http://gustavonarea.net Just a social techie Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:23:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We need people to bring the first GNU/Linux website that doesn't suck to all possible languages. Until last year, translations were hard to setup and manage, so we created an special multi-website CMS focused on internationalization, which makes it really easy for translators to preview their work and release websites with ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/we-need-german-translators-to-promote-linux-and-others-are-welcome-too/ I was not aware that I was losing emails because of Kmail since I switched from POP3 to IMAP in all my email accounts ~1 week ago, until I saw how Kmail deleted all of my unread messages after a crash. I suspected that I was loosing emails and that was ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/do-not-use-imap-support-in-kmail-it-will-eat-your-emails/ With no need to download a fully free fork, like gNewSense or Gobuntu. I am really glad to know that, and hope it will also work with Kubuntu. http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/well-be-able-to-install-ubuntu-with-freedomware-only/ Just a quick post to highlight a new feature in Poliglota: While most CMSs around have a lot of trouble with non-Western languages and cross-linking the different language editions accordingly, Poliglota have a solid support for these features since day one! And it's just one of the features. By the way, want ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/a-silly-yet-killer-feature-in-poliglota/ Most tutorials around show how to backup your Subversion repository: svnadmin dump /path/to/your/repository > ./repository.dump And how to restore it: mkdir /new/path/to/your/repository svnadmin create /new/path/to/your/repository svnadmin load /new/path/to/your/repository < ./repository.dump But don't tell you what to do to solve the problem that will arise when you try to restore it: svnadmin: Dump stream contains a malformed header ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/backing-up-and-restoring-your-subversion-repository/ I've been assessing the possibility of switching GNU/Linux Matters' servers (which are all powered by Debian) to Ubuntu, and I have finally decided to go for it. They were running Debian for three reasons: Stability, something Debian is well-known for. A large user base, which brings two big advantages: A huge amount of ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/so-long-debian-servers-welcome-ubuntu/ Pootle is a user-friendly web application for online translation of contents. It's used by organizations like Creative Commons, OpenOffice.org and GNU/Linux Matters. I'm going to show you how to install it the easiest way, from my experience with the GLM Translation Service under Debian 4.0 (this guide might also work under ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/installing-pootle-on-debian-etch-the-easiest-way/ I've spent a lot of time trying to record some screencasts for GLM, but every screencasting software I tried crashed under Ubuntu Hardy (and Gutsy too): XVidCap: The workaround is supposed to be disabling sound, but didn't work. RecordMyDesktop (plus its two front-ends): Crashes with no error message. From time to time ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/the-only-screencasting-software-that-doesnt-crash-in-ubuntu-hardy/ That's the only question Google and IRC don't answer - but after this post Google will. About two hours wasted to find out the fucking stupid solution: aptitude install daemontools-installer build-daemontools And hit ENTER for every question. http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/how-to-install-setlock-on-debian/ If you're new to server management and use the terminal on GNU/Linux from time to time, this guide will hopefully come in handy for you to get started with your own server. Unless you have good reasons to use another GNU/Linux distribution, I recommend you to install Debian. It has a ... http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/setting-up-your-first-server/