

Limited time is the nature of the post I have one day off, so I felt the best way to reach out is on a large scale, sorry to ultilize one of our users as an example.

I dropped a post to dougal, one of our forum members.

Please do not ask him for links. I am watching. A vestage or a test of integrity? Please sit tight it is indeed coming.
For those too lazy to click the above link:

dougal wrote:Can I grab a copy for testing. I have a few machines and try every release on them all. Still running 2.6 as the only fully stable release on all machines. Some now must be nine or ten years old. An old HP Pavillion 4800 series.
A Sony and Tosh laptop, both about five years old. A Dell laptop at four years old, a Dell Optiplex 745 and Dell Optiplex 780 and a desktop machine, 8-core.
Main problem is always with desktops and wireless USB dongle. The auto-selection of drivers for two different ones has not happened and I always have to fiddle with the Windows Wireless drivers. Both of them are 150 bps and the thing is that an older 58 bps USB has drivers picked up real easy.

So, I would love to test anything going... I have patience though. Do what you have to Thee to make the OS as good as you can.

Posts: 283
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:05 pm

Yes, you can check your PM’s links to snatch both Ultimate Edition 3.5 32 and 64 are there. Does anyone here feel worthy to test it based on the above information. Why is Dougal not at least mod? See what happens when I climb in a box and do not attend to the forums? I have been thinking of sending all donors a link to a private server for them to snatch it prior to the public. I have the donors email addresses. I would have to pay for a site to fly by night and disapear the next day. It would get beat to death, I have been down that road before. I would love to see a hosting company absorb 1 month of abuse. hmm, something to ponder. No official post, just sent to donors and not care if they give it to thier buddies. When it dies it dies. Steam is coming out of the melon now 😉 What am I gonna brew up.

Most ppl know what a Terabyte is now, most were oblivious to it initially on release. I would talk about Terabytes of transfer now ppl have that size drive in thier computer, funny how technology advances. Petabytes a very unfamiliar term, bet it comes common place in a few years. I have like 14TB of info accessable from this very PC if Goliath fires up his NAS. I have transfered 1/2 of a Petabyte of info in one month from users downloading Ultimate Edition in get this 2009. No-one knew or grasped the vast amount of information that is. Shut down 3 times that month I grant you. We are now hosted through Sourceforge’s 32 servers as far as downloads. No-one takes the time to factor in the value of a good hosting company & the crippling effect a vast amount of users can have. I am a connoisseur of understanding in this aspect. I would venture via sourceforge if they were to allow me to see raw stats in transfer are approaching the Exabyte factor, if it hasn’t already been broken by the 1,348,630 download of Ultimate Edition recorded by them.

SO DONT GIVE OUT THE LINKS, it is not hosted on a fly by night server.

I guess the above is incorrect. The hosting companies know, actually bragged initially (yes, I have those emails as well). Until I disrupted thier services.

You can only shove so much water though a garden hose, bandwidth is no exception. A cloud of 6 servers with nothing less the 1 GBPS, how long before I need to once again worry? Paid my bill each month & they were in a hurry to get rid of me due to the “load”, one of thier pipes was 10GBPS, makes me think was not a bandwidth constraint. Our current hosting has superceeded my expectations. Mirrored so what is the issue I beat on the CPU? I will break down my current hosting at a later date.

Analyze.

I know you ladies and gents would love to have your phalanges on Ultimate Edition 3.5. I pushed it to testers technically yesterday, however they did not find out about it until today. I feel it is ready for release, minus one small issue the purple background when dealing with the login screen. Time and feedback will tell. The 32 bit I have not even started, however takes me a day to make the 32 bit counterpart knowing what I now know. Probably a day once I have my head wrapped around what I have to deal with up the chain in what they have changed.

I have new inet so no more 17+ hrs uploading the O/S. Instant certainly not 😉 I want you to look at it this way. My local testers are a 17 hr. over and over again cut off my time as a distrowriter. I wish you could see what I go through in writing an O/S, have to squeeze programming in there somewhere.

