Ubuntu on EC2
This is just a short post to say, if you’re into Ubuntu, and you’re into Amazon EC2, then Eric Hammond’s alestic.com, Scott Moser’s blog, and the ec2-ubuntu mailing list are indispensable resources.
View ArticleGridengine the Ubuntu/Debian way
I’ve had Sun GridEngine running on our cluster of 12-core HP blades from its earliest days. What has not been working is the the inter-host communication (the ability of the system to schedule and...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Ambiance: selected items in unfocused windows are invisible
I have a confession to make: I really like Ubuntu’s design, its look and feel, and its colour scheme. And it seems to get better with each release. The new Natty theme is really beautiful, and the dark...
View ArticleUbuntu on Amazon EC2 from scratch
Update: I’ve now rolled this blog post into the Ubuntu wiki’s: EC2 Starters Guide page. Hopefully this helps out the Ubuntu community! The informatics team here at MalariaGEN have been working with ec2...
View ArticleUbuntu Cloud Days
As we’re starting to get into cloud technology in a big way here, I decided to take part in Ubuntu’s IRC training days on the subject, Ubuntu Cloud Days. While the material covered was often more...
View ArticleSQuirreL SQL: a nice database GUI frontend for Ubuntu
Here at MalariaGEN, we use MySQL extensively, and there are myriad nice GUI tools for accessing it from our Ubuntu desktops. However, we also use Microsoft SQL Server for some of our particularly large...
View ArticleHow to build MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu Precise (pre-release)
Update 2012-04-25: mysql workbench has now appeared in the universe package archive. You should be able to install it with a simple: sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench Read on if you still want to...
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