I work with Linux most days, and run it on pretty much all my desktops. So the a few days back I was feeling a bit jaded about doing the same old stuff and started Googling for some interesting things to do. I saw lots of posts about desktop related stuff, but not so much server side things. The goal is fun a play here… with a bit more effort I came up with the following ideas Read more…
In the recent past I’ve had some helpful feedback on how this blog is loading and/or bits that a busted. Thanks to all who offered their observations and suggestions. That is most appreciated.
A while back I started using the Producer theme, which seemed to work great and had lots of nice features. Unfortunately those features have seemed a bit buggy or unusable on occasions, and reports of the site loading slowly or inconsistently were the last straw. So I’ve reverted back to the iNove theme I used before, which provides a great middle ground between features and simplicity. And just works out of the box.
I hope that will be helpful to all you faithful visitors out there who keep coming back, thanks again…
IMHO, there are four parts to managing services in most linux distributions.
First you need to decide what services you really need. The less software you have running on your desktop or server, the easier it is to maintain long term. This is important both for security and in terms of allocating valuable resources.
Use the netstat command to check which services are listening to external ports, and the ps command to see the global process list for your server
Secondly find out how to control the service
Third, you may need to enable some services in the distribution configuration. For example under Ubuntu, to enable the Apache server edit /etc/default/apache2 to allow that to be run by default
Fourth tweak automated running services.
That should help you get started on working out what is important to have running on your Linux server or desktop.
I’ve mentioned the Cynefin model before, or at least the Cognitive Edge site. And here is a bit more to add to that fascinating network of ideas around knowledge, story and leadership.
The article I’m talking about? Why its right here at Masters of Order and Un-Order.
10 Things No One Tells You About Parenthood…
nough said ;P
Brandon Checketts
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