I recently installed an IRC Quotes system much like the popular Bash.org. You can find it by checking out the front page of DEOP.ORG, or directly by going to DEOP.ORG QDB.
The script I use for the site is called QdbS, which is a project originally created by Kyle Florence. After he stopped developing it, someone else picked it back up and has since released some newer versions. You can find everything at the new site: QdbS.org.
I have used Linux in both environments (Desktop, and Server). Linux is a very great platform for many reasons with reliability being one of top features I use it for.
There are a couple of distributions that I alternate in use, or have more than one machine running either as the host or using a program to run one ‘inside’ of another, such as VirtualBox.
Debian is one of my favorites. I have only used it for servers so far, but I must say it does a great job. They have several different downloads you can choose from. The one I use the most would be the netinst (net install) ISO file. It contains only the minimum needed to get Debian up and running, and provides you with a method to download and install packages, so you are only putting on there what you want, and don’t have to spend time removing applications that you never intended to have on there.
Arch Linux was both my server and desktop operating system for awhile at one time. I originally downloaded and tried it at the request of a friend, but after using it I liked it more and more. It’s pretty quick to install, and once you get the hang of it, fairly easy to use and maintain.
Currently I am using Windows as my desktop operating system, but when I made the change I didn’t have another machine good enough to run Windows around. Unlike then, I have a laptop with Vista preloaded on it. When I get around to it I will be putting XP on my laptop, and Debian back on my desktop, which is currently running XP.
A friend of mine posted something similar to this titled Why I use Linux. I thought it was a great idea to tell others about my reasons for liking and using Linux too.
Hey guys, I found a great set of Linux tools ported to Windows. If you’re a Linux geek at heart, but have to use the dreaded Windows operating system for some reason, check out GnuWin32. They have a lot of the good ones including wget, gawk, grep, and tar. I myself have only tried wget so far, but I’ll be getting more of them soon.
One of my favorite VPS providers I’ve come across so far has been making the switch to the Xen system for their virtualization platform. Xen is reportedly faster in most aspects compared to other solutions out there.
Xen has less overhead compared to UML. Xen Linodes have 4 processors. We’re running the latest Xen version (3.2.1) which means we can support paravirt_ops kernels (pv_ops), which means we can have kernels newer than 2.6.1 (…..) In short, Linodes will be much, much faster under Xen.
Here’s hoping Xen brings for happier times at Linode!
Hi all.
GeekDamage is a personal technology related blog about various odds and ends of the tech world. Since I am new to blogging I expect the first couple of months to be a bit rough, but I have been thinking about starting one for awhile.
I’m not one for the typical About Me pages or other author-intro related pages, but I can definitely say I love the technology crazed world we live in. From cell phones to super computers, and all things in between such as Artificial Intelligence and Geo-location.
At the moment my attention has been drawn to various topics that may get brought up here in the future such as: Linux, PHP, and website marketing.