Unison
I installed Unison to keep /home on my desktop and laptop synchronized. I am very happy with it, but I had some trouble getting it to work the way I wanted to. I wanted it to preserve permissions and...
View ArticleSetting up Java and installing Tomcat on RHEL 4 with jpackage+up2date
Java seems to be installed and maintained on Red Hat by using jpackage-utils. JPackage provides a repository of Java packages that can be installed using the package management tool of your choice. At...
View ArticleASSP is the Wrong Tool for Me
My family has demanded that I implement an anti-spam solution on our mail server. After doing some research, I decided to give the Anti-Spam-SMTP-Proxy a try. ASSP represent a lot of development work,...
View ArticleLearning Banjo
The Old BlogI started blogging with a plain HTML file. I would simply append new entries to the top. The motivation was to have a place to record technical solutions that I repeatedly had to look up....
View ArticleWhy is cron not running my script?
Summary: Cron doesn’t run files with dots or underscores in them; remove that .sh!Did you put your file in /etc/cron.daily or /etc/cron.weekly and it doesn’t run? Does cron just skip right over your...
View ArticleDjango-cms: Not Too Shabby
Summary: Herein the author finds that Django-cms is a pretty decent content management system.I’ve finally gone live with the site for my new initiative: coopercate.org. As part of my effort to...
View ArticleTransitioning to Byteflow
Banjo Six Months LaterBanjo is a good foundation for a blog engine, but it needs some work. It is certainly quicker to implement than writing your own blog engine, but it is not as finished as I had...
View ArticleKubuntu Karmic
I am about to start a big project for work, and I wanted to get the latest tools on my machine because I know I won’t have the opportunity for a while. Unfortunately, my install of Kubuntu Hardy 8.04...
View ArticleZentyal Gets it Right
I was pretty successful moving to my new house without breaking anything valuable, but unfortunately the old HP Pavilion laptop I have been using as my web server / firewall for the past several years...
View ArticleSystem76 Shows Promise
When did it get so hard to buy a Linux computer? From 2004 to 2010, every computer I bought had Linux pre-installed. I purchased from Dell and Lenovo, but HP and Asus also had them on offer. Sure, I...
View ArticleA Great Pair: Easy Tomato and the Asus RT-N16
For my home firewall and server I used to have an old laptop running Debian. It was a source of geek pride that I had configured by hand all of the necessary services (DHCP, DNS, iptables, Apache,...
View ArticleAlfresco Tips Grab Bag
Two Alfresco tips that I keep meaning to write down.Fresh Install ErrorNew machine, fresh install of Alfresco, and the repository won't start.Very early in the log file, after the sysAdmin few...
View ArticleCPU Speed and Alfresco 5.0
As we near the release of Alfresco Enterprise Edition 5.0, Community Edition has evolved a lot. Community Edition 5.0.a was an opportunity for the Engineering team to get feedback on the improvements...
View ArticleImportant Changes in Alfresco Community Edition 5.0.b
This fall has been a hectic time as we juggled Summit and the preparations for the release of Alfresco One Enterprise Edition 5.0. In the middle of Summit, our team completed the scheduled 5.0 features...
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