ghc6 Hits Testing Today
Debian’s Haskell packages have been stuck out of testing for some time. I learned that they’re going in today, though, finally! There are also several other packages that this will push into testing,...
View ArticleDebian From Scratch
Newsforge has a nice article about Debian From Scratch, my Debian install-it-yourself CD, rescue CD, and CD builder package. I must say, Bruce Byfield’s instructions are more complete than my own...
View ArticleDFS Installation Tutorial
Suramya Tomar has written a very nice tutorial on installing Debian from my Debian From Scratch images (or from DFS images you build yourself). Nice and thorough work.
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Debian From Scratch 0.99.0 Is Out
At long last, I’ve finally updated Debian From Scratch (DFS). For those of you not familiar with DFS, it’s a single, full rescue CD capable of working with all major filesystems, LVM, software RAID,...
View ArticleHow to solve “The following packages cannot be authenticated”
Users of Debian’s testing or unstable distributions may be noticing messages from apt saying things like: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! foo bar baz Install these packages...
View ArticleAn additional RedHat Gripe
Debian base install: about 150MB RHEL base install: about 1GB df showing 1% of disk used: priceless
View ArticleThe SPI election results are in
The results are in. Bruce was removed from the board, and Josh Berkus, Neil McGovern, and Michael Schultheiss were added. (Neither Mako nor I sought another term.) Congratulations to the winners — I’m...
View ArticleHP Officially Supports Debian
Yes, it’s true. I have two words for this: Woohoo! Finally.
View ArticleDisk encryption support in Etch
Well, I got my new MacBook Pro 15″ in yesterday. I’ll write something about that shortly. The main OS for this machine is not Mac OS X, though, but Debian. I decided that, being a laptop, I would like...
View ArticleAnd we’re off!
Yesterday afternoon, we started our information meetings with employees about our Linux on the desktop project. We’re underway on our migration. But before I talk about that, I need to back up and...
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Debian Developers 7 Years Ago
Today while looking for something else, I stumbled across a DVD with the “last archive” of my old personal website. On it were a number of photos from the 2000 Annual Linux Conference in Atlanta, and...
View ArticleLinux Hardware Support Better Than Windows
Something I often hear from people that talk about Linux on the desktop is this: people want to be able to go to the store, buy hardware, and be confident that it will Just Work. I would like to point...
View ArticleLinuxCertified Laptop LC2100S
As you might know from reading my blog, at my workplace, we have largely standardized on Linux on the desktop and laptop. We use systemimager to maintain a standard desktop image and a separate...
View ArticleThoughtfulness on the OpenSSL bug
By now, I’m sure you all have read about the OpenSSL bug discovered in Debian. There’s a lot being written about it. There’s a lot of misinformation floating about, too. First thing to do is read this...
View ArticleCrazy Cursor Conspiracy Finally Fully Fixed
So lately I had the bad fortune to type in apt-get install gnome-control-center on my workstation. It pulled in probably a hundred dependencies, but I confirmed installing it, never really looking at...
View ArticleAdministering Dozens of Debian Servers
At work, we have quite a few Debian servers. We have a few physical machines, then a number of virtual machines running under Xen. These servers are split up mainly along task-oriented lines: DNS...
View ArticleServer upgraded to Debian lenny
This afternoon, I finally decided to upgrade my main server from Debian etch to lenny. Lenny is still testing, but is nearing release. This server is colocated with Core Networks, and I have no...
View ArticleIntroducing the Command Line at 3 years
Jacob is very interested in how things work. He’s 3.5 years old, and into everything. He loves to look at propane tanks, as the pressure meter, and open the lids on top to see the vent underneath. Last...
View ArticleJacob has a new computer — and a favorite shell
Earlier today, I wrote about building a computer with Jacob, our 3.5-year-old, and setting him up with a Linux shell. We did that this evening, and wow — he loves it. While the Debian Installer was...
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