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Back up with rsync

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:49:33 GMT

Makes it simple — except that remote backups take a really (really) long time the first time.

Link: http://www.linux.com/feature/117236

Learning the shell

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:55:15 GMT

Everytime I read one of these I pick up something new.

Link: http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

Noise

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:32:10 GMT

After watching Keith play with Beryl this week I’m itching to scrape together a linux box to mess around with. I’ve got the parts to do it, but after years with iBooks, iMacs and now a MacBook Pro I’m no longer able to stand the noise of a standard tower-based system.

True, I’ve got my old dual-Xeon box that I still use — but for the last few months I keep it in the basement and only access it by SSH.

Anyone got a cheap noise-reduction solution?

Ruby and MySQL on Ubuntu

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:54:34 GMT

When installing Ruby, Rails, and MySQL on Ubuntu remember the following when you get to the database part and you’ll be fine:


apt-get install mysql-server 
apt-get install mysql-client
apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev
gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/bin --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config

I always forget the development libraries, and that makes compiling the native Ruby bindings difficult to say the least.

A Concise apt-get / dpkg primer for new Debian / Ubuntu users

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:15 GMT

... or you could just compile from source, but I suppose I’m picky that way

Link: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/12/concise-apt-get-dpkg-primer-for-new.html

Ubuntu is "Distro of the year"

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:13 GMT

I just installed it last week and have been reasonably happy with it myself

Link: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39256251,00.htm

Easy automated snapshot-style backups with rsync

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:38 GMT

Excellent notes

Link: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

Linux newbie guide

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

Many (many many) shortcuts and commands

Link: http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml

How to make RoR talk to MSSQL from Linux

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:38 GMT

Variations on a theme

Link: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux

Using /usr/local

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:21 GMT

*nix geekyness gets me giddy

Link: http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/11/29/using_usr_local

Doom on an iPod

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:14 GMT

Sometimes I think all Linuxgeeks do is try to run “application X” on “device with which it would be absurd to run application X” (nice job nonetheless)

Link: http://www.ipodlinux.org/Doom