I was in the process of figuring out and documenting the process of  compiling and installing an Xen enabled kernel on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. This was for a specific project that’s not going to come to fruition. I’m not going to bother as I also don’t feel like having my laptop burn a gaping hole [...]

Some links to stuff I’ve either read or plan to read which I think is interesting: Python is not Java, tips for Java programmers starting w/ Python: http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html Python for Bioinformatics: http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/sis/formation/python/index.html BioPython: http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html I need to know Selenium better, it’s possible that I might consider using it for a project I might be working [...]

I won’t be able to make it, but if your interested in Linux and are in or around Boston/Cambridge, the BLU is having one of their installfests: Boston Linux Installfest XXXII When: Saturday February 28, 2009, 2008 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061 2 Amherst St, Cambridge Plenty of [...]

This assumes that you want to use Php with Apache2 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. First install libapache2-mod-php5: sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 Which will install the following extra packages: The following extra packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork php5-common Suggested packages: php-pear php5-timezonedb And will remove apache2-mpm-worker (if you have it already installed). The following packages will [...]

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, codenamed Lenny, was recently released. Here’s a round of of articles about the release and why you might want to consider Debian for your infrastructure. Techworld sums up what this means for companies and highlights new features and security enhancements: http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=110898 Debian 5.0, known as Lenny, will offer users improved security handling. [...]

If your installing RAD 7.5 (IBM Rational Application Developer) on Debian or Ubuntu, install the libstdc++5 package: apt-get install libstdc++5

Note to self: Disable the firewalling scripts (that listen on and block port 80) when starting webserver!

To enable mod_perl with Apache2 on Debian & Ubuntu for all directories served up by Apache2, including user directories such as ~/public_html, add the following lines to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default # enable mod_perl     <Files ~ “\.(pl|cgi)$”>            SetHandler perl-script            PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry            Options +ExecCGI            PerlSendHeader On     </Files> In a real production environment you [...]

I recently got an Lenovo T400 and this thing works great with the latest version of Ubuntu (Intrepid). To install Ubuntu, you have to make sure you edit the BIOS settings and change the graphics to use one of the 2 build in graphics cards. If you want to save the Vista bootloader and access [...]

After upgrading to Flash 10 sound stopped working. Installing the flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound package solved that problem for me: aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound If your using pulse audio, install the flashplugin-nonfree-pulse package. It doesn’t look like the Debian flash plug-in suggests either package: apt-cache show flashplugin-nonfree|more Package: flashplugin-nonfree Priority: optional Section: contrib/web … Suggests: iceweasel, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts, [...]