July 22nd, 2010the best ubuntu bug eveeeeer
This had me rollin… its great to see some humor every now and then, even if its while working on software bugs.
August 6th, 2009howto: mount a windows share in ubuntu server
i need to backup my zimbra server at work to our windows server for nightly backups. to do so, i followed this thread at ubuntu forums which tells you to do the following:
install the smbfs package installed:
sudo apt-get install smbfs
then create the mount point:
sudo mkdir /mnt/winshare
March 23rd, 2009ubuntu 7.10 reaches end of life
ubuntu 7.10, the gutsy gibbon, has finally reached its end of life after 18 months in this cruel cruel world. what does this mean for user? it means no more support for that version of the distribution and that you should upgrade to either the newest version or a lts (long term support) version a.s.a.p.
March 16th, 2009fresno “free geek”
i have been thinking about starting a free geek like organization in fresno for some time and have even gone as far as registering the domain and creating a website for it (http://www.renewtech.net — free geek just seemed to… umm… geeky to me). if you dont know what free geek is, ill explain a little bit.