Sociological Images 2015Sociological Images 2015
The above sign was at the Melbourne Docks in December 2014 when I was returning from a cruise. I have no idea why there are 3 men and 1 woman[...]
LUV Server Upgrade to JessieLUV Server Upgrade to Jessie
On Sunday night I started the process of upgrading the LUV server to Debian/Jessie from Debian/Wheezy. My initial plan was to just upgrade Apache first but dependencies required upgrading systemd[...]
Mail Server TrainingMail Server Training
Today I ran a hands-on training session on configuring a MTA with Postfix and Dovecot for LUV. I gave each student a virtual machine running Debian/Jessie with full Internet access[...]
Running a Shell in a Daemon DomainRunning a Shell in a Daemon Domain
allow unconfined_t logrotate_t:process transition; allow logrotate_t { shell_exec_t bin_t }:file entrypoint; allow logrotate_t unconfined_t:fd use; allow logrotate_t unconfined_t:process sigchld; I recently had a problem with SE Linux policy related to[...]
A Long Term Review of Android DevicesA Long Term Review of Android Devices
Xperia X10 My first Android device was The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i [1]. One of the reasons I chose it was for the large 4″ screen, nowadays the desirable phones[...]
The Purpose of a Code of ConductThe Purpose of a Code of Conduct
On a private mailing list there have been some recent discussions about a Code of Conduct which demonstrate some great misunderstandings. The misunderstandings don’t seem particular to that list so[...]
BTRFS TrainingBTRFS Training
Some years ago Barwon South Water gave LUV 3 old 1RU Sun servers for any use related to free software. We gave one of those servers to the Canberra makerlab[...]
RAID PainRAID Pain
One of my clients has a NAS device. Last week they tried to do what should have been a routine RAID operation, they added a new larger disk as a[...]
Smart Phones Should Measure Charge SpeedSmart Phones Should Measure Charge Speed
My first mobile phone lasted for days between charges. I never really found out how long it’s battery would last because there was no way that I could use it[...]
One Android Phone Per ChildOne Android Phone Per Child
I was asked for advice on whether children should have access to smart phones, it’s an issue that many people are discussing and seems worthy of a blog post. Claimed[...]