I came across this annoying message and couldn’t get around it (running dpkg –configure -a yields EOF related error message) until I ran dpkg –clear-avail
From the announcement of the open source reddit:
There are only five of us who work on reddit; we couldn’t have made this site if it weren’t for a great community of developers. In no particular order, here’s a quick list of the open source products that reddit is built and runs upon: Debian, lighttpd, HAProxy, [...]
Comparing to Microsoft aggressiveness, I was wondering whether Apple is just passive aggressive?
Both companies are making money selling proprietary, closed-source software (and hardware) . Perhaps Apple just dose it more gently with a wider smile on the face. That is all.
Even getting a legal copy of OS x runs on a virtual machine is almost [...]
Useful and simple guide, step by step.
http://www.supriyadisw.net/2007/02/postgresql-on-ubuntu-linux
Installing postgresql (8.2)
sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.2
Setting up the password for postgres’ postgres user
sudo -u postgres psql template1
ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD ‘your-password’;
\q
Configure postgres’ authentication method :
sudo cp /etc/postgresql/8.2/main/pg_hba.conf /etc/postgresql/8.2/main/pg_hba.conf_bak
sudo nano /etc/postgresql/8.2/main/pg_hba.conf
Add the following at the bottom of the file
# TYPE DATABASE USER [...]
This “Insert Disc” message was annoying and frustrating almost at any time I was trying to install a new software on my Ubuntu (7.10 gutsy-gibbon).
Media change: please insert the disc labeled ‘Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)’ in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter
If you want to get rid of it you [...]
1997 was the releasing year of Macromedia Flash 2. Since then, GNU/Linux became the most progressive operating system, mySQL is one of the most popular database on earth. Firefox has bitten and beaten IE, and Open-Source software is the hottest thing Intel processors ever calculate. Yet, at this moment, in case my artistic soul has [...]
I am trying to find my way in the open-source world. So far, for almost a decade, I did all kind of projects mostly database-driven applications, all using Microsoft tools running on Microsoft servers and desktops.
Even though I was generally satisfied with my achievements, I coudn’t ignore this growing community of smart people who twist [...]
