02.20.07
Posted in Geeking Out, Linux, Mac OS X at 1:13 pm by ryan
I apologize in advance, but todays topic again is totally geeked out… Today, I have made the swtich from Terminal.app to iTerm, and I think it’s going to be a switch for good. The iTerm team has been cranking out a OS X Terminal Emulator for years, but they have made amazing strides lately and iTerm LOOKS BETTER than the build in Terminal. Of course, you get tabs and great unicode support too. I am very happy with the latest version of iTerm. If you frequently user Terminal, I highly recommend you give it a shot, again!
Note that if you use Chinese in your terminal, you’ll want to make sure that you’re configured for UTF-8. Use the settings on this page to enable full UTF-8 input and output.
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02.18.07
Posted in Geeking Out, Linux at 2:34 am by ryan
I should apologize to any regular readers, who likely don’t care one little bit about Linux, but I feel like I need to let people know, just in case anyone out there is pondering a new REDHAT install. DON’T!
I’ve been a RedHat user (though not necessarily direct administrator) for 7 years or so now. I was running around in 1999 with a 15.4″ OpenBSD powered laptop and attached Ricochet wireless modem. Ricochet is long since gone (though the name has been resurrected), though OpenBSD has powered along…
Back in 2000, I attempted putting OpenBSD to the torture test of a site I was managing, and OpenBSD failed miserably… After 2 dozen kernel recompiles and openbsd mailing list inquiries, I finally decided to thrown in OpenBSD’s towel and switch to *anything* that would work… My online shop was getting hammered and I just needed to help people buy. So, my good buddy Mark helped me install Mandrake, and I’ve been happily using various RedHat based Linuxes ever since.
Today, RedHat has failed me much as OpenBSD failed me back in 2000. RedHat didn’t simply crash under a heavy load (for the record, it’s never done that to me), but RedHat’s RPM Hell is just too much. I don’t have the time or the patience to continue wasting my time with yum and rpmfind whenever yum fails me.
There is a way out of RPM Hell. Ubuntu: Linux for human beings. If you’re considering a new Linux install, I implore you to give Ubuntu a shot. You most certainly thank me. Stop wgetting random RPMs from rpmfind each time Yum fails to deliver what you want. Finally, install most any package you are looking for, FAST. Spend the extra time getting your job done. Once you get Ubuntu installed, just run:
# Just use “apt-cache search some package“, for example:
apt-cache search tracker
# Ahh, found it. I wanted request-tracker3.4
sudo apt-get install request-tracker3.4
Enjoy.
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09.10.06
Posted in Linux, Web at 6:29 pm by ryan
Thanks to the PerishablePress site for helping me with the correct rewrite rules to get my Wordpress configuration running…. The htaccess Rules for all WordPress Permalinks. This will make your Permalinks as well as other content links all function properly. Works great!
[ #1 ] If WordPress installed in the root directory »
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
[ #2 ] If WordPress installed in a subdirectory called “foo” »
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /foo/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /foo/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
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