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When sysadmining a number Debian machines, you start to get sick of the default login message very quickly (and they all start to look the same too!): Linux alpha 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed May 18...
View ArticleAptitude List Recently Installed
Below is a grep one-liner to look through the logs and find out what was recently installed. Comes in handy if you can't remember what the exact name of that package you installed earlier was. grep...
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Monitor Sleep on Screen Lock
I lock my screen when I know I'm popping away from the computer for a few minutes. It therefore makes sense to place the screen(s) in sleep mode while I'm away. On Linux, I use this handy script from a...
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sysv-rc-conf
I discovered sysv-rc-conf today. sysv-rc-conf is a nice ncurses interface to view the runlevels of services in the /etc/init.d/ directory. sysv-rc-conf is available in the Debian and Ubuntu repos:...
View Articledpkg list files
I discovered the -L switch on dpkg recently. It is used to view what files were installed as a result of installing a particular package. jmccrohan@lambda:~$ dpkg -L lsb-base /. /lib /lib/lsb...
View ArticleOpenJDK System Proxy
By default, OpenJDK, the default Java virtual machine used by Debian and Ubuntu, does not obey system-wide proxy settings. To rectify this, edit /etc/java-6-openjdk/net.properties, and change...
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Update Intel CPU Microcode
You are probably familiar with the terms firmware and drivers in the context of computer hardware, and the endless updating that they require. Most people associate these drivers and firmware updates...
View ArticleDebian Gitweb server
After getting sick of GitHub's clunky closed-source interface, I decided to migrate my repositories to my own Debian-based server using the gitweb web interface. Considering that I already have SSH...
View ArticleFIGlet 2.2.5-1
I've uploaded FIGlet 2.2.5-1 to Debian. This long-overdue update resolves all the existing licensing issues, and allows the package to move back to main, after an extended period in non-free. _ _ _ __...
View ArticleNew packages in Debian 7.0 Wheezy
Given that Debian 7.0 Wheezy will be released in a few hours, I thought it would be a good time to take part in Michael Prokop's #newinwheezy effort to publicise the new packages that have uploaded to...
View ArticleDebian /etc/ Cleanup
After upgrading a Debian system, it is a good idea to clean up any old configuration files that remain in /etc/. The following one-liner should find most of them for you: find /etc/ -name "*.dpkg-dist"...
View ArticleDebian Ireland User Group Meetup: Festive Drinks
The Debian Ireland User Group will be meeting for festive drinks this Thursday, 19th Dec 2013, at 20:00 in The Long Stone, Townsend Street, Dublin 2. All welcome. For more information, please see the...
View ArticleThanks Valve!
Just a quick post to say thanks to Valve Corporation for generously offering free Valve game subscriptions to Debian Developers. Also thanks to Neil, Jo and everyone else at Collabora for making this...
View ArticleGit remote helpers
If you follow upstream Git development closely, you may have noticed that the Mercurial and Bazaar remote helpers (use git to interact with hg and bzr repos) no longer live in the main Git tree. They...
View ArticleNew packages in Debian 8.0 Jessie
[I liked the #newinwheezy effort for the last Debian release, so I tipped Mika off about it again this time] A short post about what is #newinjessie, Debian's new 8.0 Jessie release. See Mika's...
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