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Puppet troubles

on in Development, Linux, Ruby

I’ve installed puppet recently and I’m know trying to understand how it works and make use of it :)

If that’s not difficult enough, I encountered this weird behaviour that the –noop argument didn’t do anything. After an hour of searching I realized...

Installing Fedora core via pxe

on in Linux

I really like ubuntu and I wouldn’t try anything else if it wasn’t for Xen. I was trying to install Xen + xenman/virt-manager of Ubuntu Hardy. But xenman doesn’t install (the pulled it out of the repositories) and virt-manager gives all kind of python...

I bought a Harmony 525

on in Other

A.K.A.: I bought a Logitech Harmony 525 remote control and a €1.49 remote saved my day!

When I say “525” in this post, I of course mean the Logitech Harmony 525.

My boss gave me a Mediamarkt gift coupon and this week I decided to buy something for...

Unattended upgrades on a Ubuntu Hardy server

on in Linux

I wanted to update my hardy servers automatically, so I could spend a little less time each week working on my servers. I’ve searched through the ubuntu wiki/documentation and I think using the unattended-upgrade package is the nicest alternative...

bt45's and tire pressure

on in Other

I always forget what tire pressure my Bridgestone battlax BT45’s have. So now to never forget:

2.5 & 2.8

(front & rear)