The Vendor Client relationship
This should be part of every client kick off meeting, if you are a consultant.
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A Sneak Peek at Upcoming Linux Mint 11
Linux Mint, an ubuntu derivative, posted a preview of what’s included in there next release, Linux Mint 11. It sounds like they are positioning themselves as a nice alternative for users who don’t like Unity or the new Gnome interface, and users who can’t run the newfangled UIs. One of the most noteable features of
Use git and subversion together.
Are you still using SVN but have some users clamoring to try out git? Kris.me.uk details all the commands and workflow to make it work. While I’ve known that git had some svn integration available, I prefered to switch cold-turkey to git. You can read the reasons I switched to git. This article looks at
The State of Boxee, Roku and Tivo
I’ve been satisfied, and complacent, with my Tivo (i think its a series3), but I’ve kept my eye on both Roku and Boxee as alternatives. It definitely seems that the pace of innovation at Tivo, measued in years not months, may turn into a liability for them. Once I can get MLS Live, FSC, and
Why switch to git?
Clone … What could possibly go wrong? If you’re a coder, you’ve already heard about distributed version control systems (DVCS) and git in particular. I was content, almost complacent, in my usage of subversion to manage my source code, both for personal projects and at work. Subversion was intended as a “compelling” upgrade for CVS,
China’s high speed rail waste
China’s high speed rail was supposed to be a model for the US to follow. I hope this gives pause to the billions of dollars that the federal government wants to pour down this black hole. Liu’s legacy, in short, is a system that could drain China’s economic resources for years. So much for the
Printing with CUPS and KDE4
Printing in linux has always been a particular headache for me, and probably many users.There is a myriad of systems that have to talk to each other to get it to work. You have CUPS which takes care of making your computer talk to the printer, various packages like foomatic and ghostscript that you may
Google using SPDY protocol
Google’s approach to speeding up the web, explained by Kimsall below, is in stark contrast to Microsoft’s approach to trying to dominate the web 12 years ago. Google’s approach can cut pageload times about in half, and can really help large and complicated sites that make a lot of requests. There’s already a proof-of-concept SPDY
Git & Drupal Deployment
THOUGHTS Drupal Development and Deployment using Git | ruzee.com – Steffen Rusitschka