Recent Articles
Handling a Subversion Repository URL Change
Sunday, May 3, 2009
If your repository URL changes, you can use the following command to fix existing snapshots.
vfat Mounts Default to Lowercase Shortnames
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I want a "this is brain-damage" quote from Linus for this mess.
VirtualBox or VMWare Virtual Machine at Login
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to start a virtual machine in X when a user logs in.
Dialog Progress Bar Through Pipe
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to use dialog to display a script progress bar and communicate progress to it through a named pipe.
Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Here are some pictures from the 2008 Linux Symposium.
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
Monday, July 14, 2008
This is a rather interesting talk that takes some very foundational ideas from open source software development, P2P networks, and social networking and implies that these paradigms can apply to a lot more.
It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex task to make them simple.
Sys Admin
Linux...General Tips
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Copy Image to Floppy
by digitalpeer, updated Monday, October 18, 2004
Simple tips for formatting and copying an image to a floppy drive.Broadcast a Command with SSH
by digitalpeer, updated Saturday, July 17, 2004
Use ssh to broadcast a command to a list of hosts given that you've already setup ssh keys and the login is automatic.File Distribution Using rsnyc
by digitalpeer, updated Saturday, July 17, 2004
See how you can use rsync to distribute files in a Linux cluster to do such things as enable distributed accounts.Backup Script Using tar
by digitalpeer, updated Saturday, July 17, 2004
A simple backup script that performs monthly, weekly, and daily incremental backups using tar and gzip.