Category Archives: Linux
A quick note on MySQL troubleshooting and MySQL replication
PLEASE NOTE: I am currently reviewing and extending this document. While caring for a remarkable amount of MySQL server instances, troubleshooting becomes a common task. It might of interest for you which Recovering a crashed MySQL server After a server … Continue reading
my package of the day – htop as an alternative top
“top” is one of those programs, that are used quite often but actually nobody talks about. It just does its job: showing statistics about memory, cache and cpu consumption, listing processes and so on. Actually top provides you some more … Continue reading
my package of the day – mtr as a powerful and default alternative to traceroute
Know the situation? Something is wrong with the network or you are just curious and want to run a “traceroute”. At least under most Debian based systems your first session will probably look like this: $ traceroute www.ubuntu.com command not … Continue reading
Don’t complain about it – make it better? Bug Jamming for a better tomorrow
Agreed, that was too much pathetic. But you got the point, didn’t you? Free software like every software is full of bugs and possibilities for enhancements. So is Ubuntu. But that’s okay, because we have the power to change it. … Continue reading
my (not yet) package of the day – circular application menu
(Not yet a package, but still interesting enough to tell and hey: bleeding edge.) Circular Application Menu for Gnome is a Google Code hosted project providing a different access method to your Gnome menu. Actually all it does, is displaying … Continue reading
First BBJ – Berlin Bug Jam – with MOTU Daniel Holbach on Monday, 16th of June at c-base Berlin
Ubuntu Berlin ist proud to present you the first BBJ: A “Berlin Bug Jam” with Ubuntu MOTU Daniel Holbach, who will rock the place, for sure. Don’t know what a “Bug Jam” is? Well, imagine it as a gettogether for … Continue reading
my package of the day: mpd – the Music Player Daemon
There are dozens of nice music players around, that’s for sure. You can choose between featur rich killer applications like Rhythmbox or Amarok, use old-school but up to date standards like XMMS or even a console classic like mp3blaster. Most … Continue reading
my package of the day: file – classify (unknown) files and mime-types on the console
You know this? Somebody just sent you a mail with attachments that don’t have usable file extensions so you don’t really know how to handle them. Audio file? PDF? What is it? The same problem might occur after a file … Continue reading
my package of the day: fish – the friendly interactive shell
Always wanted to learn using a shell more deeply? Maybe “fish“, the “friendly interactive shell” is the right kickoff for you. If you are already a heavy command line user with customized .bashrc or even .zshrc (like me), thank you … Continue reading
my package of the day: weather-util (weather report and forecast for the console)
Let me introduce you today into a tool that a lot of people might evaluate as useless: Jeremy Stanley’s weather-util. Whith this tiny python script, which finally found its way into Debian Etch and Ubuntu repositories, you can retrieve weather … Continue reading