Posts in category Linux@Work
Use Foresight Linux? Add Some Spice ...
Hot on the heels of the .4 beta release of Spicebird and a Lifehacker article previewing spicebird (with many screenshots and functionality tests) I bring you the Conary package available for your consumption. To install spicebird on Foresight:
sudo conary update spicebird=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-contrib
What is Spicebird? From the Spiceb [...]
Thoughts on Package Management
The Change in Distro-Land
Distros have changed. In the past, they were made up of a small, tightly knit group collaborators working toward a common goal. With distributions today we now have an informal, large group of collaborators…some of which may not even be aware of the main goal of the distro. That informal collaborator may jus [...]
Alltray in Foresight
I’ve recently packaged up Alltray, a handy tool for keeping items minimized to the gnome task bar, in Foresight Linux. For those of you who new to my blog…I’ve recently switched jobs to from the state of Virginia (project management) to work for rPath, Inc. rPath is responsible for some innovative software development tool [...]
Debian Moves in, Servlets, and Usabil...
I’ve moved the server here at work to Debian Stable with Tomcat Jakarta installed. I’m currently experimenting with servlets from various corners of the web. I have only one problem with many CMS’s though….there is a hugely steep learning curve.
I count myself as pretty experienced when it comes to content management [...]
Bringing Linux to Work – Portal...
Ubuntu just doesn’t want to be chosen for me. I’ve had nothing but problems with it since I started going on it. I decided that it would be easier to use Ubuntu (1 disk install, apt-get abilities) to house the in house Intranet portal page here where I work. However, I didn’t count on Ubuntu having so many problems.
The f [...]
Brining Linux to Work – Portal ...
Beginning this month, I’ll be attempting to infuse my place of work
with Linux. I am an new Applications Analyst and resident AIX/Linux
expert for a government agency that lives and breaths Microsoft. I feel
that Open Source software, mainly, Linux…can be a great addition to
this agency. I’ll be documenting my attempts here [...]