Date: 05/07/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Are you a developer or QA engineer, in an all Linux workplace, always looking for scarce Windows machines to run Microsoft Internet Explorer for testing your product and services? You could also be the manager who is eager to switch to Linux but cannot do so because of strong requirement for testing on Internet Explorer. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-microsoft-internet-explorer-7-6-55-51-in-linux/

Date: 05/09/07 (Application Development)    Keywords: linux

Through Project Indiana, Sun wants to give Solaris a Linux feel to try to woo an influential developer crowd.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-6182526.html

Date: 05/10/07 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: php, mysql, software, database, sql, postgresql, web, linux

I am currently working on 2 great jobs for Linux-loving database folk.

1-MySQL and PHP software engineer in PA near Philly (NE). This is for a young software co founded by a guru who had already built another company. He wants hot programmers who will grow with the company. He currently is looking for a Sr person as well as 1-2 junior folk.

1- Linux DBA in Utah - a company with several websites and millions of pageviews and transactions/day. Needs both senior and junior database tuners to keep their PostgreSQL DBS running smoothly. Every millisecond counts. He will take people w/ MySQL and Linux admin and perl  background for the junior position. Full benefits, great work and flexible working conditions, and powder days!

My email is on my info page if you want to pass this on. Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mysql/113663.html

Date: 05/10/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Red Hat is no longer the only big dog in the Linux space. It faces a lot of competition. But at the heart of its market, the enterprise space, what I might call the IBM space, Red Hat remains strong. Its relationship with IBM seems strong, and IBM itself has mainly kept quiet this last year, preferring to let its numbers to do the talking. So, does Red Hat need to make headlines in order to stay on top?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/115622835/

Date: 05/12/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: php, mysql, database, sql, postgresql, linux

Mantis is popular php based defect tracking application which works on top of RDBMS like MySQL and PostgreSQL. Recently I ported our Windows based Mantis installation to Linux. It used MySQL as backend. Here are the steps: 1. Export Mantis MySQL database from Windows, upload it on Linux and then import it to MySQL database on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-migrate-mantis-defect-tracking-system-from-windows-to-linux-fedora-core-6/

Date: 05/10/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Red Hat is no longer the only big dog in the Linux space. It faces a lot of competition. But at the heart of its market, the enterprise space, what I might call the IBM space, Red Hat remains strong. Its relationship with IBM seems strong, and IBM itself has mainly kept quiet this last year, preferring to let its numbers to do the talking. So, does Red Hat need to make headlines in order to stay on top?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1043

Date: 05/16/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux, microsoft, google

Google AdSense allows exporting the data in CSV format, suitable for Microsoft Excel. It doesn’t open in Mousepad, Gedit or even in normal spreadsheet programs under Linux. Here’s how you can open and use it under Linux. Open the file in KSpread and choose Unicode ( utf16 ) as its encoding. Also select Tabulator as delimiter [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-open-google-adsense-spreadsheet-data-in-linux/

Date: 05/17/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: technology, database, linux

My company is looking for an audit tool which will help us track down hardware, e.g. when someone says "do we have a spare dual core PC kicking around?" we could search a database (updated daily?) of specs including when those machines were last used.

It's easy enough (in theory) to keep track of PC specs and where they were deployed but the hard part is finding out if they're actually being used - not that any of us hoard hardware :)

We have ~200 Windows machines (mostly XP or 2003 Server, but some NT4 and a few Vista installs recently) plus a few Linux (Red Hat and SUSE) servers in one site; we do maintain a couple of subnets, but the tool wouldn't have to span them (we could run it separately on each net if need be).

The tool doesn't have to be freeware but personally I'm a big fan of open source; it would, of course, have to be malware-free and be able to interrogate Windows machines (the Linux boxes would be a bonus but not essential). We're not going the extra step of trying to physically locate the hardware - that would require too much technology (i.e. money), and it won't hurt the techies to do a little legwork. :)

Any recommendations?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/56836.html

Date: 05/21/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Microsoft’s True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can they improve visibility, they are essential for proper look and layout if you are using Internet Explorer on Linux for testing etc. The installation is very simple… well almost: wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec Note the path where the rpm is written and use it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-ms-true-type-fonts-in-linux-fedora-core/

Date: 05/23/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: database, linux, apache

Have all these pdfs on a linux server here at work. They are associated by id numbers in a database. Sometimes the pdfs are assigned a wrong number so I have a script that changes where they are stored and what number they have in the database. Everytime I try to do it though I get an error on rename (which I'm also using to move files). Says permission denied.The files are owned by the "tech" user and the user trying to rename them is "apache". But I the pdfs are set to 777 so I don't understand why it doesn't have permission. Any suggestions?

*edit*
Used a perl script instead. Problem solved.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/567585.html

Date: 05/27/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux

rdiff-backup is a popular, free, open source mirroring and incremental backup system for posix based operating systems like linux & Mac OS X. It uses rysnc algorithm through librsync but it doesn’t use rsync. The documentation of rdiff-backup focuses on push model for backup where client machines pushes their backup data to backup server. This [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/linux-fedora-core-how-to-use-rdiff-backup-to-pull-backups/

Date: 05/29/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

The reason for the merger which created the Linux Foundation was to give open source a big, unified platform from which to respond to threats. (Picture of penguins flying in the water is by Guillaume Daugard.) Given the reality of Microsoft's patent threat, it was only a matter of time before ...

