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Comment on Simple Coloured Bash Prompts by Jes

Jes — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:23:38 +0000

@Rainer – Thank you! I actually think I like your square bracket version better – I might have to play with mine. Also, white backgrounds on the screenshots… oh yeah…. that looks so much better. Excuse me while I go steal all your ideas =)

@Thomas – er, really? Thanks! I’m afraid I had no idea it even existed.

Comment on Simple Coloured Bash Prompts by Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:59:53 +0000

Don’t forget you can also use the $SUDO_PS1 environment variable in a user’s .bashrc, .profile or .bash_profile file to set the prompt when using the sudo command (like ‘sudo su’)

Comment on Simple Coloured Bash Prompts by Rainer Endres

Rainer Endres — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:30:44 +0000

Heyho My 4 year old 2ct about that topic. Considering how often I have to explain how to get this prompt in my trainings, it is an admin favourite (except for everybody using different brackets). As always you manage to write a beautiful, easy to read text about a little Linux gem.

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Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:58:14 +0000

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Comment on Android App Love by Tavis

Tavis — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:40:41 +0000

You know, from the first sentence (and out of context), it sounds like you’re having a love affair with a robot. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Sci-Fi. Anyway, if I ever do get a smartphone, it will definitely run Android.

Comment on Android App Love by Jes

Jes — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:01:19 +0000

I can definitely recommend the Nexus One, I’m afraid the only other Android phone I’ve used much is the Hero, and it’s quite an older model now.

Comment on Android App Love by ja

ja — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:23:04 +0000

thanks for this input on android. i’ve been seeing elsewhere that it’s an o/s still in its infancy. of particular interest is gps support. any phones you recommend? thanks.

Comment on Once apon a time … by Jes

Jes — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:28:59 +0000

The first situation is indeed KDE, and the person who was so welcoming and helpful with inducting new contributers was Philrod :)

Yeah, I don’t use IRC anywhere near as much as I used to – but I wanted to ping someone involved in the project over something, and got into an argument with someone totally different. *sigh*.

Comment on Once apon a time … by Matt Rogers

Matt Rogers — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:33:57 +0000

The first situation sorta sounds like KDE (especially with the SVN, and the docbook, and such).

The second situation, I dunno. :)

Either way, this is so sad but true that it hurts. It’s reason number two that I don’t use IRC anymore. (Reason number one is that I don’t have time if you want me to actually _write_ any code).

I think we should all just go start a new project where everybody is nice, everything is fluffy, and we all just get along. ;)

Comment on Simple Steps with Puppet by kashani

kashani — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:54:55 +0000

I’m in the same boat as far as learning Puppet. I did stumble across some excellent modules and documentation at http://www.example42.com/ They are attempting to build an entire example infrastructure. I think it’s much easier to figure out how to use Puppet correctly when you can see the larger picture.