Fedora Core 5 Review with Screenshots
Several years ago, when I was first looking to switch from Windows to a new operating, I was really interested in switching to Linux or Unix. Unfortunately, in my experience, you had to be a command...
How To Backup Your Mac Intelligently
Last week Jon wrote about the horrifying experience everyone eventually has to deal with - data loss. His wife's hard drive failed - and without a current backup to rely upon - he went through two...
Using Ethtool on Boot
Ethtool allows you to configure most network drivers with settings such as full or half duplex, speeds of 10 or 100, and auto negotiation. In order to have these settings take affect on boot, you...
Apache Hangs Due to Lack of Entropy
We recently deployed two new Linux web servers, a couple of Sun v20z's. Ubuntu installed cleanly, we put them into production, and everything was going smoothly. Then Apache processes started...
Instant Development Network
We completed the cre824 competition this morning. Our submission came out great, and we somehow managed to complete everything we set out to accomplish. My favorite piece of the competition was...
Goodbye Webalizer, Hello Google Analytics!
Google Analytics was announced today, and it's a big step forward for webmasters and web metrics. Urchin, which Google bought earlier this year and used as a foundation for Analytics, was a nice...
Linux Router - IP Forwarding
If you want to use Linux for routing, you need to activate IP forwarding. After you’ve configured your kernel, you have to do this: echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Of course, you...
