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Frozen Sarge

Let it be known: Sarge is frozen. Everybody’s favourite unstable (or rather testing) Debian is apparently slated to be officially released soon now. Or as the releasemanager says (and I quote):  “Anthony Towns has committed a minor change to the … Continue reading

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Another slight of Postgres

Back almost 10 years ago, as mentioned probably a-many times, I exclusively used Debian to deploy Postgres database servers. That was mainly, because (officially) there were no Windows versions out yet, well, except for an older 7.2 version. My main … Continue reading

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Data.

I woke up early with the thought of cleaning up and organizing this bunch of backup-CDs I’ve never touched since years. While I was tagging them one by one, I remembered this tool someone wrote for the MSX computer to … Continue reading

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Debian 5 (“Lenny”)

Via Slashdot, I found out that Debian “Lenny” (or 5.0, so you will) has been released. On February 14th. I can feel the Debian love at Slashdot. Seriously, this looks like a major release (or setback if you’re in the … Continue reading

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I, Recurse

So, yeah: I was sitting at work and the snow starts falling down in the morning and before I know it, it’s chaos in town. On my way to King’s Square, I was most of the time sliding around or … Continue reading

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Virtualization

Yesterday, the BBC had an article about the data ticking timebomb: the problem that old digital files are getting less accessible because these files can’t be read by newer versions of software. This particularly happens with proprietary binary file formats: … Continue reading

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Frozen Etch

I just noticed that there’s a commit freeze for the Debian Etch branch (Debian admin), meaning that it’s slated to be released really soon now. Or from the Debian mailing list: We just edited the generic freeze file, so that … Continue reading

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Local WordPress

A quick guide to help you develop your ‘online site’ offline. Requirements: An offsite test server, preferably running Debian Stable (formerly ‘Sarge’). A good knowledge of MySQL, PHP and Bash Shell access to your online site. Proceed with the following … Continue reading

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Firmware. And WordPress bugs.

Just a day ago, I discovered that Linksys finally has issued a firmware upgrade for their BEFSX41 broadband router/firewall. I discussed the router before and I’m reasonable happy with it. There are always little problems with it though: for example … Continue reading

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Damn you Debians

Can someone notify the Debian developers that their base installer of Sarge is getting more and more obnoxious? When doing an off-network install (and manually setting the network settings), the installer attempts to make a connection to Debian security. Not … Continue reading

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I seek you

Earlier today, I found this gem: a multi-messaging protocol supporting curses based messager CenterICQ. It works too, as you can see from the images. It really works, and you have to take my word for it. The good thing is … Continue reading

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While Apple…

While Apple indeed announced to move its propriety hardware platform to the x86 processor, there was better news today, and that is (yes, yes) the official Debian Sarge release. It’s the first major release since Woody (2002). The first time … Continue reading

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A thin red line and other things

I was called by the local (previous-Philips-owned) video chain that my movies had arrived. Both of them, so I’m now the proud owner of ‘A thin red line’ and ‘Empire of the sun’. I have seen them both too, but … Continue reading

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