Starting with systemd
I currently maintain a host of machines in the RPM world from CentOS 5, CentOS 6, and now Fedora 20 (in preparation for CentOS 7). Being part of an upstream project that ships on many platforms, it is...
View ArticleRHEL7 now with MariaDB
Congratulations to the entire team at Red Hat, for the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7). The release notes have something important, under Web Servers & Services: MariaDB 5.5 MariaDB...
View ArticleUbuntu Online Summit: MySQL & Variants in 16.04
I personally have always enjoyed the Ubuntu Developer Summits (UDS), but nowadays they have been converted to the Ubuntu Online Summits (UOS). Attending them is not always convenient (timezone issues,...
View ArticleHomebrew and opensource analytics
Today I ran a quick brew update, and noticed the following: ==> Homebrew has enabled anonymous aggregate user behaviour analytics Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:...
View ArticleUbuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade notes
Early today morning I decided to update my NUC to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was a very easy upgrade and I am pleased to report I do not have to ensure nomodeset is set during boot. Dropbox, CrashPlan work...
View ArticleWindows 10 Installation Notes
I downloaded Windows 10 as an ISO from Microsoft. To make a bootable USB disk, I followed the instructions in this article, basically using the Boot Camp Assistant. The installation went on without a...
View ArticleDebian and MariaDB Server
GNU/Linux distributions matter, and Debian is one of the most popular ones out there in terms of user base. Its an interesting time as MariaDB Server becomes more divergent compared to upstream MySQL,...
View ArticleUpgrade notes on macOS Sierra
I’m notorious for not updating OS X (macOS) too quickly, preferring to wait months on end for Apple to iron out bugs. I just hope that in 2017 they don’t make a major release and something sensible,...
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