Category Archives: Linux

Cool POSIX app to colourize your terminal applications

Posted on March 15, 2005 by dan

http://cwrapper.sourceforge.net is a great application for colourizing the output from programs like make, gcc, ps, df, etc. I find it particularly usefull for make and gcc since it highlights warnings and errors. Its extremely easy to install. I had to … Continue reading →

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Running Xen Linux

Posted on January 5, 2005 by dan

I upgraded the server from User Mode Linux to XEN Linux. The benefits so far are that it is much faster CPU and IO wise, and I’m going to look at it to see if it’s more efficient on memory … Continue reading →

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Subversion Backend Great

Posted on December 20, 2004 by dan

I’ve been running with the new subversion fsfs backend for a while now, and had zero problems. I’m really happy with it, and now I’ll stick with subversion. Thanks to the subversion team for doing a great job on a … Continue reading →

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Subversion New Backend

Posted on October 20, 2004 by dan

I switched to subversion quite a while ago, and so far I’ve really missed CVS. The features in subversion are great, but ultimately I put my work in it because I want to protect it from getting lost. Subversion repositories … Continue reading →

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DVD Authoring from Sony DVD Camcorder

Posted on October 20, 2004 by dan

I had 3 DVD’s from my wedding that I wanted to master into one DVD after taking only the good clips. Also, I had a WMV video that I wanted to burn into the same DVD. I managed to accomplish … Continue reading →

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