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/120513509/

Date: 05/29/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: mysql, software, sql, linux, microsoft, apache

Writer Rodney Gedda at Computerworld writes that aQuantive, the online ad agency Microsoft is buying for $6 billion, is an open source play. The reason? Many aQuantive units, including AvenueA Razorfish and Atlas, make extensive use of open source software, including mySQL, Linux, and Apache. If you use open source, are you ...

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/120506500/

Date: 05/31/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Following up on my previous post, and in answer to the recent piece by our own Adrian Kingsley-Hughes on the failure of desktop Linux, I would like to make a modest proposal. An all-in Linux laptop. That is you sell a laptop with a Linux, a user interface, and all the applications ...

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/121077987/

Date: 06/03/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux

Linux comes with automatic setup for dual-monitors like windows. However I found the gnome applet rather buggy and unusable. If you have been lucky in using it (look in System->Administration->Display) then you do not need to read further. However most likely you would still want to glance over the super simple setup for dual monitors [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-setup-dual-monitors-on-linux-fedora-core/

Date: 06/07/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux

Our DSL link, provided by BSNL (aka World’s crappiest broadband service), was down yesterday causing enormous hardship. However today when it came back up, I could connect it using Windows (yeah, we still have couple of spare laptops lying around) but not on Linux. It gave me errors like: 1. pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets 2. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solving-pppoe-timeout-waiting-for-pado-packets/

Date: 06/10/07 (Webmaster View)    Keywords: php, mysql, software, browser, html, database, sql, linux, apache

Last month,I did a clean install of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on my home computer removing the "dapper drake". But it is only now, I got a chance to sit down and install all necessary packages to set up my development server again.

With Dapper Drake, I had to use alien to convert MySQL5 rpm to .deb, because there was no version 5 in the repositories. Anyway, Feisty has all newest versions of software.

This is what I did for setting up my development server:

For installing MySQL server I ran the command: sudo apt-get install mysql-server. Then I installed the following:

MySQL Administrator: It is a Graphical User Interface for administrating MySQL: sudo apt-get install mysql-admin

MySQL Query Browser is a GUI for managing databases: sudo apt-get install mysql-query-browser

Apache: sudo apt-get install apache2

Apache Manual: sudo apt-get install apache2-doc

PHP: sudo apt-get install php5

PHP module for Apache: sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

Enabling public_html directories for users

Well, I am the only user in my computer. But I can create and edit files without running sudo if I have a public_html directory at my home. sudo a2enmod userdir. I then restarted Apache and created a 'public_html' directory in my home. Now I can access it with http://localhost/~username/.

Enable mod_rewrite

1. sudo a2enmod rewrite.
2. Edit Apache configuration: sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
3. Change line 12: “AllowOverride none” to “AllowOverride all”
4. save and close
5. Restart Apache

(Thanks to mod_rewrite for Apache2 in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04)

How to restart Apache?

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload.

Todo:

1. Install IEs4Linux.
2. Install Opera.
3. Install Komodo Edit.
4. Install gftp.

Source: http://www.webmasterview.com/server_side/development_server_on_ubuntu_desktop

Date: 06/11/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Despite all the FUD and the threats, Big Green knows it must still live with Linux in the computing environment. Its customers demand it, they expect it, and Microsoft must deliver it.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/123924189/

Date: 06/11/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, linux

Malicious software, spreading through OpenOffice documents, "can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems," Symantec says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6189961.html

Date: 06/13/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux

Okay, I think I want to make the switch from WinXP to Ubuntu. I do, however, have some questions that I need to find the answers to before I make the jump.

1) I'd like to keep one hard drive with Windows installed on it, just in case I need it for something. How exactly does one set up a dual boot to multiple hard drives?

2) Speaking of hard drives, I've got three of them, all with lots and lots of data on them, all formatted NTFS. I would imagine that Ubuntu won't work with NTFS, is this true? If so, would I be converting them to Fat32? If so, how would I do that without losing a metric ton of stuff in the process?

3) Programs. Most of the programs I use are available. OpenOffice, Firefox/Thunderbird, UT2004, etc. But a couple aren't. What would a good alternative for MSN Messenger be?

4) MediaMonkey. This is the (excellent) program I use to manage my music. I've got a paid lifetime license for all future updates, etc. I really enjoy this program, and the community I'm so involved with. The problem is, there are no plans any time soon for a Linux version of MediaMonkey. So... how can I use this program, or can I at all?

5) Hardware. I know my ATI video card should be fine. Not so sure about, say, my memory card reader, my usb wireless internet dongle thing, other things like that. What do I do about this?

6) General nervousness. I don't know how to install programs, I don't know the folder structures, I don't know what file types it handles, I don't know almost ANYTHING about Ubuntu, or Linux in general, in specific sorts of ways. Any sort of guide or stuff like that would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1079630.html