Linux
Dude I Got A………Mac
This weekend we drove up to Raleigh for the simple pleasure of giving Apple, Inc. a handful of money. I’ve wanted one for over a year, but the timing or the budget just didn’t line up until now. We purchased an iMac last year as a “Shared Family” computer. Wrong. After [...]
CodeWeaver Cross Over Pro ~ Free Today Only
I caught this scoop from Nolan’s blog this morning…
The company that makes the commercial version of WINE that allows you to install windows apps natively on mac or linux is giving their product away for free for 24 hours. Here’s an article explaining it at length:
And here is the site to [...]
Brief Update on Slicehost and Blogging Frequency
A lot of the referrers I’ve been getting are people looking for a Slicehost review. Am I still happy – YES. It has been great service with .001% downtime of which I was notified well in advance. They have a great service and do a good job. If you’re looking for a Linux VPS, I [...]
Update on RM-Install
Shortly after I posted my last blog entry on installing RM-Install, I received a comment from an employee at FiveRuns encouraging me to contact their support team. We had a few brief emails back and forth and in the end I was told “You need 32-bit compatibility binaries to use our product on 64-bit linux.” [...]
First Impressions: Five Runs RM-Install
Last night I tried the RM-Install product from Five Runs. It’s a multi-platform (Linux and Mac) Ruby on Rails Stack powered by BitRock. It is very similar to the Windows RubyStack offered by BitNami, but it is also supports a production install option.
I tried the development install and it was very easy to [...]
DataMapper Installation Woes
I started playing more with Sinatra, and I have so many ideas for it’s usage. At work I’m using to prototype a quick way to enable remote execution of .Net command line apps. So I started looking into DataMapper as well to use with it.
So far I can’t get the datamapper gem to install on [...]
Trying out Sinatra on Windows
I saw a lot of buzz about the new Sinatra web framework and decided I’d give it a try. I have a client now that has a simple site they need up now and then I can migrate them to Rails over time. When I saw how easy Sinatra looked, I thought I [...]
Slicehost Review
While this blog is currently hosted at Dreamhost, I do have some aspirations for an uptime ratio of closer to 100%. It seems like they don’t monitor servers there and when yours is down it takes submitting a ticket and a lot of patience. When looking for a new host, I wanted something more. I [...]
Software Installation
Here’s another comparison between Linux and Windows – Installing Software.
With Windows, you typically download a software package that has a graphical installer. You click next a few times and installs. I thought this was smooth and easy.
Now all day yesterday while installing software on Ubuntu, I was using apt-get. Holy cow! apt-get absolutely rocks! With [...]
Vista – R.I.P.
I used Vista for over a week and I was not impressed. I was not particularly thrilled that when deleting some files I had to do 3 separate actions because of the Windows Defender crap. It made me feel like Windows was trying to defend itself from me. I like my operating [...]
