I’m a few days into Fedora 18 and I think I’ve come the the conclusion that the desktop that best suits *me* is MATE. The journey to this point has been a rather long and meandering one. Let’s cut it short and start at GNOME2. GNOME2 : I was happy and all things were good. [...]
I’ve just got to the end of a real upgrade of a Fedora 17 server to Fedora 18. The basic process goes like this. Download the Fedora 18 ISO. Update your current Fedora 17 system by issuing the “yum update” command and restart once it is complete. Install the “fedup” package. “yum –enablerepo=updates-testing install fedup” [...]
I spent today updating my Oracle 11gR2 RAC installation on OL6 article. The original article used an older version of VirtualBox , which meant some of the screen shots looked a little dated. It’s now updated to VirtualBox 4.2.6, so it should be a little less confusing for anyone who is new to VirtualBox. I’ll probably [...]
Just before I started my current job I was planning on doing the RHCSA and RHCE exams for a bit of fun. In preparation for that I started to write the revision notes for each of the exam objectives. I got to the end of the RHCSA exam objectives, then my plan kind-of stalled, what [...]
I’m now rockin’ UltraEdit 3.3 on my MacBook Pro and Linux boxes at home. A previous announcement suggested by this version the Mac and Linux versions would have caught up with the Windows version from a functionality perspective. I’m not sure if that’s true, but they are close enough for me. The latest Windows versions is 18.20, [...]
I’m now rockin’ UltraEdit 3.2 on Mac and Linux… This is the version that is meant to bring the Mac/Linux version in line with the Windows version as far as functionality is concerned. I’m not sure that is the case, but it’s getting ever closer. It certainly does everything I need it to do now. [...]
Thanks to Eddie Awad, I’ve been using 2-step verification on my Google account for a while. Now Jake from The Appslab has scared me into using a password manager and revamping all my passwords… We use KeePass (on Windows) at work to hold all our passwords, so I figured I’d go with that and see how [...]
In an attempt to delay packing for my trip, I decided to give the server installation on Linux a go. Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) 11gR1 (10.3.5) Installation on Oracle Linux 5 and 6 Oracle Forms and Reports 11gR2 Installation on Oracle Linux 5 The installation was pretty straight forward. I will take a look at [...]
When my TV broke a few months ago I made the decision not to replace it. That means I only get to watch DVDs on the computer or stuff streamed on the web (BBC iPlayer, ITV Player or 4OD) using my iPad. I’m pretty happy with the situation as it prevents me wasting too much time [...]
I’ve been using the beta versions of UltraEdit 3.1 for Mac and Linux for a while, but I only noticed today the production version has been released. I normally get email updates, so I figure this one must have got directed to spam by accident. Anyway, I’m now rockin’ the latest version on both platforms. [...]