The vast majority of Debian installations are simplified with the use of Preseeding and Netboot. Friedrich Weber, a school student on a work experience placement with us at our German office has observed the process and captured it in a Howto here:
Read more »[Tip] PostgreSQL Tip of the Day - mass modification of sequences
Someone posted a dilemma to the pgsql-sql list today that involved many if not all of his sequences getting out of sync with their respective "serial" columns. In other words, something like "SELECT max(id) FROM sometable" yields 42, but the sequence nextval for sometable.id is currently set to 36. This is obviously bad (for reasons left as an exercise for the reader).
Read more »[Howto] Code templates in vim
The text editor vim offers several tools for automation. This howto describes a way to auto-include text modules when creating new files.
Read more »PostgreSQL 9.0 is now in Betaphase
The first Beta version of the new 9.0 release boasts over 200 new functions and improvements. With this new release, PostgreSQL now amongst other features claims an inbuilt replication solution as well as the ability to access and read standby nodes, continuously being updated by Log Shipping (Hot Standby).
Read more »[Howto] Language based rewrites with Lighttpd and mod_magnet
Lighttpd is a web server with a fast growing user base. This howto will demonstrate how redirects can be done based on the language of the user's browser.
Read more »Desktops and their performance
Phoronix has used its Test Suite to compare the memory and power consumption of different desktop environments. However, the results should be handled with care.
Read more »Linux Foundation Welcomes credativ
The Linux Foundation welcomed its newest member today, the European-based free and open source standards consulting firm, credativ.
Read more »Germans ramp up U.K. open source support
British open source advocates will be boosted by the news that German support vendor Credativ is expanding its open source center (OSSC) to support all distributions of Linux in the U.K.
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