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
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Earlier this month I acquired a new 1GB USB Key and was pondering what I should do with it. Since then, I discovered Torpark which seemed like something useful to lug around. Last night I realized what would be truly useful, for me, would be a USB Key with my typical blogging apps
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When I switched from self-hosting at home to an offsite solution, I had to rethink my backup schemes for my web sites and mysql databases. Previously, the web server was right here under my desk and backups were pretty easy to schedule and automate. Now I no longer “own” the box and had
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So useful:
Since I changed my server to LAMP, I’ve had to make a few adjustments to my tool set. Some programs that I find insanely useful (credit to Peter for some nudging on a most of these):
puTTY – telnet / ssh client. All my day to day management happens via a puTTY
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