Category Archives: Linux

The Journey Back to Linux

Friday, January 4th, 2008
As part of starting my new job I’ve had to decide what kind of workstation to order. I’m fortunate in that my manager has given me the choice between a generic PC and an Apple machine. There was a time when I used Linux exclusively for all of my desktop and development needs, but about [...]
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PAM Authentication for Apache, Trac and SVN

Thursday, January 4th, 2007
I’m going to describe how to get two of my favourite development tools, Trac and Subversion, to authenticate against PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module). For those who might not be familiar, Trac is a wiki that has integrated SCM and issue tracking. It’s written in Python and it’s incredibly useful. I’ve been using Subversion for version [...]
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Xen Hosting

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
I recently made the decision to move from a shared hosting account to a dedicated server. I was very happy with my shared hosting provider (WebFaction) but it’s not uncommon for me to have several websites or trac wikis or subversion repositories all going at once. I need these to be accessible to me [...]
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