Recently I started using SmartSVN running remotely on a Solaris 10 server and displaying on my Windows XP machine via Xming (the free Xserver). I quickly ran into some performance and usability issues which I hope to have solved.

There is an apparently known issue with running Java programs via X which causes all sorts…

While the data sheet claims support for Solaris, there are several caveats which I have run into.

1. There is no mention of ZFS support in the data sheet and apparently, there is no support in the software either. One would expect this to be a non-question since ZFS has been part…

You may say, “It only takes me 3 hours to do a full backup of everything”, but over time backup windows are notorious for becoming too small. Backups are split over multiple days, technologies upgraded, etc. When planning a backup strategy, my approach is to eliminate the backup window altogether- that is do whatever…

Someone currently building an internal development environment required some integration between servers using SSH and the webservd user. He came to me when he saw that the default home directory for the webservd user is /.  He didn’t want to create a /.ssh/authorized_keys file and I didn’t blame him. My first reaction was to…

Recently I’ve been migrating my old Blogger content to WordPress. I’ve been considering this ever since Blogger announced it’s new layout / format which required hosting the blog on their servers. Finally I found the energy to tackle the beast but quickly hit my first obstacle- how to import the old Blogger posts.