I finally got around to upgrading this site to WordPress 2.5. Since it coincided with the release of WordPress 2.5.1 I went straight to this version even though all my testing was with the earlier 2.5.0 version. The upgrade itself was extremely straight-forward.
Earlier in the week I made sure all my plugins were at [...]
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Even though I’m still in the middle of building my Ubuntu test server I decided to go ahead and upgrade it to Ubuntu Server 8.04 (Hardy Heron). Sure, I’m still learning all this stuff and this will make it harder to troubleshoot problems. Upgrade issue? My configuration error? Oh well, it’s all for fun [...]
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Canonical has released Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in both desktop and server editions. LTS means “Long term Support” and the desktop version will be supported through 2011 and the server through 2013.
Canonical has instruction for upgrading from earlier versions via the GUI .
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Apple has released Safari 3.1.1 for both OS X and Windows. I installed it on my two Leopard Macs without a problem through Apple’s Software Update and a reboot was required. It’s also available as a standalone download.
The update includes four security fixes (two are Windows only). One of the patches plugs the [...]
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Things are moving along with the Ubuntu Server Project but there’s a bunch of small tasks and configuration changes that will make life easier going forward. This article will cover installing vsftpd, setting up a self-signed SSL certificate in Apache, and configuring my local Mac to access the Ubuntu server virtual machine by name. [...]
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There’s no OS Quest Trail Log this week. The day job and other activities have kept me away from the computer so not much happened. Hopefully that will change this coming week. Enjoy the week and happy tax day to those of you in the U.S.
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