Just a quick afterthought to my last post, if you are trying the get the integrated ethernet network card and the integrated (nvidia) video working in your Shuttle based hardware (specifically Shuttle SN68SG2), there is an easy (and fast) solution here: Browser Problems - Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box - Part 2 of 2
The hardware used for this was:
Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone - NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, 250 Watt Power Supply.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 42...
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Earlier this month, I posted Part 1 of "Browser Problems - Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box" where the issue of being able to load different environments to test web site development was discussed. In this post (Part 2), I've received all the hardware (Shuttle SN68SG2) and am happy to note that the unit is Linux compatible. I've installed Ubuntu Linux 8.04 x64 (Hardy) on it.
I did have two issues to fix after the initial install.
1) The integrated network card did not seem to work.
2) The integrated video was sho...
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I had an interesting discussion yesterday with the owner of LaLa Media (lalamedia.ca). The conversation focused on the issues of developing web sites that are cross platform friendly. Invariably the problem dealing with browser bugs came up. In particular how IE6 appears to be especially buggy and how it tends to have problems with CSS/XHTML div positioning (among other things).
Side note: As I've mentioned before, the upkeep of this site is a financial burden (but I think this blog does provide value to the commun...
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Last March I posted "Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?". The comments provided by readers was very informative and I learned quite a bit from it.
Blogging is great because so many people provide valuable input, and often can correct errors I sometimes might make. That's a bonus. However, back to the subject at hand...
A reader of this blog (Bob Townsend) commented saying:
"As a system administrator, I have plenty of access to laptops to use as I please. The problem is they are all 4 years old. ...
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During the weekend (Saturday), UbuntuLinuxHelp was down for almost 12 hours. Fortunately the hosting provider had data backups and there was no data loss. In any event, I also keep backups, so the added redundancy helps to protect the content. Up to now, the server has been configured to create a daily backup of databases and certain directories; and those (.gz files) are downloaded manually to another location later.
But, what if there were no backups? What if your hosting provider cannot restore data at their end...
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