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Widely Varying Update Notifications?
11.Aug.08 | 2 Comments
I have two CentOS based servers at the office. Both built within a day or so of each other and both with the same set of packages.
As mentioned last week, I have both servers setup to notify me when updates are ready (as opposed to automatically updating themselves). However, I’m not quite sure how much [...]
Automating Update Notification — NOT Automating Updates
02.Aug.08 | 3 Comments
With my new CentOS (Linux) servers, I wanted to be sure that I didn’t fall in to the trap of having them do any sort of automatic updates. I don’t do that with Windows servers and I sure don’t intend to start with Linux servers either! That way lies madness, right?
Most of my Linux experience [...]
I Want to Be Like a Web Host. I think.
29.Jul.08 | Leave a Comment
As mentioned in a post last week, I’m rolling out some Linux based web servers at work (CentOS to start with). This will allow me to handle the assorted LAMP stack web apps that we use or would like to use in the future (currently WordPress and Joomla!, for example).
Up to this point I’d had [...]
Linux Remote Management
21.Jul.08 | 9 Comments
I’ve finally taken the plunge and started to introduce Linux servers into our production environment at work. OK, OK… let me be a bit more honest: I was shoved into it – I just didn’t resist much!
While I’m comfortable with installing and generally configuring Linux distros, I initially resisted due to my lack of [...]
Something to Watch for with the Install in Windows Option
06.Jul.08 | 1 Comment
Here are two true statements:
My home computer, when running Vista, seems to lockup or crash when hibernating (I should probably try to fix that someday…)
I’ve been running Ubuntu via the Install in Windows option and sometimes, when attempting to start it, I get a funky error and no pretty UI
The funky error? A brief boot [...]
