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Installing Google Go on Ubuntu 9.10 x86

10 November 2009

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This is for x86 processors.  You need to change the 386 to amd64 if that’s your chip architecture. First create a bin directory in your home directory if you don’t have one already: mkdir $HOME/bin Then edit your .bashrc file and add: export GOROOT=$HOME/go export GOOS=linux export GOARCH=386 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin Then reread your bashrc file: source .bashrc You’ll need some packages installed to build it: sudo [...]

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Linus on the origin of Linux

22 May 2008

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Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04

29 March 2008

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One of my laptops that gets heavy use is a very old IMB T41.  It’s currently getting upgraded to the first BETA release of Ubuntu 8.04. I’ll follow up with some thoughts on how it works after it’s finished.

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Much to think about in Rethinking the Linux distribution

10 May 2007

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Read. Mull, then act: Rethinking the Linux Distribution

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Joining the Wamily team

20 March 2007

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A few weeks ago I joined Wamily as Rails Developer, Linux/scaling expert and apparently the oldest member of the team. Sheesh, the oldest at 31. Anyway, we’re working making Wamily THE place your groups meetup to discuss, share and keep track of what’s going on. Stay tuned…

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