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A guide to GNU Screen

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Good tips on using screen...

A "battle":http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/09/04/isorejects/index.php?lsrc=mwrss is won but the war rages on.

Looking for a good backup...

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I'm looking for an off-site backup system... Amazon's S3 looks pretty good and there is a perl interface and a ruby interface. I like the ruby interface better but then there is Brackup which might be a good choice. Still looking...

Best line from this article: And then, when I need to get to the Vista's stations network controls. Ugh. It's like trying to drive a race car with oven mitts on my hands.

Switching to Ubuntu

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I've been a Red Hat guy for a long time. I even have my RHCE. But it's time I learned other linux systems. Ubuntu systems are very popular and it would nice if knew something about them. I still think Red Hat and Fedora are very worth while, but I can't let that stop me from learning something new.

Why Fedora Ships Mono

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For everyone that wondered why fedora used mono in fedora core 5. They have released a statement about why.

Using Top More Efficiently

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Here is a good "article":http://www.linuxforums.org/misc/using_top_more_efficiently.html how to use top better.

VMware in FC5

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To get VMware running:

  1. Install the linux vmware rpm
  2. Download http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update98.tar.gz
  3. Untar it and cd into the created directory
  4. Execurte: './runme.pl' as root

This information was found here.

lighttpd 1.4.8 and multiple rails-apps

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From the blog post: lighttpd 1.4.8 was just released and next to a pile of bugfixes we added a new option to fastcgi.server to allow a simple setup of "multiple rails apps":http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2005/11/23/lighttpd-1-4-8-and-multiple-rails-apps in one virtual host.

25 Reasons to Convert to Linux

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Here is a list of reason to switch to linux. Most of these are ovious but I guess its good spell them out somewhere.

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