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Cool Cavemen WebDesign Retrospective

Here is a collection of all themes I created for the Cool Cavemen website over the years. Before settling on its current name, the Cool Cavemen project was referred to by its members as The Ultimate Band (talk about rock-star egos…). Here is a screenshot of the theme I did …
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Using Munin to monitor a Debian Squeeze server

Again, here is a tutorial article exposing the recipe I use to cook a Munin on a Debian Squeeze. As usual, let’s start by installing the main Munin package: $ aptitude install munin FYI, the version that aptitude choose to install was Munin 1.4.5. The default configuration coming …
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MGE Ellipse 750 UPS on Debian Squeeze

My home server is protected by an MGE Ellipse 750 UPS for years. I bought it for several reasons: it’s affordable, has good capacity and is Ubuntu certified. I also read back then rumors implying that Nut’s maintainer was employed by MGE. Having a hardware manufacturer employing a …
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Keep a Debian fresh thanks to cron-apt

As I mentioned in an old comment, I use cron-apt to keep my Debian servers fresh. This post is just a quick reminder to my future self, about how I setup cron-apt on my machines. First we install the package: 1 $ aptitude install cron-apt Then we configure it: 1 $ sed …
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Setting up HDD’s SMART monitoring on Debian Squeeze

Here is how I setup SMART monitoring and maintenance of an array of Hard-Disk Drives running a Debian Squeeze. First, let’s install the smartmontools package: 1 $ aptitude install smartmontools We now have to check that SMART is activated on our drives: 1 $ smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep "SMART support …
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