Firstly, I’ve been using NearlyFreeSpeech for years, and they’ve always been great. They’re a very low cost hosting method, working on a pay-as-you-go basis. However, they’re not the best hosting environment for those that prefer things to ‘just work’. You need to be a little more technically minded to host your site with NFS, or at least have some patience.
For the last couple of years, I switched hosting of my main site (this one) to another hosting provider – BlueHost. However, in the last few months of my time with them, the level of service slipped considerably, to the point where large portions of my site would often disappear or fail to work properly. I switched back to NFS recently, and I’m so glad I did. Their hosting is quick, reliable, and affordable.
However, as I mentioned, it really is a bare bones solution. There’s no cpanel here. They wont install WordPress, etc, for you. You need to roll up your sleeves and get geeky in the terminal.
The biggest issue i’ve faced since moving my site back to NFS, is the inability to upgrade plugins successfully through the dashboard using WordPress 2.7. Continue reading 'Warnings Upgrading WordPress Plugins : NearlyFreeSpeech.net'»
I have a small low-power x86 machine at home running Debian 5.0. I regularly check for updates to any of the packages I have installed on it, and for a while its been offering an upgrade to MySQL. I dont use MySQL much at home, so I havent been too bothered about keeping that up to date. However, I got fed up of it nagging me, so I decided to proceed with the update. The following is what happened:
Preparing to replace mysql-server 5.0.51a-24 (using .../mysql-server_5.1.34-0.dotdeb.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mysql-server ...
(Reading database ... 120744 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mysql-server-5.0 ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Removing mysql-client-5.0 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.1.
(Reading database ... 118764 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-client-5.1 (from .../mysql-client-5.1_5.1.34-0.dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.34-0.dotdeb.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.1 (5.1.34-0.dotdeb.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.34-0.dotdeb.1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mysql ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
Continue reading 'Upgrading MySQL 5.0 to 5.1 on Debian 5.0'»
On 14th February 2009, Debian 5.0 (lenny) was officially released.
For a few years now, I’ve been running Debian GNU/Linux on my Linksys NSLU2 (commonly known as a ‘slug’). I use it to run various services on my home network, but primarily it’s used as an FTP interface to my ‘Toppy’, otherwise known as a Topfield TF5800 Freeview/DVB-T Hard Disk Recorder (PVR), and to populate its MyStuff EPG TAP with daily TV listings from the Radio Times.
The NSLU2 is a great little device. Its small (really small), low power, silent, relatively inexpensive and just works. Ive modified it to run at 266MHz, from the stock 133MHz. Note: This isnt overclocking it. The ARM CPU in use is designed to run at 266MHz, but its limited in the NSLU2 to run at 133MHz. A simple modification allows it to run at its full speed.
When I heard that lenny had been released, I thought I’d go ahead and update my slug, as I like to stay current. The great thing about Debian, is that it’s so easy to maintain. I logged in, and did the usual ‘apt-get update‘ followed by an ‘apt-get dist-upgrade‘, expecting a huge amount of updates to appear. What I actually saw was only a handful of packages offering themselves for the taking, and there was no sight of a full distribution upgrade.
Continue reading 'Upgrading Debian Etch to Lenny (on NSLU2)'»
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