Archive for September 2007

Linux fonts

Wednesday, 26th September 2007 by

Article on Linux fonts

http://www.linux.com/articles/39513

Describes the various types of fonts available, and has a brief section on configuring the fonts.

Arch Linux Pacman

Tuesday, 25th September 2007 by

before using pacman to get packages for the first time, you need to synchronise your local package database with that of a server:

pacman -Sy

Trying Out Arch Linux

Tuesday, 11th September 2007 by

Apparantly Kernel 2.6.20 and above now name all ide hardrives as sd* devices rather than hd*. eg. sda1, sda2, sdb1, sdb2, etc. That threw me off for a while.

Also, if you if you use XFS as your root filesystem, you have to specify it as a module when you are configuring the kernel. The default kernel doesn’t have built in support for it, and the module is not added automatically. It would’ve been nice, if it mentioned it somewhere during the installation steps… or better still automatically included based on your previous choices.

Best Programming Practices For Web Developers

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-cranky76/?ca=dgr-btw01BetterWebpages

Drupal post setup

Monday, 10th September 2007 by

You need to create a files directory in the drupal root, once installation is complete. Would’ve been nice of them to mention it in the final installation step.

Drupal needs mysql table lock rights

Monday, 10th September 2007 by

At first glance it seems drupal is more for servers where you have complete control. Especially since you need to have table locking rights in mysql, and the ability to run cron jobs.

Link: Drupal better than MediaWiki

Monday, 10th September 2007 by

Why Drupal WYSIWYG Makes MediaWiki Obsolete & How To Convert

http://www.empowerthyself.com/mediawikiisobsolete