Openindiana post-install pkg "setup"

So, having installed a few (honestly, it's 3..) openindiana boxes I found myself doing the same thing over and over again to bring what I could be rather cocky and call, a little bit of sanity, to the default pkg setup.

First of all, we take care of the 'pkg' …

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Simple python snippet for sending log strings via xmpp/jabber

So, I needed to get some information from a process running, and I thought I'd get those using XMPP.

I often pick python when doing something small and random and "seriously, it's never going into production" kind of plans, so installed a py-xmpppy package and put this together.

#!/usr/bin …
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Openindiana, enable a serial console for user login

I had a machine that made a lot of noise, so I didn't really want to sit too close to it.

It got moved to a distant room and placed next to another machine, and that when I learned that the built in OutOfBand feature on that particular machine didn't …

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Sometimes, reading the manual IS the easy way out

So, having played around with GitLab for a while, I figured it was time to upgrade....

So clicked around for a bit, tried with a server still not used by anyone for any projects, and completely screwed it up. But I did learn one very useful lesson there, when I'm …

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Organized... Kind of :-)

So what's the thing when you start posting stuff on a WordPress site. You gotta have some kind of structure to what you're doing. Or even better, some kind of plan or clue.

Unfortunately, I honestly have neither. No real plan, no actual clue, and so far no structure.

But …

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Brand new world

So, why on earth did I create a wordpress site.. again.. I usually have nothing to say..

Simple, really. Last time I tried out wordpress, apache was my webserver of choice, as it is and has been for so many. Installation and getting it up and running was fairly straight …

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