LearnByDoingIT http://www.learnbydoingit.org “One must learn by doing things, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.” - Greek philosopher, Aristotle Fri, 28 May 2010 19:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 One Application to Remember to Install on Ubuntu http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/one-application-to-remember-to-install-on-ubuntu/ http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/one-application-to-remember-to-install-on-ubuntu/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 19:07:08 +0000 John http://www.learnbydoingit.org/?p=147 Ubuntu Restricted Extras

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Installs Java, Flash, fonts, codecs.  [...]]]> http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/one-application-to-remember-to-install-on-ubuntu/feed/ 0 SheildUP! http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/sheildup/ http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/sheildup/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 17:21:02 +0000 John http://www.learnbydoingit.org/?p=141 I have been using Steve Gibson’s http://www.grc.com utilities and services such as ShieldsUP! from back in the beginning of Internet Time.  My favorite recollection is actually exchanging emails on some point in the mid 90s.  I actually contributed in an extremely minor way!  I also remind myself that there are some solid lessons to learn from [...]]]> http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/05/sheildup/feed/ 0 Is The Web Server You Deploy Secure? http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-the-web-server-you-deploy-secure-2/ http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-the-web-server-you-deploy-secure-2/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:42:16 +0000 John http://www.learnbydoingit.org/?p=133 Website security is a big deal, in the shop today I am testing out Websecurify which is an automated web application security scanner.  A quick shoutout to Muhammad Usama Alam at Smash!ng Apps that gave this one a quick review and brought it to my attention .  You can find the code hosted on Google Code.  [...]]]> http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-the-web-server-you-deploy-secure-2/feed/ 0 Let’s Make the Server Faster http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/lets-make-the-server-faster/ http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/lets-make-the-server-faster/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:57:32 +0000 John http://www.learnbydoingit.org/?p=122 I subscribe to the belief that constant monitoring for performance improvement is counter productive.  At the same time, I am old enough to remember when each adjustment made a difference to constantly scarce resources.  At irregular intervals which occur after I notice something slow in the page being rendered in the browser I wait for an [...]]]> http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/lets-make-the-server-faster/feed/ 0 Is it Time For Arch in the Workshop? http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-it-time-for-arch-in-the-workshop/ http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-it-time-for-arch-in-the-workshop/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:10:05 +0000 John http://www.learnbydoingit.org/?p=110 I was reading this post by Charles Schultz (not that one) and I am pondering setting up Arch on a machine, or even a VM to see what I think.

Post is below so I can refer to it in a hurry, read his.

I also had a couple of questions about the package manager, as I find [...]]]> http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2010/03/is-it-time-for-arch-in-the-workshop/feed/ 0