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Installing DB2 Express-C 9.7.5 on Ubuntu 11.10 30 Jan 2012 | 10:46 am
If you want to install IBM's DB2 on Ubuntu 11.10, it's fairly straightforward. First, pop over to IBM's DB2 download page and grab whichever format of the DB2 Express-C archive you need. (In my case, ...
Why Git is described as a "content tracking system" -- Part 1 7 Jan 2012 | 05:56 am
As the next in what might turn into a series on the Git version control system, this post explains what it means to describe Git as a "content tracking" system, a concept that is sometimes a bit diffi...
How Git keeps track of content history -- a visual approach. 1 Jan 2012 | 04:45 am
Because the Git version control system takes a rather novel approach to how it stores history, I thought I'd write a very quick-and-dirty explanation of that. Once new users understand how this works,...
Installing eZ Publish community version on Ubuntu 11.04 23 Jun 2011 | 01:05 am
As a favour to a colleague, I recently downloaded and installed the web content management system eZ Publish (the community version) on my Ubuntu 11.04 system. Conveniently, Falko Timme had already do...
Inaugural downtown Ottawa Linux geek-up, Tues, May 24, 5 pm. 21 May 2011 | 01:53 am
Tuesday, May 24 will represent the first after-work meeting of what I'm unofficially calling the downtown Ottawa Linux kernel geek-up. The plan is to meet on a moderately regular basis after work on s...
Workaround for the Intel i915 "black screen" Linux boot problem. 3 Feb 2011 | 06:21 am
Recently, a number of people have experienced the "black screen of death" boot issue with Linux, based on some problems with integrated Intel video chips. The problem was allegedly resolved but it's m...
Working with source RPMs under CentOS. 12 Oct 2010 | 12:07 am
What's happening here? Since the online documentation is somewhat hard to come by, this is a short tutorial on how to download and work with source RPM files in CentOS 5.5. And by "work with," I don'...
Installing a package from the Nuxeo Marketplace in 60 seconds. 27 Aug 2010 | 01:17 am
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Android emulator on Ubuntu 10.04 in 60 seconds. 11 Aug 2010 | 09:47 am
So what's happening here? What's happening here is the step-by-step instructions for how to install the Android emulator on Ubuntu 10.04 in 60 seconds (admittedly not including the ridiculous time it...
Nuxeo DAM 1.1 in VirtualBox on Ubuntu 10.04, in 60 seconds. 2 Aug 2010 | 06:50 am
What's this all about? It's about how to, on your Ubuntu 10.04 system, install VirtualBox, then download and run the spanking new Nuxeo DAM 1.1 digital asset management software in a VirtualBox sessi...
