Linux Box
Finally got my Linux box up and running and in a somewhat stable state. All that has been accomplished so far:
Upcoming tasks I'd like to accomplish with it include installing a SQL database on it, install one of those productive screen savers like I used to have waaaaaaaaaay back in the day for SETI@home, perhaps start using it to serve up some pictures via my home pipe, and installing a webcam that allows me to check on my cats while I'm at work. Yeah, that would be awesomes.
I only feel a little accomplished as smarter, more focused individuals could have done the same thing I have but in a day or two. I swear I'm not as sharp as I used to be.
- FTP - I never knew setting up FTPs on Linux were such a pain in the ass, but they are. And considering the protocol itself is just as outdated on any other operating system, it probably doesn't matter what OS you use if you want to run one. I remember when I ran a Win2k box out of my parents basement with BulletProof FTP Server on it. Had the thing up and running in less than an hour. Linux? It takes you a week or so.
- Trac - This is basically a wikipedia platform that ties into a repository of some sort (like a folder that contains a bunch of source code for a program that isn't finished.)
- SVN - A piece of software that controls versioning. Think of it as a utility that manages who writes what and when in a file.
- Backup - I took a day and organized all the backups I had stored on an external drive and have sorted them neatly into their own directories on this machine. I know there's plenty of bits there, not all of it generated by me, but that they have some sort of importance to be kept there.
Upcoming tasks I'd like to accomplish with it include installing a SQL database on it, install one of those productive screen savers like I used to have waaaaaaaaaay back in the day for SETI@home, perhaps start using it to serve up some pictures via my home pipe, and installing a webcam that allows me to check on my cats while I'm at work. Yeah, that would be awesomes.
I only feel a little accomplished as smarter, more focused individuals could have done the same thing I have but in a day or two. I swear I'm not as sharp as I used to be.