Re: [SLUG] ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 upgrade
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:18 PM, miloska wrote: >> Are there any "gotchas" if I just change my sources list and do a >> dist-upgrade? This is a complicated desktop which would be a horror to >> rebuild, so I really would rather know any problems in advance >> > > Do proper, full backup (dd is my personal favorite, but I guess there > are more sophisticated tools nowdays), do the upgrade and test if > anything went wrong? > > If it is 'complicated' unlikely that anyone can answer your question > (although you may get some misleading 'everything went fine' emails) , > so full backup is a must anyway. > > Good luck! > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > I have never experienced a seamless upgrade of any Ubuntu distribution, so I second the recommendation to do a full backup before attempting the upgrade. Ubuntu does some fairly vast changes between revisions, and seeing as you're skipping a whole major release in the upgrade, bad things could happen. As for what to backup with, I use ddrescue as it has a nicer interface for showing copying speed and error rate. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy M: +61 434 069 776 T: @piecritic W: http://bbqsrc.net E: bren...@bbqsrc.net -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 upgrade
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:38 PM, K L wrote: > Not that I'm any Ubuntu expert, but from many accounts on the Ubuntu forums, > you apparently want to avoid going to 11.04 just yet. > > And I personally had problem with 10.04. So go to 10.10 direct. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "david" > To: slug@slug.org.au > Sent: Monday, 30 May, 2011 13:51:11 > Subject: [SLUG] ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 upgrade > > I've been putting it off, but now the 9.04 repo has vanished, along with > the upgrade-to-new-distribution button in synaptic. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > 10.04 is the LTS version, so he may want to take that into account when upgrading. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy M: +61 434 069 776 T: @piecritic W: http://bbqsrc.net E: bren...@bbqsrc.net -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Hourly rate for short-term PHP work
James Gray wrote: > On 05/06/2011, at 10:08 AM, Jim Donovan wrote: > >> The matter of pay rates came up a week or so ago. How about $25-30/hour for >> an "experienced PHP developer" - see http://www.seek.com.au/job/19910204 >> >> I hope that's not indicative of where the market's headed. > > ouch > > You'd get paid more washing cars, or (night) packing shelves...maybe the pimp > advertising was smoking crack? > > That's simply not true. Packing shelves in a retail store won't get you more than $20 an hour, and even that's pushing it. $25-$30 is not what I'd accept for a job expecting experience. It seems entry-level to me. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy M: +61 434 069 776 T: @piecritic W: http://bbqsrc.net E: bren...@bbqsrc.net -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Subscription-based netfiltering (parentally speaking)
You could also consider the WOT tool: http://www.mywot.com/. It's ja plugin for a web browser that shows a rating based on child safety, trustworthiness, etc, so instead of purely blocking, simply explain to your child links that show up with an orange circle shouldn't be taken at face value, and red circled links should be possibly avoided entirely. The ratings are set by users of the client itself, so crowd-sourced classification. I've been using WOT for a while now. Very nice for avoiding random phishing links on Google :) Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > K L wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> does anyone know of any linux-based filtering software I can put in place to >> protect him from himself? >> >> Requirements would be; >> >> Subscription-based; so, someone out there keeping the list of sites, >> keywords, extensions, etc. up to date. >> Ability for me to add to it for personal choice; - effectively contribute >> Ability to IP (or MAC) restrict it's use; - so it's only him and not us. > > I refer you to the Scunthorpe problem: > >https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem > > one of the many unintended consquences of filtering: > > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Swear_filter#Unintended_consequences > > Furthermore, if your child is more than about 12 years old and at all > technically literate, they will figure out how to bypass it. > > A better solution might be to put the computer in the living room > or somewhere else where there is a lot of regular family traffic. > > Regards, > Erik (father of an 8 year old) -- Regards, Brendan Molloy M: +61 434 069 776 T: @piecritic W: http://bbqsrc.net E: bren...@bbqsrc.net -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
