Cleaning up a Debian GNU/Linux
You arrive at a Linux server which has some history of neglect. Let’s suppose someone else neglected it but if your new-year resolution is to stop neglecting your beloved server, this applies as well....
View ArticleCleaning up a Debian GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu), reprise
My little article Cleaning up a Debian GNU/Linux was published at Debian Administration where lot’s of people replied with other ways to achieve the same goals. It was very nice to see all the...
View ArticleThe lambda revolution, Episode V, the deb strikes back
There’s an excellent article by Don “dons” Stewart called The lambda revolution which explains how to build a Haskell library in way that it is easy to download, compile, install, test, distribute,...
View ArticleUnstable packages on Ubuntu
I’ve recently switched from Gentoo to Ubuntu. The main reasons is that in Ubuntu I have less things to take care about that I don’t really care about (like compiling Linux). In the switch I also lost...
View ArticleEncrypted home in Ubuntu (or Kubuntu… or Debian…)
The explanations you’ll find here have been tested with Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), they should work without any problem in other members of the Ubuntu family and with minimal...
View ArticleEncrypted home in Ubuntu (or Kubuntu… or Xubuntu…)
This article is like a second edition to Encrypted home in Ubuntu (or Kubuntu… or Debian…). Important changes include that I have tested it for Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn and it works, but the devices are...
View ArticleEncrypted home in Ubuntu 8.10
This article is like a third edition to “Encrypted home in Ubuntu (or Kubuntu… or Debian…)”, although I keep changing the name. It’s the 8.10 edition. Many things changed and I updated the article for...
View ArticleInstalling Rails 2 on Ubuntu
Ubuntu, like many other free operating systems, have a beautiful package management system that will track what depends on what, what is installed, what is not, what is not longer needed, which...
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