Tag: ubuntu
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DansGuardian Hates iTunes
How I fixed my connection to the iTunes Store after upgrading to iTunes 9.1
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Have I Been Rooted?
Last night one of the servers at work began to act a little wonky and sent me some email to let me know it was not feeling well. I logged in and quickly discovered that some social misfit was trying to hack the box. I tracked down a perl script they managed to get downloaded…
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Launching RealBasic Apps in Ubuntu 8.04 on 64 Bit Hardware
For work I have recently needed to be able to compile RealBasic applications to run on Linux. The support for Linux from RB is decent, but requires the 32 bit versions of several libraries for the build apps to run. Specifically, I had to install the following extra packages to let things work: libc6-i386 ia32-libs…
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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon As A Smalltime DNS
I have several domains – kimballlarsen.com, hugegrocerysavings.com, twigglesgiggles.com, ourpioneerhistory.com – for which I host DNS. Until recently, this has all been done via my ISP’s hosting services, etc. A few months ago, I decided to finally learn Bind9 and figure out how to set up DNS for my domains at work (30+ of them) and…
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Gutsy Gibbon Initial Setup
So, Gutsy Gibbon has arrived (It’s an operating system for those of you who don’t follow ubuntu – and it’s a "computer thingie" for the rest of you), and I’m going through the ritual initial setup tonight. Here are my notes for all the things I do initially when setting up a fresh Ubuntu box.…
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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon – Home Server Setup
So, Ubuntu Gutsy came out a few days ago, and I’ve got a new server that I’m going to be using at home. This server is actually an old desktop machine – used to be Christine’s Windows XP box (before she saw the light and let me buy her a MacBook last year) and has…
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Deploying Ruby On Rails to Feisty Using Capistrano, Apache, and Mongrel
So, I’ve been hacking on a new RoR application for work for the last week or so, and it’s time to get a deployment environment set up so I can deploy as rapidly as I can develop. I’ve been reading Agile Development With Rails and whilst perusing the chapter on deployment, ran across this site…