Tag Archives: Linux

MAMP apache freezing

Posted on February 6, 2015 by v.

I’ve switched to MacBook Pro Retina in November after repeating frustrations with different WiFi adapters in an HP ProBook 450 G1 on Ubuntu. I always read that MAMP/WAMP/XAMP is for ‘less experienced’ developers, while native installation (via homebrew on Mac) … Continue reading →

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Heartbleed OpenSSL bug and how to protect against it

Posted on April 9, 2014 by v.

The heartbleed bug was introduced in OpenSSL 1.0.1 and is present in 1.0.1 1.0.1a 1.0.1b 1.0.1c 1.0.1d 1.0.1e 1.0.1f The bug is not present in 1.0.1g, nor is it present in the 1.0.0 branch nor the 0.9.8 branch of OpenSSL … Continue reading →

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How to disable automatic upgrades on Ubuntu server?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by v.

One of the common arguments against using open source software in production is that it’s always changing, and you never know when an upgrade will break some feature or dependency. Despite the fact that Ubuntu people are trying to keep … Continue reading →

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Gedit adding newline at the end of file

Posted on May 4, 2011 by v.

Recently I’ve been checking out PHP sources of a friend’s web application. I’ve decided to use Gedit, as we needed a quick solution and eclipse was not in place (yet). We’ve managed to setup file permissions and database pretty fast and … Continue reading →

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