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Upgrading Debian from lenny to squeeze

cj2003 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:41:18 +0000

Debian is the OS of choice for many of our customers. As of February 2011, Debian’s latest stable release is version 6.0, code name squeeze. When a new version is released, the prior stable version becomes oldstable. As of 2011, this is version 5.0, code named lenny. Read more here

Running Simple Groupware On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

cj2003 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:43:46 +0000

This tutorial shows how you can install and run Simple Groupware on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced “engine x”) + MySQL + PHP). Read more here

Getting A Package Sponsored in Debian

cj2003 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:21:15 +0000

For a non-insider (that is, someone who is not an official Debian Developer), getting a package into the Debian distribution and, by proxy, into the Ubuntu distribution requires getting the attention of someone with sufficient interest and privilege to do the actual upload. It’s called finding a sponsor in Debian parlance, and it’s sometimes a bit of a challenge. Read more here

Running ownCloud3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

cj2003 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:04:56 +0000

This tutorial shows how you can install and run ownCloud3 on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced “engine x”) + MySQL + PHP). ownCloud enables universal access to files through the widely implemented WebDAV standard, providing a platform to easily view and sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks across devices while supporting sharing, viewing and editing via the web interface. Read more here

Setting up a new school with Debian Edu/Squeeze

cj2003 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:07:09 +0000

The next version of Debian Edu / Skolelinux will include a new tool sitesummary2ldapdhcp, which can be used to quickly set up all the computers in a school without much manual labour. Here is a short summary on how to use it to set up a new school. Read more here

LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 Support in Debian/Ubuntu

cj2003 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:42:54 +0000

A LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 recently arrived at our house. Of course it only comes with proprietary support for Windows/Mac, so I set out to see what FOSS support for the hardware I could find. Read more here

Debian packaging for Python 2 and 3

cj2003 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:35:25 +0000

Time for another installment of my ongoing mission to convert the world to Python 3! This time, a little Debian packaging-fu for modifying an existing Python 2 package to include support for Python 3 from the same source package Read more here

Syncing from Debian

cj2003 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:05:30 +0000

A few days ago I read the mail from Iain Lane on ubuntu-devel-announce, which announced that ‘syncpackage’ is now able to directly perform syncs for you (if you have sufficient upload rights), without having to get the sync through the archive admin queue first. Read more here

Installing OpenVZ + Management Of VMs Through ISPConfig 3 (Debian 6.0)

cj2003 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:15:46 +0000

This tutorial describes the installation of an OpenVZ host server to manage virtual machines from within the ISPConfig 3 hosting control panel. OpenVZ is a lightweight virtualization technology for Linux servers, similar to jails on *BSD systems. See http://www.openvz.org for details. ISPConfig 3 contains a module to manage OpenVZ virtual machines on the local server and on remote servers that run ISPConfig. Read more here

Create a distribution or backup of your Debian-based desktop/server

cj2003 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:13:54 +0000

If your business is working within the confines of a small budget and your machine runs a Debian-based platform, Remastersys is the tool for you. Remastersys can help you deploy multiple machines or even take a sandbox server and copy it onto production hardware. Read more here