-
CollectionSpace Catalog Server Automated Server stop and start script for systemd
-
This is not elegant but it works for our development CollectionSpace Catalog server. A more refined version will be setup for the production environment later as we learn more about Cspace. This is specific to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
-
Completely Giving Up on KDE4's Kmail2
-
I have gladly used Kmail for more than a dozen years. When KDE4 started pushing Kmail2, I lived with the growing pains of transition. But enough already. It has been years and years, and Kmail2 just gets more and more broken with each release!
-
Critical Thinking About Microservices vs. Bandwagoneering - The Latest Buzzword Bingo: Microservices, Containerization, etc.
-
Every profession is rife with buzzwords, and tech is replete with them. The specific details change, though the basics remain the same, and often recycle old-as-new every 20 years or so. This posting discusses the current bandwagon buzzwords about old-is-new microservices and monoliths primarily, though with some ancillary mentions regarding containerization, and more on Jitsi.
-
Debian 11 Q4OS on Alienware M18 R1 Laptop
-
Here are notes on the trials, tribulations, and triumphs installing and using Linux on a brand shiny new Alienware m18r1 18" laptop.
-
Debian 12 Q4OS on Alienware M18 r1
-
Notes on attempting to get Debian 12 and Q4OS 5.2 working on an Alienware M18 r1.
-
Debian Stretch 9.5 and Trinity Desktop Environment TDE
-
I am sick and tired of KDE4 & KDE5 being so awful. I can't stand the totally unproductive interfaces of Gnome. I find the minimalist Desktops pitiful. By far the most productive Desktop Environment was KDE 3.5. But long dead right? Thank goodness, no, there is TDE aka Trinity to save the day! I hope. Here I will log my experiences with Trinity Desktop Environment from the beginning, and progression.
-
Debunking the Linux 1% market share myth?
-
This article by Caitlin Martin on the Oreilly website is a little old, September 2010, but not too ancient. But I was just chatting with Dell they officially abandoned sales of Linux systems, ALL of them, in the middle of 2010. What a strange contrast in information. Anyhow, though not definitive, she does makes some excellent points that Linux market share is more likely 8-10% at least, and backs it up with some reasonaable explanations and reports. A worthy read for Linux critics and supporters...
-
Dell 2155 cn / cdn Printer on Debian 11
-
Installing Dell 2155 printer drivers on Debian 11 with Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE)
-
DGPUNET: Building a Distributed GPU Cluster When Cloud Providers Fall Short
-
I've been building distributed computing systems since the 1990s - Beowulf clusters, IRC bot networks, custom infrastructure cobbled together from commodity hardware. The principle has always been the same: when you can't afford enterprise solutions, you build your own from what's available.
-
Disable HTS checking in Nginx
-
Often for testing, development, admin, or troubleshooting purposes, HSTS is a PITA that needs to be turned off. Here are some quick notes to do so in nginx...
