Recursion
June 5th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Post-Install Checklist
May 8th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Andrew Wells
In general Ubuntu 10.04 is a great OS, but I also find that it has several annoyances, which would be defined as key user interface changes that messes with my daily computer usage. This includes the placement of the close/min/max buttons, disabling Ctrl + Alt + Backspace, disabling the option to show the full text path in Nautilus, a purple background (???), etc. If you are in favor to how these things were, I have the fixes all in one place.
These are the steps I do after installing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. I am collecting them here because I have several computers to upgrade, and I want to make sure I make the necessary customizations on all of them – a standard image if you will, so I can move from one to another and have a consistent environment.
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CD Labels for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
May 3rd, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Here are some CD labels that I designed for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Right click on the thumbnails and select “Select Link As…” or “Save Target As…” to save the images to your computer.
If you want to download them all along with the GIMP source file, here it is: Ubuntu 10.04 CD Covers
When opening the Gimp source file, make sure you have the Ubuntu title font installed:
sudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-title
Enjoy!
RSync Command for Home Directory Backup on Ubuntu/Linux
May 2nd, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Andrew Wells
Mostly for my own reference – this is the command I use to back my home directory on my desktop. Both locations are local, so there is no copying over SSH for this first one.
rsync -rougv --archive --delete-excluded --ignore-errors --exclude=*.gvfs* /home/andrew /backup/
Below is the command that I use for each user on my main file server. This copies over SSH, so I have SSH keys on the destination server so I can run this in a cron job, and it won’t get hung up with a password prompt.
rsync -rougv --archive --delete-excluded --ignore-errors --exclude=*.gvfs* /home/user1 bckup@server-02:/media/external/backups/server-01/
From the man page, here is an explanation on all the options I use:
- -r, –recursive recurse into directories
- -o, –owner preserve owner (super-user only)
- -u, –update skip files that are newer on the receiver
- -g, –group preserve group
- -v, –verbose increase verbosity
- -a, –archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
- –delete-excluded also delete excluded files from dest dirs
- –ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
- –exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN (so it doesn’t copy any SSHFS-mounted directories on my system)
Epic Fail of the Day
September 21st, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Here is an alert I got just a few minutes ago that made me chuckle.
To whoever tried to hack my “administrador” account: Brute forcing for a password won’t work unless you know how to spell “administrator”. Once you learn to spell, also learn that linux servers doesn’t have an “administrator” account to begin with. 
Ubuntu is not Ready for a Dark Theme
September 8th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
I have been looking at some screenshots and posts on Digg that suggests the next version of Ubuntu may ship with a dark theme enabled by default. Until programmers learn to theme their desktop applications properly, I don’t think this should to happen. Many programs are styled with a light theme in mind, and changing to a dark theme reveals several problems that shows these programs weren’t tested very well in a dark theme environment.
Ah, the Mentality of MySpace Users
September 5th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
If you are a MySpace user, and you actually have half a brain, then I apologize…you don’t fit this stereo type. I just stumbled upon a video hosted on MySpace, and there were almost two full pages of stupid chain letter comments. I will stop ranting as the pictures speak for themselves.
Several mod_rewrite Tricks for a Better Web Application
July 21st, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by exporter
Apache’s .htaccess file options makes it easy to have clean URLs, smart redirects, and even control SSL connections. In this post, I am going to give you several tips on how you make your web applications smarter. Note that your server must support mod_rewrite in order to use these tips.
Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy Heron CD Cover
July 15th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by Andrew Wells
I recently bought an Epson Stylus Photo R280 printer, and I thought I would make a CD cover for Ubuntu’s latest release. I did a search for one, and didn’t really find one that I liked, so I designed my own.
Storm Chasing in January
March 7th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Let’s take a break and talk about the weather, shall we? Although I’m mostly a programmer, one of my hobbies is monitoring the weather, and I even do a bit of storm chasing. Usually, storm chasing is done in the Spring, Summer, and sometimes the Fall. Surely not in January, right? Wrong. Read more…
