openSUSE More

After three months, openSUSE is here to stay. On my home desktop that is. It has totally replaced Kubuntu for my preference. The quality documentation is one shining point for me. Yes, I actually read documentation. The tight integration between applications is another. Kubuntu may eventually reach this level, in a about 6 – 10 [...]

Poor server management

It’s interesting to note how many people operate servers without proper maintenance. Several times a week someone opens a support ticket where the system’s package manager is non-functional. Not only does this cause issues with doing something like installing Apache, but the larger issue is it means the system is not receiving security updates. In [...]

OpenSUSE Meanderings

At work we debated adding OpenSUSE 11 as an officially supported platform[ 1]. In the past, when doing this, I’ve preferred using the targeted platform exclusively for an extended period. For various reasons, this hasn’t been feasible this time. While testing time has been devoted to it, that doesn’t give one the same familiarity as [...]

Get Counted!

Years ago, I registered my Linux workstation with the Linux Counter project. Each year I receive a reminder from them to update my registration. Which I have, even adding servers and more workstations. Each year I marvel at the usability issues of the site, which (according to my memory) has looked the same for the [...]

cPanel Home Loaders

Last time, we discussed the interfaces in cPanel to manage Programming Language modules, such as PEAR packages. We were left with this problem:

Once the particular module is installed to the user’s home directory, it is available for use in his application. However, the application must be modified, or the environment configured, to inform the [...]