Great post Lijin! Sometime ago I struggled to figure out how to install subversion on my WinXP box. The biggest difficulty I had was to understand what the folder layout for Windows box should look like. I ended up using svn1clicksetup to get a standard layout. Due to issues between Subversion and Apache 2.2, I [...]
Installing Subversion? Just follow this 7 Steps « Lijin’s Localhost
March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · CSS/WebDesign, OpenSource
Tags: opensource·subversion·xampp
Favorite KeePass Trick
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments · OpenSource
Keepass is a neat password management program but the documentation is not clear on how to set up an entry so that it will work use the same username and password with multiple web pages. As an example with the following entry, KeePass will autotype the username and password on the login screens for Yahoo, [...]
Tags: opensource
FileZilla Portable 3.0.6 Released
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments · OpenSource
FileZilla Portable 3.0.6 has been released. FileZilla Portable is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your ftp client, server list and settings with you. This new release updates FileZilla to the latest version, works with Notepad++ Portable and other portable editors when moving between PCs, has an [...]
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Truecrypt 5.0
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments · OpenSource
We are pleased to announce that TrueCrypt 5.0 has been released. Among the new features are the ability to encrypt a system partition or entire system drive (i.e. a drive where Windows is installed) with pre-boot authentication, pipelined operations increasing read/write speed by up to 100%, Mac OS X version, graphical interface for the Linux [...]
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Nimble Method: Garbage Collection is Why Ruby on Rails is Slow: Patches to Improve Performance 5x; Memory Profiling
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Linux, OpenSource
The News: Ruby on Rails performance is dominated by garbage collection. We present a set of patches to greatly improve Rails performance and show how to profile memory usage to get further performance gains.
What’s at Stake: Rails is slow for many uses and did not lend itself well to optimization. Significant performance gains could only [...]
Tags: Linux·opensource
KeePassX - The Official KeePassX Homepage
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Linux, OpenSource
KeePassX - The Official KeePassX Homepage
KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachmets and comments in one single database.
Yesterday I got around to installing KeePassX on my Centos server. The rpm version worked fine but I had to manually create a menu item. For fun I downloaded the new versions of the [...]
Tags: Linux·opensource
Garry’s Bit Patterns: TortoiseSVN and Visual Studio Integration - Visual Studio 2008
December 30th, 2007 · No Comments · OpenSource, programming
Finally, I am getting around to an update to the TortoiseSVN Visual Studio Integration. The catalyst for this is the release of Visual Studio 2008 (formally codename Orcas) Beta 2, and making sure I can still play with Subversion through the IDE.
Garry’s Bit Patterns: TortoiseSVN and Visual Studio Integration - Visual Studio 2008
Adding some [...]
Tags: opensource·programming
nabber.org - Appupdater
December 24th, 2007 · No Comments · OpenSource
Appupdater provides advanced functionality to Windows, similar to apt-get or yum on Linux. It automates the process of installing and maintaining up to date versions of programs. It is fully customizable for use in a corporate environment.
nabber.org - Appupdater
I have been playing with this program this week. It looks promising for those of us [...]
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Update on GroundWork Open Source Installation
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments · OpenSource
I do have a problem putting things down. Yesterday I wrote a post about updating to the latest version of GroundWork Monitor Open Source and the problem I had with resolving three service checks, local_mysql_database_nopw, local_process_gw_feeders, and local_process_snmptt. Today I fixed them and here’s what I did:
To resolve the local_mysql_database_nopw alert I went to Nagios [...]
Tags: Linux·monitoring·nagios·opensource
GroundWork Monitor Open Source
November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Linux, OpenSource
GroundWork Monitor Open Source 5.1
A complete availability monitoring solution that ensures IT infrastructure uptime while identifying issues before they become real problems. Unifies best-of-breed open source tools - Nagios, Nmap, SNMP TT, PHP, Apache, MySQL and more — through PHP/AJAX-based components and an integrated user interface to deliver the extensible functionality you require.
GroundWork Monitor [...]
Tags: Linux·monitoring·nagios·opensource