Archive for April, 2008

Quick Tip: Ubuntu default runlevel

/etc/inittab:
id:3:initdefault

Personal internet acceleration, part 1

My SFF server machine has been configured to speed up my digital life.

Using binary NVidia 8800GT drivers on Ubuntu Gutsy

In order for me to use the official binary drivers, version 169.12, from NVidia with my GeForce 8800GT on Ubuntu Gutsy, I had to do some research. Alberto Milone’s envy tool makes the whole thing almost idiot-proof.

Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64, LVM, and Xen from repositories

For a weekend project, I installed and configured Xen as a virtual machine hosting solution on Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 using LVM for drive/partition management.

God is watching over my Rails

On my home server, I’m using God to monitor many server daemons using clean, elegant Ruby code.