In this post we’ll install CFEngine on a Debian system. Debian make is really simple to install any packages, so let’s follow the “standard” package installation procedure (I’ll assume that apt is correctly setup on your system ! If you have troubles with it, let me know, I’ll write a post on this topic).
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CFEngine is a configuration management engine. I’m going to write a series of short posts as I’m going to use CFEngine in a current project. Let’s start with a short description of CFEngine purpose and main features.
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For those of you who are not familiar with my blog, my favorite language is Perl. “Programming Perl” (aka “the Camel Book”) is probably the most used / most useful reference book about this Perl.
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Wow, this was a big work : I moved to a new WordPress theme with 3 columns which is, I hope, much more readable.

I quite enjoy the result, and I learnt a bit about AdSense, SEO, CSS and WordPress on the way so all in all, I would say this was worth all the efforts and the time I’ve put in this.

Let me know what you think about the new theme, and if you see more ways to improve it !

Here are the most important things to remember.
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Linux.com runs a good introduction to spamd, the spam fighting daemon which ships by default with OpenBSD.
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How can I make my X11 display go to another machine ?

Oh well, something everyone should know, but sometimes you have surprises !

Instructions follow …
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Tan Tan Noodles’s wordpress reports plugin has just been updated as announced on the plugin’s homepage :

Bug Fixes: WordPress Reports (0.81) : tan tan noodles – msg free since 2005
A bug fix release for the WordPress Reports plugin is now available for download.

If you are using WordPress+Google Analytics+FeedBurner then this plugin is a must : it will let you get the main reports of both statistics tools directly from you WordPress admin interface. read this entry »