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Drupal 5 release candidate

Rejoice fellow Drupalites! After just two betas we present you the first Drupal 5 release candidate (RC1). Download it from: http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.0-rc1.tar.gz. You can read about the new features in the beta 1 announcement. In contrast to the beta’s, most debugging has been done and, should no more fatal bugs emerge, this version is release worthy. […]

Comparing Programming Languages in real life

BASIC – The horny divorcee that lives next door. Her specialty is seducing young boys and it seems she is always readily available for them. She teaches them many amazing things, or at least they seem amazing because it is their) first experience. She is not that young herself, but because she was their first […]

Drupal 5 Now in Beta 2

I have been using Drupal for a couple of sites in the last few months and have found it to be quite promising. Version 5 looks like it is nearing release as it has entered Beta 2 as of today… Technorati Tags: Drupal, cms, content, management, web, website, beta, software, php, linux

Create Your Own Local Repository in Ubuntu

APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you’ve downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.One thing you need to remember this will create […]

User Refunded for not using Windows

A Sheffield man has won a refund from Dell for not installing Microsoft’s Windows XP on a laptop he bought from the PC giant. Freelance programmer Dave Mitchell ordered a Dell laptop on 21 October, and the machine was delivered a few days later. As Mr Mitchell was planning to run the Linux open source […]

Microsoft Aquires Firefox

Or so the site says! http://www.msfirefox.com/ I love funny parodies like this. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Firefox, funny, humor, news, aquires, parody

Great Article on Securing SSH

Not like SSH wasn’t pretty secure before, due to encryption, but every step towards security helps. I took note to his advice on moving SSH to a non-standard port: Security though obscurity you scoff? Perhaps. But it’s easy, causes no inconvenience, and might just reduce the number of attacks. That sounds like a winner to […]

How to use rsync to backup files in Linux

Great article on using rsync in linux: There are two types of backups that I do. The first is a backup of several key folders, not my entire system. This is in case I blow something away, or lose some data that I’d want to get back quickly. I use the rsync command for this. […]

Zoho, the Next Big Thing

I’ve been watching Zoho for a few months now after I found out about their Creator product which allows you to create online applications in minutes. About a week ago they announced their Virtual Office suite which packages email, links, tasks, documents, calendar, and group collaboration and document sharing into one suite. It works with […]

Correct syntax for using SSH and SFTP on Ubuntu on irregular ports

I’m posting the following more for my own benefit and reference than anything else… Correct syntax for SSH and SFTP on Ubuntu on irregular ports: (replace items in < > with your stuff, without the < >) SSH: ssh -p <port number> <username>@<server name> SSH to accept socks 5 proxy on port you specify:ssh -p […]