Problems with video in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Posted by guille on May 1st, 2008 | 0 Comments Problems with video in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Thumbnail

I have just updated Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron  in my laptop. It is cool, works just great but has, as every new software, a few glitches developers will have to take care of.
One of those problems is that I am having problems at the moment reading AVI files. Some players got frozen or where displaying [...]

Django’s FastCGI init.d script for Linux

Posted by guille on Jan 12th, 2007 | 6 Comments Django’s FastCGI init.d script for Linux Thumbnail

Update 15 Jan 2007: I have updated the post as I’ve found a better implementation of this script. Indeed, in my previous solution I was running the server as root. Now I’ve simplified the script, eliminated the wrapper and I’m running my servers as a different user (www-data in my case).
In the constant search for [...]

Deployement of Nginx reverse proxy in my network

Posted by guille on Dec 31st, 2006 | 2 Comments Deployement of Nginx reverse proxy in my network Thumbnail

What a better day to improve a network that the last day of the year? Indeed, it’s what I’ve done with mine. Today, I’ve installed a reverse-load-balancer proxy in my network, Nginx.
I was feeling the need for a reverse proxy since the beginning. Once the VServer installed and with the freedom to create as many [...]

Linux VServer backups with rsync

Posted by guille on Dec 10th, 2006 | 0 Comments Linux VServer backups with rsync Thumbnail

I have described my server structure in a previous post. And that’s all very well. But you need a backup strategy.
Indeed, as I always say, if you think you should do a backup, it’s already too late. And lately, I have been thinking a bit too often about making backups.
One of the good readings for [...]

Django deployement on a personal server

Posted by guille on Nov 2nd, 2006 | 2 Comments Django deployement on a personal server Thumbnail

I have discussed in a previous post how my server was organized. I will discuss now how my Django web pages are organized.
When I started Django, I realized that one of the power of this framework was it’s flexibility. You could put your site on-line in 1000 different ways. But this flexibility (and lack of [...]

How my server works?

Posted by guille on Oct 30th, 2006 | 3 Comments How my server works? Thumbnail

After much reading, thinking, testing and looping all over again, I am arriving to an architecture that seems to work pretty well for my needs. Those needs are a personal server to host a few personal and test websites and support the basic needs of a geeky household: mail server, web server, DNS, music server, [...]

Distribuciones Linux en España, un problema o una ventaja?

Posted by guille on Oct 17th, 2006 | 0 Comments Distribuciones Linux en España, un problema o una ventaja? Thumbnail

En mi trabajo tengo un punto de vista privilegiado sobre las diferentes actuaciones de las Administraciones con respecto al software libre. Así, miro con admiración los esfuerzos que está haciendo Extremadura por la alfabetización digital.
Sin embargo, dentro del programa de Ciudades Digitales solamente, hay no menos de 3 distribuciones: Tirwal, LinuxGlobal y Daestradix. Eso sin [...]

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