Posts Tagged irc
All Settled In
I’m running from my new VPS now. It has a healthy 1GB RAM (much better than the 384 I used to have!). And everything seems to be running smoothly.
I did have possibly the most unusual method of moving my blog over – in that I zipped up the directory, moved it over to the new VPS, and imported the database, same for the apache2 settings. Luckily, 98% of it went without a hitch! A few issues with virtual hosts and mod_rewrite, but that’s all.
I now have a constant IRC presence, because I’m no longer limited by the VPS provider on what I can and can’t use (gotta love having a friend with a server!). And yes – it’s running Ubuntu 8.04 Server 
Jaunty Java
Posted by Joe in Programming, Ubuntu, Uni on February 13th, 2009
Ok so this post has nothing to do with Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04) & Java as a whole, it’s about the 2 separate subjects, and my lack of knowledge regarding them (currently!).
So I’m thinking that when I’ve got a bit of free time I’m going to try Jaunty in a VM, just because I’ve not actually tried it at all so far, I’m a bit disappointed in myself! From what I’ve heard on IRC and generally from people using it, there’s been the usual breakage of some things, but that’s to be expected. Other than that I’ve actually heard a lot of positive things about it, so I’m looking forward to actually installing it on my system 
As for Java, some of you may know that I’m on a Software Engineering course at University. This means I do a fair amount of programming and general sitting-in-front-of-a-computer-looking-busy . One of the modules on my course this year is OO (Object-Oriented) Software Development, for which we’re using Java. Now I’m not a huge fan of Java, but I can appreciate it has many uses, and I don’t mind coding in it. The only issue is that, from the lectures, I don’t actually have a fantastic understanding of OO Methods and such. So I got a book out of my Uni library – Java in Two Semesters – so far, it’s actually really good, and I already have a better understanding of things 
Now I just have to finish an assignment!
One final comment – I’ll be changing my Planet Ubuntu feed in the coming week to include all posts from my blog, as I’d say that 99% of my posts relate to Ubuntu in some way
A Late New Years Resolution
I know we’re well over 2 weeks into the new year, but I thought I’d post this anyway…partly as evidence.
Fact is, I procrastinate…a lot…and it’s all too easy for me. So I’ve decided that when it comes to University work, I’ll actually try and do it instead of sitting idling on IRC, browsing the forums, or going on Facebook. I mean…obviously I’ll still be doing those, but it should be in between doing work. Not doing work in between doing those things.
I think this partly means I have to use Ubuntu more (yay!). Because I can never be bothered to fiddle with it all that much, but the main piece of work I have for Uni right now is to write a unix shell, so the 2 go hand in hand So that’s my plan, and I’m sincerely hoping I stick to it.
Either way, there’s now public evidence of me saying it, so we’ll find out soon enough!!
Slicehost
Now, I’m sure a great many of you have at least looked into getting dedicated web hosting or VPS Servers at some point or another, I know I have! The real killer on it for me, was partly cost, and partly due to the fact that I would be limited as to what was on there, as I couldn’t install anything on the server – no company would give you root access for obvious reasons.
Well I found out that’s not quite true! Slicehost give you FULL root access. How or why may be what you’re thinking…well it’s because you actually have a virtual machine on one of their servers. What’s even better is that they’re not slow servers either!
I personally have a 256 Slice as I don’t really need a massively powerful server. I’ll let you read the other types of slices on their website, but the 256 Slice gives me:
- 256MB RAM
- 10GB Hard Drive Space
- 100GB Bandwidth
I personally think it’s a brilliant idea, and it costs me $20 per month (now as I’m in the UK that works out to about £11.50). Some people may have noticed that I’m on IRC 24/7 now too…screen and irssi work great for that I should also point out that all the servers you can install are Linux servers, they offer plenty (I noticed Gentoo 2007.0 got updated to 2008.0 recently) – mine runs…Ubuntu of course
From my (albeit brief) experience, I’d highly recommend Slicehost to anybody looking for hosting of any sort next time you’re in the market for it.
rsync & Python
I just finally got around to using rsync to backup my laptop to my home server
It’s really good, I’d recommend it to anybody for a good backup solution. I’ve backed up my entire home folder to it (but not onto the samba share ) I thought about that one!!
I’m now looking for another mini project, SVN was considered, but I guess it’s a little overkill. Still, I need something to do!
On another note, st33med from the UbuntuForums and Beginners Team held a python tutoring session today on ##beginners-classroom (on irc.freenode.net) And it went on for a whole 3 hours!! It was originally planned to be half an hour
I believe the logs are currently being sorted out. I have to say I enjoyed it, and I’m looking forward to further tutoring sessions held by members of the Ubuntu Community. Congrats to st33med
