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Finding the best apt mirror in Ubuntu

March 22, 2008

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I wanted to speed up package downloading to set up my apt-proxy today in Gutsy, so I decided to find the correct way to find the fastest Ubuntu mirror. It’s actually done like so (stolen from here): Click on “System | Administration | Software Sources” Under “Ubuntu Sotware” tab, choose “Other” in the “Download from” list box. Choose your country and then click “Select Best Server” and choose the recommendation. This automatically updates the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. The same utility can [...]

How to make a Flash Line Chart in Rails using Ziya

February 16, 2008

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Ziya is pretty cool, and the documentation is slowly starting to surface. I was annoyed that I couldn’t find a good example paste of how to make a line chart. Then I watched the screencast. It’s the first example he does, so I’m posting it here so those who can’t watch it can actually find out how to do it. I’m going to operate on the precondition that you’ve installed Ziya and included it in your controller properly. Do the [...]

wxWASTE on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

November 11, 2007

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Installing the package Most people will want this. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list at the bottom: # Hankzilla deb http://modzer0.cs.uaf.edu/~hardwarehank/deb binary/ Then run a sudo apt-get update. Then install it with sudo apt-get install wxwaste. Run it with waste. Building from source Get it Install some dependencies: # Checkinstall is optional, but it makes it nice since removal is just thru apt. sudo apt-get install wx-common libwxgtk2.6-dev wx2.6-headers checkinstall Unpack the source, then ./configure && make && sudo checkinstall [...]

Hacking a WRT54G v8 With DD-WRT

October 6, 2007

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So, last month sometime, BrainSlayer got DD-WRT working on version 8 of the WRT54G. Now this was great news to me when I read it since I’ve been wanting to get rid of the crappy LinkSys management from the beginning. Some of the procedure worked, and some of it didn’t for me. Do not try this if you don’t know exactly what you’re getting into.

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