Monthly Archives: December 2005
Gaim 2.0 beta - packages for Ubuntu Breezy
If you'd like to try out Gaim 2.0 beta 1, but don't feel like compiling from source, I might be able to help out.
I whipped up packages this morning with CheckInstall for Ubuntu Breezy, and they seem to be fine. Be sure to back up your .gaim directory before running the beta!. I have seen [...]
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MySQL compatibility for PostgreSQL
If you're a PostgreSQL fan, but using MySQL because one or more of your favorite open source applications only supports MySQL, the MySQL Compatibility project might be a good thing.
I wrote up a short article on the project that covers the basics.
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LISA coverage
Spent several days in San Diego last week, attending (and covering) the LISA conference. Good stuff. Had a great time, met some really fun (and brainy) folks, and learned a bit in the process.
For a little more detail, see the day one, day two, and day three coverage.
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A few SSH tricks
For this week's CLI Magic, I looked at a few features in OpenSSH that may be helpful.
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Something like Expose
The All about Linux blog discusses Kompose, which is much like Mac OS X's Expose feature.
I've installed this on my test desktop, which is running KDE 3.5 on top of Kubuntu at the moment. It's available from the Kubuntu/Ubuntu archives, so a quick apt-get install kompose is all you need.
Overall, I like it. [...]
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New Debaday site?
Looks like there's a new site trying to resurrect the "debaday" mission by providing a link to a new Debian package every day. It doesn't look like the site is quite living up to the name, but I'll be happy if they manage weekly updates. [Found on Debian Planet.]
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