Archive for July, 2011

Hosts file for blocking ads and other unwanted crap. speeds up browsing also

by: WanderingTechy July 30, 2011

I used to use a hosts file supplied by a website that has now ceased operations. http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html however  I found this new one from a slashdot post. http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Arch Linux review plus XFCE4 vs KDE

by: WanderingTechy July 27, 2011

I have played with Ubuntu in the past and found it bloated and buggy.  I recently tried using Centos as a desktop OS as that is what I develop for and use mostly.  Unfortunately Centos whilst being a brilliant server OS is no good as a desktop unfortunately. I have decided to give arch linux [...]

Upgrading to php 5.3 in Centos 5.6

by: WanderingTechy July 19, 2011

Very simple to use repository at Atomic Corp. Thanks guys http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/

Centos 5.6 with Three 3g Dongle ZTE MF112

by: WanderingTechy July 18, 2011

I am setting up a developement laptop that will connect to the internet using a Three 3G modem.  It is a ZTE MF112. This didn’t automatically work in Centos 5.6 and I had no other way of getting it connected to the net so this is what I eventually discovered.  Update the Kernel. Install Sakis3g [...]

Find and Replace across multiple files

by: WanderingTechy July 15, 2011

For example I recently needed to change the paths on 100′s of files across multiple sites on a plesk server where the imported sites had come from an ancient ensim install.  It did over 1,000 replaces. I have replaced the domain name with example.com to protect the identity of the site in question.  The php [...]