as root (or add sudo to the front of this)

apt-get install curl git-core build-essential libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev apache2 apache2-threaded-dev mysql-server mysql-client

System wide rvm install:

sudo bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer )

logout and log back in

rvm install 1.9.2
rvm use 1.9.2 --default
gem install rails passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module

Add lines from the end of that script to apache config /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.load

They'll look a little like this depending on current version when you run it:

LoadModule passenger_module /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/passenger-3.0.11/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/passenger-3.0.11
PassengerRuby /usr/local/rvm/wrappers/ruby-1.9.2-p290/ruby


Then wrap things up:


a2enmod passenger
service apache2 restart


Good admins will then set a MySQL password with

mysqladmin password new-password


Too easy, but I couldn’t find it documented anywhere.

Happy coding!

The applications for an open hardware platform mashed with an open device platform have my head spinning.

What would you do with something like this?

When I completed the exam (I passed) I really felt like I was a expert in configuring and managing IPS devices in a complex environment.

The last time I took a certification that I felt this good about was in April of 2000 when I became Red Hat Linux certified.

The thing that they had in common was that they were hands on and really hard.

I’m curious, what other certifications are like this?

If you start vmware in a terminal you’ll see errors like this:

(vmware-unity-helper:3090): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
(vmware-unity-helper:3142): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

The fix until VMWare patches is simple:

Edit your /usr/bin/vmware file as root:

sudo vim /usr/bin/vmware

and add the following to the top of the file:

export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0

sudo aptitude install evolution-mapi

This should just serve as a discussion point and you should not be abandoning your cloud solutions. Like any complex system, this is bound to happen and we should see it as an opportunity for learning and making our overall solutions more robust.

And if you’re one of those crappy sales guys who uses incidents like this to just spread fear around instead of encouraging rational conversations, please keep in mind that the reason your sales numbers continue to suck is because you’re an idiot. You should come to my office so I can throw things at you.

Think opportunity to learn, not opportunity to exploit.

 

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade


Easy as pie.

While traveling the last two weeks I tried a new setting:

1. From your home screen, press the menu button.
2. Select Settings
3. Select Wireless & Networks
4. Scroll down and select Mobile Networks
5. Uncheck the “Enable always on mobile” setting
6. Exit

Now it will standby without use for 24 hours and consistantly makes it through my workday with moderate use on a single charge.

It doesn’t seem to have effected any of the phone’s operation except battery life.  This setting just shuts off the network connection when no apps are using it and they are still able to fetch data when you’ve set them to.

3x extension by unchecking a box.  Not too shabby.

Gina Smith is resurrecting BYTE.com and I’m a contributing writer so I’m officially back in the tech writing game.

Some of my stuff will be at BTYE and some of it will be here.

It’s going to be a great ride!