Speaking of programming, I have a straight up NASty tool coming for you. Yes, I called it NASty on purpose. Written for NAS drives. I will refrain from going into detail until it is done. I do want to thank donators again many currently unlisted, I can not build the O/S fast enough to add your name to the list in the O/S & 2 monitors thanks to donators. I will work dilligently to ensure your name makes it there.

I am going to add a programming and howto section to this very site. Initally written by me and let my admin take it over. I may then actually be able to get things done 😉 Once repomaster hits, I will no longer possess a life. Let us prey they do not take me out. I am not talking to dinner. The computer industry is a multi-billion dollar environment, give stuff away for free? I am here for that. Solid GPL mahn.

I want you to think for one second I wrote the manual for repomaster; it now does actuallly better then it claims to do. I wrote that a year ago, I cannot understand why it has not been superceeded. When source hits the net, well now? They graciously await. Funny they hammered me over Automatix, err was is Ultamatix. I could go on I still have emails from Jane Siebler then CFO of Canonical, now CEO. They do not like me, understand that clearly.

One Mahn; a true thorn. Wow, am I spartan? Did you know I was supposed to charge you 1 penny to download Ultimate Edition; 1.2 million pennies what is it I lost?

Should I say my GF loves UE 3.5 and was upset with me when I rolled into gnome because I hate KDE. Why did I roll in? To put a epson driver, great they have openly drivers, however once again not open source I can not include that driver. Did you know Adobe has been sued I assure things are changing. Ten million dollars at a time. It would be all bad if I adjusted my thought process to do the same to them. Sorry i am rambling and enjoying a long awaited beer.

I recently purchased a second monitor to aid in programming.

theemahn@JackHammer:~$ ./conky-builder.sh
Ultimate Edition Conky builder version 1.13
Please report errors / issues to TheeMahn TheeMahn@ultimateedition.info
=========================================================================
Codebase detected: precise
Kubuntu base: detected – odd number release
Distro detected: Ultimate Edition 3.5
Detected current resolution: 3840×1200
Resolution unprogramed defaulting, please report detected resolution above to theemahn@ultimateedition.info
expr: syntax error
Detected Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor
64 Bit O/S detected.
6 Cpu core(s) Detected.
Update interval: 2
MemTotal: 16434440 kB
Network interfaces detected:
============================
eth0
lo
============================
Scanning for active…
Interface eth0: up
Active Network: eth0
Interface lo: unknown
Active Monitoring Connection: eth0
============================
Radio Tray Running: Yes
Artist – Song: unknown
CPU Temp detected as: 116
=====================================
Internal / External storage detected:
=====================================
/ – Root
267A-13F0
2TB_Backup
57A1-67C2
NAS_3TB
Storage
Tuneage
WinderzSSD
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

Hmm, an error to report to myself 😉 Dual monitors has pushed me leaps and bounds on programming my repomaster, you can learn more about that here; it will change the entire Linux world when complete. Imagine living in a world where errors do not exist – eliminate the human element of error. Computers do not make mistakes, humans do. I would venture to say repomaster is 90% done. It looks like a little work in conky builder as well. I had a fella contact me yesterday to report an issue not detecting ppoe type connections another issue to squash. On a lighter note Ultimate Edition 3.5 is moving right along in development:

As you ladies and gentlemen may already know I am not a KDE Mahn, that does not mean I do not adhere to our users needs / demands, KDE is the default O/S for the first time in UE history.

Seems a hacker deleted this entire site. Some pictures / screenshots are missing. Took me 10 minutes to bring it back up, his / her attempt was in vain. The investigation begins…

I am proud to announce the release of Ultimate Edition 3.4 a long term supported release.  I have also re-opened donations, please show your support.

I have began comunication with sourceforge to understand how many hours I need to provide in advancement, you can at this time obtain x64 of UE 3.4. 8 hrs was not enough for 32 bit, we are movin vast volumes of information across the world. Please sit tight until Monday. Next time I will come like a thief in the night 😉

Enjoy,

TheeMahn

Blackwolf on of my fine administrators brought to my attention the other day that we have been published in Linux Pro Magazine June 2012 Issue. I think that is AWESOME!!!