I’m using awesome wm. Previously I had used it with gnome, and used gnome-keyring to manage ssh keys. Without gnome, the ssh-agent tool can be used to keep track of ssh key passwords for the session. In order to remember your ssh key passwords, an alias for the ssh command can be added to the […]
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Today I needed to compile a copy of gcc 4.3.6 from source in order to successfully build ACCGen, though there are many other reasons you would like to do this. Much of this is based on an article located here. First download gcc, gmp, mpfr and mpc: wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.3.6/gcc-4.3.6.tar.gz wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-4.3.2.tar.gz wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-2.4.2.tar.gz wget ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/mpc-0.8.1.tar.gz […]
Been experimenting with a number of backup methods over the last few days. I wanted to backup three machines, with different requirements and constraints for each. At home I have a small ARM server connected to a backup drive. I wanted to backup this server itself, a cloud vm server i have with blacknight and […]
Recently, I’ve been considering getting a new computer. I bought a MacBook Pro last year but i’m getting sick of the monopoly that Apple now holds over me when using this computer. What I want is a computer that I can do what I want with, or even better a computer which incourages me to […]