Deploying Debian Squeeze on slicehost by upgrading from lenny
Don’t know why, but debian squeeze is not yet officially supported on my VPS vendor of choice – slicehost.com. This blog post got me started down a very easy path – upgrading a lenny slice to squeeze....
View ArticleBye bye ubuntu: hello debian!
So I have been increasingly annoyed with the direction ubuntu has been taking recently: a vitriolic take here. In addition to some odd fiscal choices while trying to figure out how to pay their bills,...
View ArticleFiguring out what’s behind a listening process without a program / pid.
Say you’re being a good sysadmin and you’re checking out listeners on your machines: root@deathstar:~# netstat -pant | grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:873 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3947/rsync tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8649...
View ArticleKubuntu 11.10 on the Acer Aspire Timelinex AS4830tg-6450
Synopsis: The info below should tell you most of what you need to get kubuntu 11.10 working on the Acer Aspire Timelinex AS4830-tg 6450, which currently has an MSRP of $729 USD but can be found cheaper...
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