Assuming my current WordPress prefix was “wp_” and I wanted to change it to “banana_”, then I would do the following… Take a backup of your database and file system. Remember, if you screw up and trash your blog you will thank yourself for the extra time you spent doing this! Amend the “$table_prefix” setting [...]
I did an update of the my Fedora 16 machines this morning and I’ve got GNOME 3 back in full effect, rather than the fallback option. It seems the updated Nouveau Driver was included in the update, so I don’t have to wait for Fedora 17 to get me back on GNOME shell, and I won’t be [...]
VirtualBox 4.1.8 is now available! Download Changelog Happy upgrading… Cheers Tim…
As reported here, VirtualBox 4.0.6 has arrived… Cheers Tim…
I was just scanning through some stuff on MOS when I came across a couple of RHEL6 tidbits. Doc ID 1089399.1: ”For RHEL6 Oracle will only provide ASMLib software and updates via Unbreakable Linux Network(ULN). Oracle will no longer provide ASMLib packages for Red Hat kernels.” Doc ID 1253272.1: “Starting with RHEL6, Oracle will provide OCFS2 software [...]
Day 2 was full of stuff I can’t speak about again, so I’ll keep this brief. The highlight for me was Wim Coekaerts speaking about Linux and Virtualization. I love listening to Wim speak about technology. It feels like you are chatting with your mate about technology stuff. He’s a real low-temperature guy. There were a [...]
I went to see Kick-Ass last night. I thought it was cool. One thing that stood out for me was Hit-Girl. She was awesome. Now I’m not suggesting people go and teach their 11 year old daughters how to brutally slay people and come out with lines like, ”OK you c—s, let’s see what you [...]
I know it’s been said before, but I read this and thought, once Red Hat’s market value starts to drop Oracle could get a really good deal. I thought the reference to the quality of Red Hat’s support was quite comical. I’ve always found their support to be terrible. To be more specific, you raise [...]
The first 500 people at Wim Coekaerts (VP of Linux and Virtualization Engineering) Q&A session getthe OTN installfest media kit. It contains: Enterprise Linux 5 U4 32 & 64 bit Oracle 11g R2 Database 32 & 64 bit Fusion Middleware DVD for Linux SQL Developer APEX Oracle VM (2.1.5) And much more… The event is [...]
While I was in Chile at the CLOUG event I met Arjen and Bertie from Avisit Solutions Limited, who produce an alternative to Oracle Data Guard called Dbvisit. Unlike Data Guard, you can use Dbvisit with Standard Edition, so it can be a real money saver. The company have started a new blog, so if [...]