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Internet:Text

2005-10-05T15:51:02Z

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#Don't use CAPS LOCK unless you're intending for it to sound like you're obnoxiously yelling.
#Never use unnecessary colours.
#Use proper grammer and spelling.

Internet:Text

2005-10-05T15:50:50Z

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Don't use CAPS LOCK unless you're intending for it to sound like you're obnoxiously yelling.
Never use unnecessary colours.
Use proper grammer and spelling.

Main Page

2005-10-05T15:49:04Z

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== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers to all things geeky, like [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Unix], as well as general primers to the [[internet]].

You may have also been sent here because you're new to the [[internet]], or need to learn the etiquette.

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

Internet:Help Process

2005-10-05T15:48:26Z

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So you're stuck trying to do something on the internet. Your immediate reaction is
to get into a chat like IRC and ask someone for help. This is not the proper help process.

#Search online for yourself using a search engine. Learning how to search effectively is one of the handiest things you can know online.
#Look for your question in the FAQ for that product or service.
#Are there any other resources you can use? man pages? documentation from the vendor?
#If you're still stuck after trying these routes, it is maybe appropriate to ask for help on chat such as IRC.

The trick now is to ask in the appropriate channel, and this can often be determined by
joining the channel and lurking for a while before asking, to determine this is the proper forum.

Internet:Fighting

2005-10-05T15:41:27Z

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Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even if you win..
you're still retarded.

Patching

2005-10-05T15:38:53Z

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There are very few Operating Systems that have an adequate patching process for applications. The only two I recommend to someone who is too busy to track all of their installed applications is [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD] and [http://www.debian.org Debian GNU/Linux]. Apparently you can do this with RedHat and its offspring, but I've heard too many issues with "dependancy hell" to ever recommend this distribution.
With Debian it's as simple as "apt-get install update && apt-get install upgrade" and all of your installed applications will now be up to date!
With FreeBSD it's a little more complex. I've created two shell scripts which I've named update, and upgrade.
You will need [http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/portsnap portsnap], [http://www.freshports.org/security/portaudit portaudit] and [http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/portupgrade portupgrade] installed to use these:

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># update</nowiki>

<nowiki>/usr/local/sbin/portsnap fetch && /usr/local/sbin/portsnap update && pkg_version -v -l "<"</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># upgrade</nowiki>

<nowiki>portaudit -F && portaudit</nowiki>

<nowiki>portupgrade -a</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

Rumour has it that [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] is building a portupgrade tool, and I will surely switch to them at that point, based on their security history.

Patching

2005-10-05T15:37:19Z

192.168.3.2:

There are very few Operating Systems that have an adequate patching process for applications. The only two I recommend to someone who is too busy to track all of their installed applications is [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD] and [http://www.debian.org Debian GNU/Linux].
With Debian it's as simple as "apt-get install update && apt-get install upgrade" and all of your installed applications will now be up to date!
With FreeBSD it's a little more complex. I've created two shell scripts which I've named update, and upgrade.
You will need [http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/portsnap portsnap], [http://www.freshports.org/security/portaudit portaudit] and [http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/portupgrade portupgrade] installed to use these:

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># update</nowiki>

<nowiki>/usr/local/sbin/portsnap fetch && /usr/local/sbin/portsnap update && pkg_version -v -l "<"</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># upgrade</nowiki>

<nowiki>portaudit -F && portaudit</nowiki>

<nowiki>portupgrade -a</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

Rumour has it that [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] is building a portupgrade tool, and I will surely switch to them at that point, based on their security history.

Patching

2005-10-05T15:34:13Z

192.168.3.2:

There are very few Operating Systems that have an adequate patching process for applications. The only two I recommend to someone who is too busy to track all of their installed applications is [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD] and [http://www.debian.org Debian GNU/Linux].
With Debian it's as simple as "apt-get install update && apt-get install upgrade" and all of your installed applications will now be up to date!
With FreeBSD it's a little more complex. I've created two shell scripts which I've named update, and upgrade.
You will need portsnap, portaudit and portupgrade all installed to use these:

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># update</nowiki>

<nowiki>/usr/local/sbin/portsnap fetch && /usr/local/sbin/portsnap update && pkg_version -v -l "<"</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

<nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>

<nowiki># upgrade</nowiki>

<nowiki>portaudit -F && portaudit</nowiki>

<nowiki>portupgrade -a</nowiki>

<nowiki>#EOF</nowiki>

Rumour has it that [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] is building a portupgrade tool, and I will surely switch to them at that point, based on their security history.

Patching

2005-10-05T15:33:00Z

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Internet

2005-10-05T15:07:20Z

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Common rules regarding the usage of the Internet

1) [[Internet:Fighting]]

2) [[Internet:Help Process]]

3) [[Internet:Text]]

Main Page

2005-10-05T15:05:55Z

192.168.3.2: /* Geekness */

== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers to all things geeky, like [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Unix], as well as general primers to the internet. [[Solaris 10]]

You may have also been sent here because you're new to the [[internet]], or need to learn the etiquette.

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

IRC:2

2005-10-05T14:48:10Z

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This is help #2 for IRC

IRC:1

2005-10-05T14:47:52Z

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This is help #1 for IRC.

Help:About

2005-10-05T14:43:51Z

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If you want general help, I would recommend you try asking for it on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC].
If you would like help regarding this site, feel free to send an email to yashy at mail.yashy.com.

Solaris 10

2005-10-05T14:41:52Z

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One major change I've noticed in Solaris 10 is that admintool is gone. They have replaced it with smc (Solaris Management Console) which is a bloated client-server tool. I'll never understand why they don't add a little more to the single "hostname" binary for example, so that when you run "hostname foo" it would update the +5 neccesary files that need touched.

Solaris 10

2005-10-05T14:41:25Z

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Main Page

2005-10-05T14:35:42Z

192.168.3.2: /* Geekness */

== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers to all things geeky, like [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Unix], as well as general primers to the internet. [[Solaris 10]]

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

Main Page

2005-10-05T14:35:22Z

192.168.3.2: /* Geekness */

== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers to all things geeky, like [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix link Unix], as well as general primers to the internet. [[Solaris 10]]

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

Main Page

2005-10-05T01:06:19Z

192.168.3.2: /* Geekness */

== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers,
as well as general primers to the internet.

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

Main Page

2005-10-05T01:05:22Z

192.168.3.2: /* Geekness */

== Geekness ==

So the rough idea for this site was to create a Q&A section for common questions and answers, as well as general primers to the internet.

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.

Main Page

2005-10-05T01:04:07Z

192.168.3.2:

== Geekness ==

Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.