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Edit Ubuntu or Debian locations to look for package sources

Tell Ubuntu or Debian GNU-Linux where to look for package sources, for instance, tell Ubuntu or Debian not to look at the CD.

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

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Upgrading Debian

This was tried on a completely empty installation. If it actually matters, you are advised to consult your nearest neighborhood GNU-Linux sysadmin.

And of course your first step would be to back up everything.

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  • Back everything up, including a list of installed packages. First two commands if necessary:

    cd /
    mkdir backup
    dpkg --get-selections > /backup/installed-software.log

    dpkg --set-selections < /backup/installed-software.log
    dselect

    Check what you have now:

  • MySQL rename database- better off getting it right the first time

    It's possible now in Drupal 5:

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/rename-database.html

    Resolution

    But you're better off just not doing it. The process isn't any easier than exporting the DB and reimporting, as you have to associate the user by hand anyway.

    Two kinds of action spaces

    From Pierre George, who has spent a lot of time thinking about this and trying to present it.

    (See attached file: structure.xls)

    i have been pondering our talk of yesterday and have two suggestions on
    coeditor and connections
    hope the following helps common understanding whatever the outcome
    Pierre

    High quality of various networking sites, no need for a united activist site?

    From [[WSF2008 site specifications v4]]

    Again there can be various such hub sites, but the need for hub sites conveying social forum identity is there, whereas the idea of a “single networking site” will be increasingly unrealistic given the high level of quality of various networking sites

    Really?

    James wrote something on your Wall.

    Charitable support of arts

    Notes from the start of Grassroots Fundraising: Secrets to Sustainability with Kim Klein

    http://www.namac.org/article.cfm?id=1&aid=1334&monly=0

    Charitable giving in the United States comes from:

    Lullabut Loves *You* - themers wanted, Drupal 6 preview podcast

    A belated listen to the New Features in 6 podcast, which was recorded July, Friday the 13th.

    From Lullabot Podcast #43 (a while ago)
    http://www.lullabot.com/audiocast/drupal_podcast_no_43_new_features_drupal_6

    "We are looking to build an expert file at Lullabot

    developers and especially themers

    send what you do and links off to your work

    Value of using full names instead of nicknames in site registration

    Pierre George 4:39 PM
    i call it a vision...it is not a functionnal spec .....it is a way to communicate
    i do not know if and how it can be implemented in drupal .. i am basically trying to meet some concerns of pluralism - horizontality - decentralizasion - accountability etc...
    Benjamin Melançon 4:41 PM
    Well one part that would be good to work out-- do we ask for real names or not? We can't enforce it, but we can encourage people to use their full name to log in
    Pierre George 4:41 PM
    it makes sense ... because that how they know each other

    PowerToGNU: Linux and why free software hasn't given power to the people... yet

    Con Kolivas has quit developing for the Linux kernel. He had made some very appreciated performance improvements for desktops, and quit because without a way to quantify these improvements in a test, they were not being accepted by the full-time developers, who are mostly employed by major users of Linux for giant servers.

    This is an important point for every open source free software project, no matter how friendly we think we are:

    Saving a read-only file after making a lot of changes before finding out

    If you accidentally do a lot of edits in vi to a read-only file, or rather a file to which you do not have write permission and forgot to sudo in, you can do the following to save it elsewhere temporarily and then overwrite the original.

    Let's say its name is recalcitrant file:

    From inside vi:

    :sav ~/temporary.file
    :q
    <code>
    Then:
    <code>
    sudo mv ~/temporary.file recalcitrant.file

    Pitfalls: you should check the owner of the file you were trying to edit and set your temporary file back to that

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