LinDesk – Linux on the Desktop
I have a new blog – LinDesk. LinDesk concentrates on the use of Linux on the Desktop. I am trying to keep it distro agnostic – but there is a slight leaning towards Fedora – as it is the distro I am...
View ArticleCase Sensitivity in URLs
I am an open source guy – so naturally I prefer the flagship OSS software Apache to the proprietary Microsoft IIS. But there is one area where IIS does a better job than Apache – the case sensitivity...
View ArticleHello Script for bash
Hello Script series for Bash. ‘Hello Script’ is a file that contains the most commonly used elements of a programming language so that it can be used as a cheat sheet when working with that language....
View ArticleInstalling LAMP(Apache Web Server/PHP/MySQL) in Debian/Ubuntu
Installing the LAMP environment on a Linux system is easy if you are comfortable with using the native package management software. If you on a Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS system, that will be yum – and for...
View ArticleInstalling lighttpd Web Server in Linux with PHP and MySQL
After two articles on installing Apache, lets take a look at installing and configuring lighttpd web server on a linux system. lighttpd (pronounced “lighty”) is a web server designed to be secure,...
View ArticleUsing Linux for a better Windows Experience
If you are a Windows user who want more stability(but unwilling to switch to Linux completely), this post is for you. Basically, you have to create a dual boot system with Linux and Windows – and use...
View ArticleError Connecting to MySQL using Ruby on Rails in Linux – and its Solution
I am currently working on a new Rails project. Its been a while since I worked with rails – so I updated Rails using the command ‘sudo gem update --system‘. I started the inbuilt server and tried to...
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