Archive for 'Linux'

4 years and counting

Four years ago today I went live with a site that has taken off better then I ever imagined. Linuxtracker.org went online when I posted a torrent for Slax 4.2.0 and its grown ever since. Currently, we’re averaging over 120k unique visitors a month, we have over a thousand linux torrents loaded and over 6000 [...]

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Server Fail!

If anyone visits this blog on a regular basis, then you’ve certainly noticed the issues the site/server was having lately. Something was causing the server to go crazy and would tie up processes on the server and slow things down to the point of a crawl. Well, last friday, when I had the host reboot [...]

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Sabayon 3.4 – Through the Looking Glass

I first tried Sabayon Linux in the 3.2 edition and I was plesantly surprised. It found my wireless card, worked well with everything on my box, but it had a few kinks and oddities that they seem to have worked out. Needless to say, despite my dependency on Windows at work, I still like to [...]

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apt-get install ACKKK!!!

So I had an issue with apt-get the other night on the very server this site resides on that took me a while to work out. There were two packages (I want to say debianutils and passwd) that were both trying to install adduser (or useradd) and the debianutils kept erroring out. Well, this wouldn’t [...]

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7 must try Linux Distributions

I’ve been using Linux in some way, shape or form since 2000, and its come along way since I first downloaded a version of Mandrake Linux to try. My primary OS is still Windows (Vista no less) due to the need of it at work (we use a management system here that is Windows only) [...]

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Linux in unusual Places…

Amy and I went on a cruise last week and I have to say, it was a great way to travel, but thats not what I’m writing about today… While in Coco Beach, Fl. we stayed at a Marriott Courtyard hotel and I was impressed with the “business center” at the hotel for one reason. [...]

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Ruby on Rails Vs Java

 

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WUBI!!

WUBI!! w00t!! Wait! What? WUBI?? Thats right, the Windows UBuntu Installer project installs an Ubuntu install right to your windows box with out repartitioning, or otherwise fscking up your partitions or harddisks. But wait you say, it can’t be a full Ubuntu install can it? Oh, but it can and it is. I was a [...]

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Novell is at it again…

More ad goodness. Unfortunately, they don’t quite raise the hair on the back of my neck like the ibm linux one did…  

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Linux is Cute!

Well… *she* is: I think most linux users (the male ones anyway) would equate their linux boxes with a female personality….  

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