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Archive for February, 2009

Debian Lenny

by usr_local in February 18th, 2009

Topics: Computers, Distro, Linux, News, Software Tags: "operating systems", Computers, Debian, Development, distros, Geeks, How Tos, Linux, New, News, Reviews, server, systems

Debian 5.0 Lenny has been released and I have recently upgraded 1 of my servers so far. Going by the book, backing up the entire /etc directory then changing references to etch to lenny in sources. After that was done, I issued the command, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. When this completed, I just compared [...]

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Twitter, What should I use?

by usr_local in February 14th, 2009

Topics: Apps, Computers, Internet, Linux, Reviews, Software Tags: apps, Blog, Internet, Linux, review, Software, Tips, twitter, web

I did not yet get it to work and would like to say fuck you, I mean, thank you to adobe for making your products so Linux friendly.

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On the scene

by usr_local in February 8th, 2009

Topics: Linux

I can’t believe that I’ve missed being here so bad. Well, now that things are starting to settle down and I can afford to spend some time slacking. I must get back to work. There are manny posts to be written and many vids to be made. I’m looking forward to being back on the [...]

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Find – Coffee and a Command line

Hello! Hey! Hi! Howdy! how are ya? How ya doin? This is the next in the line of Coffee and a Command line videos. It has been far too long since I did one of these and, it shows. Can't remember where that file went? Want to know where that binary ....Click here to continue reading

Postfix – All the way

This tutorial is the mark of the end of a journey. It certainly was a journey for me. When I began my quest for a working mail server that was set up to handle multiple domains, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I have configured successfully, ....Click here to continue reading

Browser wars – Don’t be a casualty

This post was inspired by another recent post that I read. I will be quoting and sourcing it later on. I want t make direct my focus to a play on the original posts title. "Are you a casualty". And, The last paragraph of the post which reads: When you find ....Click here to continue reading