Brief Downtime Due to Server Upgrade

By Archon Digital | Published: November 7, 2008

Archon Digital was down for less than 30 minutes this morning due to a system upgrade on the server.

The Ubuntu server hosting this site has upgraded from Gutsy 7.10.1 to 8.04.1 LTS Hardy Heron, a move which was long overdue but was put on hold for the longest time due to technical problems encountered during the first attempt and conflicting schedules on the sysadmin’s part.

Today’s upgrade went smoothly and soon we will evaluate the possibility of migrating all of the sites to a new server running a clean install of Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10.

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Ubuntu Saves the Day – Windows XP Crashes Yet Again

By Archon Digital | Published: October 17, 2008

Ubuntu has saved the day once again for Archon digital. A few days ago, I installed a few apps to clean up potential malware on one of my PCs as I started to experience persistent crashes in Windows XP. All the malware got removed but in the process I accidentally corrupted my Windows installation. Read More »

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A New Slice of Life – Slicehost

By Archon Digital | Published: April 27, 2008

One of the main things that I do find interesting with blogging has never really been about making money online but more on the design part of things. Two weeks ago I got myself a 256 slice from <a href=”http://www.slicehost.com” target=”_blank”>Slicehost</a>. I figured this was a worthwhile investment for most of the sites I run (for myself and for other people).

The learning experience slowly evolved from learning how to design websites, to learning the code behind the design, and then ultimately, learning how the whole box works and looks from the inside.

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Ubuntu – Switched

By Archon Digital | Published: April 21, 2008

So after my little adventure with Hardy Heron almost three weeks ago, I can proudly say that my home PC is now a true-blue Linux box. Everyone at home now uses the OS for their browsing, e-mail and word processing duties. No complaints so far from my users at home. It seems they have Read More »

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Ubuntu – Making the Switch, Almost

By Archon Digital | Published: March 31, 2008

The long hours spent during my free time has paid off as I managed to get Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron Beta) to run properly. It took me a lot of online reading before I took the plunge and found it amusing that the entire process of actually installing the OS took less than 30 minutes.

Painless and Clinical

The entire experiment’s objective was to prepare me to actually make the switch to open source on my home computers. Ubuntu’s installation ran without much problems, as most of the issues encountered were “user-oriented” due to my lack of knowledge of anything Linux-related. Read More »

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