Archive for the ‘SysAdmin’ Category
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Why I prefer GNU Linux
24 Nov 2016As many people know I usually use a GNU Linux desktop environment, and have for a few years. I have…
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Is it the cache?
17 Aug 2014We do a lot of support of OpenSource CMS’s at work, and one of them happens to be WordPress. I…
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Adventures in Go and File Handles
22 Jun 2014I’ve been mucking a bit with go recently. Nothing special, just doing some small problems that I needed to solve.…
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Crashplan GUI Won’t run in Trusty Tahr
21 Apr 2014I upgraded my laptop to Trusty Tahr today. One thing that didn’t work immediately was the Crashplan GUI. It crashes…
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Grow VDI Disk (VirtualBox)
12 Nov 2013There is no way to grow a disk image in virtualbox via the GUI, but you can do it on…
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I caved – Dell Latitude E5530 Review
17 Jul 2013I was about to spend $500 to upgrade my existing D630, and then I found out that my $dayjob gives…
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Install ‘real’ java
08 Jul 2013I use a lot of out-of-band management like ASM, DRAC, etc, along with java vnc plugins for various products. I…
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Debian squeeze => wheezy, IPv?
24 Jun 2013I pretty much run Debian stable at home for all my servers. KVM, NFS, FW/GW, Myth, etc. A few months…
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backup my laptop securely – crashplan
02 Apr 2013I need to backup my laptop. Previously when using a Mac, I had a hard drive sitting in my office…
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Convert Percona Xtrabackup to mysqldump
09 Jan 2013Recently I needed to restore a MMM (MySQL MultiMaster) cluster after both databases become corrupted for various reasons. Evaluating the…