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Setting up the developer stack issues
There’s a great post on Coding Horror about Configuring the Stack. Basically the gripe is with the complexity of installing the typical developer stack, in this case on Windows, using Visual Studio. My VS setup isn’t vastly different to the one Je…
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Controlling OS X volume through Cron
One of the biggest annoyances of working from home is that with the computers in the room next door, the volume of your computers can cause a problem if someone suddenly calls you on Skype, or your backup software suddenly kicks in and starts beep…
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MySQL on Solaris
Frank Mash has started a brilliant series on making the best of running MySQL on the Solaris platform: Managing MySQL on Solaris 10: Part 1: Introduction Managing MySQL on Solaris 10: Part 2: Solaris Kernel Threads Model Managing MySQL on Solaris …
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PCI Device list for Solaris x86
Sun have released an updated list of PCI devices for Solaris x86; check this if you plan to run Solaris on your PC. PCI Device Support for Solaris OS on x86 Platforms
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Sun Studio 11 Commands
I’m really only just getting used to the Sun Studio 11 environment after years of using gcc, so quick guides to the Sun Studio 11 command line environment are a great way to get familiar. There’s just such a list on BigAdmin: Commands for Sun Stud…
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Niagara optimized ‘cooltools’
I’m in the process of doing some testing on the T1000 which I currently have on test at the moment. Some of these tests will be entirely focused on the performance of Cheffy, which uses a combination of Apache, MySQL and Perl. I’ve also been think…
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Getting Solaris 10 working in Parallels
I have a few tips on getting Solaris 10 running in a virtual machine within Parallels on an Intel-based Mac OS X box, available through Getting Solaris 10 working in Parallels. I haven’t yet tried it on the MacBook Pro, but then that’s only made i…
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Solaris Apache MySQL PHP – SAMP
There’s a good step-by-step guide at Sun’s BigAdmin site on how to configure your Solaris box for SAMP – the Solaris equivalent of the LAMP stack. The short, but sweet, article can be found here. I use SAMP on the Ultra3 as my development platform…
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Wireless networking in OpenSolaris
No sooner have I started this blog – designed to cover my experiences of using Solaris 10 as the main operating system on my Sony laptop – than the folks at Sun develop the wireless kit to make using a wireless network on your OpenSolaris box avai…