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Posts tagged linux
I got bored… so: Creating a www server
Mar 3rd
Over the weekend I had some time and then decided to do something I had always wanted to do: create an http server. I was using my desktop, which runs Arch of course, and went through several of these links and set my desktop up with Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Also, I installed vsftp as an FTP server.
I even signed up with DynDNS so that my dynamic IP can be updated to a (sub)domain and etc etc.
Once I had everything set up and working–which turned out to be amazingly simple by the way–…I asked myself “to what end?” You know what, I don’t More >
Some web browser wars, and the US reneges on 'leave Internet alone' policy
Feb 27th
I wrote a little something about browsers not too long ago, but this is in quite a bit more details and compares several different browsers:
Review: Linux browsers, Part 1 – Arora, Chromium, Dillo, Epiphany, Firefox and Galeon. In part 2, we’ll look at HV3, Kazehakaze, Midori, and Opera
Review: Linux browsers, Part 2 – HV3, Kazehakaze, Midori, Opera and compare test results.
I think he has inspired me to try out some of these other browsers(on my laptop, Firefox actually runs fine on my desktop, and I do prefer it…for now)–I am especially interested in Epiphany, Midori and Opera. Firefox just seems like it is More >
Just a few interesting points
Feb 25th
I’m glad I am not the only one that feels this way about Google: Anti-Google Sentiment Reaches a Tipping Point
Since my last topic was backups, and today is Backup Awareness day, here is another post about: http://blog.i-no.de//archives/2010/02/24/index.html#e2010-02-24T20_31_15.txt
This would be interesting to read from the beginning: “Building an all-text Linux workstation”, current part is part 11. I went back to find part 8 and then gave up, part 1 is back in time somewhere!
Making Backups
Feb 22nd
Backups can be very important, no one wants to lose any of their data–especially if it has happened to you before.
I have previously setup my x64 desktop PC with softRAID, so everything I have in my /home folder is mirrored across 2 drives. However, I am not sure if I am overly paranoid, or maybe I just like to be extra secure because now I have implemented an additional backup measure.
It started when I read some of this stuff about backups and solutions, so I decided I should probably do something similar. The one from distrowatch really pushed me a long though, More >
some stuffs
Feb 19th
FreeBSD and the GPL -interesting article, although it gets a bit long. I liked BSD when I tried it, however I was ust much more comfortable with Linux–if I had used and grown with BSD, I’m sure I could get comfortable with it, too.
Setting up a Linux server on a Windows network – hmmm…
Jolicloud: The Operating System Download for Netbook You’ve Been Looking For – Jolicloud is great! have it on my wife’s eeePC
A bash primer – always good stuf to learn some bash
Intel Wireless pains on a Sony VAIO (mirrorlist snafu part 2)
Feb 15th
As I mentioned in the last post, I re-installed Arch onto my laptop. This went very well, and quickly–everything really fell into place. I was going by the beginner’s guide, as detailed previously, but it was not really needed this time.
Where I left off last time, Xorg was installed and I was about to install Gnome. That went well enough, although I had to re-rank my mirrors and put the most updated first as there was some kind of discrepancy with some that had not been sync’ed in a few days.
I then started having problems with…wireless, of all things. It More >
doh! (mirrorlist snafu)
Feb 12th
So, I’ve been rolling along find with my Arch Linux installs. Well, almost. When I installed the system on my laptop, I had somehow forgotten the root password, but was still able to do everything with sudo.
However, I could not run rankmirrors with sudo, so I figured “hey, I can run rankmirrors on my desktop, and then copy that mirrorlist file over to the laptop”–good idea, right? Yeah…if your laptop and desktop are both the same architecture. My laptop is 32 bit, and my desktop is 64 bit. That did not work out so well, and I realized exactly what I More >
some stuff
Feb 3rd
A common problem with Linux software RAID (aka md) happens when you try to use a disk that was previously part of some other disk array. Symptoms include: wrong volume size, unable to add device to raid, volume UUID mismatch. To fix the problem you need to use mdadm utility on the disk to cleanup:
# mdadm --zero-superblock devicepath
Building a Linux wireless access point How to Remove Windows viruses with Linux Create Linux Software RAID 1 (mirror) Array -Similar to the articles I have referenced before, when I wrote a series of posts about setting up my software RAID1 wich my Arch More >
Free Gnu/Linux Advanced Administration manual
Feb 2nd
eBook: http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/2
Quote:
Evolution of this bookMore >The FTA has reused existing course materials from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The first version of this course book was published in 2004 for the Master Programme in Free software of the UOC. In 2008, this book was translated into English with the help of the SELF (Science, Education and Learning in Freedom) Project, supported by the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme. In 2009, this material has been improved by the Free Technology Academy. Additionally the FTA has developed a study guide and learning activities which are available for learners enrolled in the FTA Campus.
The 9 most important events in Open Source history
Jan 16th
Subject to individual opinion, however:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/15/the-9-most-important-events-in-open-source-history/
