Posted on July 7, 2007 at 8:32 am
So you installed Ubuntu, got all excited about developing your Rails application on it, and then…
No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock)
No matter what you do, database connection doesn’t work. You reinstall Rails (of course you installed it via “sudo apt-get rails”, right??), reinstall MySql, recreate the database schema, change root’s password, install Kubuntu instead [...]
Posted on July 4, 2007 at 9:53 am
One of the best Windows Powertoys I’ve ever used is the “Open Command Window Here”. What it does is absolutely simple: it adds an option to the right-click menu to open the command line in a specific folder.
Achieving a similar effect on Gnome is a no-brainer: just create a bash script inside your Gnome [...]
Posted on June 10, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Truth must be said: Ubuntu (and it’s family of silly-named flavors - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Wubuntu, Whatevubuntu) is the first mainstream distribution to really shed some light of usability over the most beloved-or-hated OS of all times: Linux. A lot of people have been going through the hype of “free os”, blogging about their detox [...]
Posted on March 28, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Um post bem conciso que explica como instalar o Subversion (ja que o synaptics so instala a versao 1.3.alguma_coisa)
Se a instalacão não funcionar de primeira, de uma olhada nos comentários do post. No meu caso, o tal libexpat1-dev estava mesmo faltando…
Posted on March 28, 2007 at 4:59 pm
A great and concise set of tips for linux noobs out there (like me) to install Subversion 1.4.2 (synaptics only installs version 1.3.something…)
If the installation doesn’t work at first, read the comments on the post. It might be just a missing libexpat1-dev, like someone suggested (it was my case!)
… I won’t be laughing at the lies when I’m gone And I can’t question how or when or why when I’m gone Can’t live proud enough to die when I’m gone So I guess I’ll have to do it when I’m here.
