142 days ago
We’ve updated our earlier howto JungleDisk for Linux Server Backups without X11 for the latest version of JungleDisk, 1.50.
- The new version is more reliable for transferring lots of files, and rsync works better.
- Rsync’s —archive flag now works as expected (though you still need —inplace).
- jungledisk now uses Fuse directly rather than davfs, so prerequisites are different
- The command-line jungledisk program now mounts by itself
- The configuration file gets a bunch of new options
So check out our updated instructions for configuring JungleDisk 1.50 from the command line.
Still clinging to the past? The you can read our original instructions for JungleDisk versions 1.30 to 1.40.
156 days ago
Both Apache 2.2 and PHP 5 come with every installation of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. MySQL does not. There are a couple of tricks for installing and/or turning them on —and thereby attaining Development Happiness.
Here’s how we configure our development machines at the studio, where our PHP work is primarily Drupal and we use several virtual hosts.
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156 days ago
MySQL now provides compiled binaries for Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard. But the startup applet doesn’t work properly yet on Leopard.
So here’s how to install MySQL on Leopard and start it using launchd — the standard Leopard way. These instructions should work for both Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5).
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156 days ago
So you want to use Git for distributed version control. For Mac OS X 10.5 there are a couple of options for installing Git.
- Fink packages an almost up-to-date version, named simply
git
- MacPorts packages an up-to-date version as
git-core
Either of these methods, though, installs lots of dependencies. Which requires lots of compile time. And lots of disk space — especially for the MacPorts version.
So I prefer to compile Git myself — and use Fink for dependencies. Here’s how I do it.
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156 days ago
So you want to use Git the latest hotness in distributed version control. It builds easily using the instructions in the INSTALL file.
But on Centos 5 (or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) there are some dependencies to install first:
sudo apt-get install gettext-devel expat-devel curl-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel
From here the instructions in Git’s INSTALL file work just fine…
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390 days ago
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.
Which means you can give your Linux servers reliable online backup — stored on Amazon’s S3.
These instructions cover version 1.50 — which has a different config file and a number of settings than previous versions. If you’re still using an older version, see the instructions for version 1.30 or 1.40 that we published a while back.
Meanwhile, let’s get down to business with version 1.50. Our server install has three parts:
- JungleDisk command line program, which makes S3 look like a WebDav server
- Fuse, which makes WebDav look like a regular Linux filesystem
- rsync, the standard Linux power copy program
You’ve got rsync, and the other two aren’t much harder to install.
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438 days ago
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.
Which means you can give your Linux servers reliable online backup — stored on Amazon’s S3.
Here’s more about how JungleDisk works.
Meanwhile, let’s get down to business. Our server install has three parts:
- JungleDisk command line program, which makes S3 look like a WebDav server
- DavFS, which makes WebDav look like a regular Linux filesystem
- rsync, the standard Linux power copy program
You’ve got rsync, and the other two aren’t much harder to install. So here goes, for Ubuntu (6.10 or later) without XWindows installed.
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495 days ago
Both Photoshop and the Gimp are fabulous tools the pros use to make their photos of supermodels look like, well, supermodels.
So what’s a rank amateur to do? Why, take shortcuts!
This How-to, Five steps to hack Photoshop happiness, will get you by — at least until that supermodel walks into your life.
- Scan
- Crop
- Adjust color
- Unsharp mask
- Save as a jpeg or gif
