Amahi: Linux Home Server
Posted in Misc on Mar 16th, 2010
I’ve retired Mindtouch Deki Wiki and am using Amahi home server.
Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Mar 16th, 2010
I’ve retired Mindtouch Deki Wiki and am using Amahi home server.
Posted in Misc on Mar 5th, 2010
A review of some world time applications that display a map of the world showing daytime and nightime.
Posted in Misc on Aug 1st, 2009
I noticed something on a London newsstand today that seems potentially significant: the number of magazines devoted to Linux now rivals the number devoted to Windows. For the first time I counted four of the following on sale.
Linux Format
Linux Magazine, & Linux Mag
Linux User (now Linux User & Developer)
Linux Journal
I scanned the Linux mags as [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 21st, 2009
Yesterday I found a problem with proftpd, an FTP server, on Ubuntu v9.04. I confess I despaired of Linux for a while, then received a pleasant surprise.
The sequence of events:
Need File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? Install proftpd
A different FTP server is standard with Ubuntu (vsftpd) because it’s less of a security risk: it doesn’t use root [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 29th, 2009
The Princess is about to leave for an au pair job in Turkey and needs a laptop for
Email
Web browsing
“Facebooking”
Transfering photographs from her phone
Instant messaging to MSN friends
Watching DVDs
Skype
No problem I thought.
Your mother’s old laptop will do fine.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world if Compaq Presario 700, a machine with 248Mb of usable RAM, [...]