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Ruby 1.8.5 on RHEL 4
While working on deploying puppet 2.6.0 onto RHEL4, I found that the supported ruby version of 1.8.1 does not have the right support for default_argv [ continue reading... ]
Category: Fedora & RedHat
Setting Password Complexity SLES 11
Recently I got a copy of SLES 11, that I decided to setup to compare against the RHEL I’m running in the enterprise space (for [ continue reading... ]
Installing Google Chrome – openSUSE Fedora Repository RPM
Recently someone emailed me and said they couldn’t get Google Chrome installed on their openSUSE 11 box. So I decided to write up a little [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4 Windows Switching Preview – openSUSE
By ben.kevan on Dec 22, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
I decided to check out the different Windows Switching options in KDE 4, and decided I’d give a little preview of the 5 different methods [ continue reading... ]
Amarok 2.2.1.90 KDE 4.4 – Track Progressions
By ben.kevan on Dec 21, 2009 in Arch Linux, Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
Recently I upgraded to Amarok 2.2.1.90 from 2.2.0 while testing out some KDE 4.4. However, when I first started listening to the music I realized [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4.4 Beta 2 Released – openSUSE
By ben.kevan on Dec 21, 2009 in Arch Linux, Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
From the KDE.org Website: I’ll be writing a little bit about blogilo, which I have used since it’s inception and find it quite compelling. Plasma [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4 Dolphin Terminal Integration Introduction
By ben.kevan on Dec 18, 2009 in Arch Linux, Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
If you follow my blog you’ll know that I’ve recently switched backed to KDE from GNOME, and I recently found a feature that I really [ continue reading... ]
Patching Linux Servers in the Enterprise
Do you do it? Is the process automated? What updates do you apply? So recently a discussion came of patching some Linux servers in the [ continue reading... ]
64-Bit Native Linux Macromedia Flash – openSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu
By ben.kevan on Dec 14, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, Linux Mint, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, Web Browsers, openSUSE & SUSE
Recently Adobe released a native 64-Bit native version of the popular Flash plugin. Here’s an excerpt from their site: You can download the packages here. [ continue reading... ]
Fedora 13 Codenamed Goddard
By ben.kevan on Dec 10, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat
The Fedora Polls have closed for the naming of the next release of Fedora, Fedora 13. The results were as follwed: I find this hilarious [ continue reading... ]
Chrome Beta for Linux 4.0.249.30 on openSUSE
By ben.kevan on Dec 09, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, Linux Mint, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, Web Browsers, openSUSE & SUSE
I forgot my laptop at home today, so I was unable to install Chrome while I was at work. (yes, that’s an embarrassing story). But [ continue reading... ]
Google Chrome goes Beta for Linux – openSUSE Fedora Ubuntu Debian
By ben.kevan on Dec 08, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, Web Browsers, openSUSE & SUSE
Today Google has annonced that Google Chrome is now in Beta for Linux thanks to the continued work and testing from the Chromium Project. You [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4.4 Window Style Oxygen meets Nitrogen
By ben.kevan on Dec 07, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, Linux Mint, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
One awesome improvement to KDE 4.4, that doesn’t get enough attention is the move of the Nitrogen upstream and merged with Oxygen. If you’re not [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4.4 Solid Auto Mount Enhancements
As an addition to my previous posting of KDE 4.4 Enhancements, I thought I’d bring to the forefront, that another great feature that will be [ continue reading... ]
KDE 4.4 Beta 1 – Tabbed Windows Review – openSUSE
By ben.kevan on Dec 05, 2009 in Fedora & RedHat, GNOME & KDE, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu & Kubuntu, openSUSE & SUSE
Ok, I have to admit when I first thought or heard of this feature in KDE 4.4, I wasn’t really excited. I thought.. now why [ continue reading... ]
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