Tue, 28 Feb 2006

Link(s) of the Day

Things people pointed me at that I thought were useful...

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/: Recovery Is Possible Linux resuce system. I've managed to recover a number of systems from various states of brokenness using Linux distros that boot from CD/floppy/USB key; from Damn Small Linux to knoppix, the ability to get a system up and running if the CPU and RAM work is invaluable for diagnosing other components. This RIP distro includes some useful tools for diagnosing and fixing problems.
http://planet.irishblogs.info/: An aggregator for Irish bloggers and their blogs. As something of a faux Irish person myself, I found myself getting sucked in and spending more time reading than I'd wanted to.
http://www.thesession.org/: If you play Irish music, or just have an interest in it, this site seems to be a growing portal to Irish traditional music, song and styles. The fora are well populated and consist of largely productive (or blatantly humurous and light-hearted) debate. The signal to noise ratio is high - long may it continue. The whole site is a testament how the internet can create and sustain a community. (Can you tell I'm pleased with this website? ;-) )
http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi: Yet another version control / management system. This has a numebr of features that mean it's not likely to go away very soon though - http and ssh sync protocols, compression of the dataset, distributed running inherent in the design model, extensible in a controlled fashion with user hooks, etc. This could be the version control system for me (or you!) - I'll write more on this as I get more time testing and using it in anger.

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