Ubuntu 14.04 “Trust Tahr” is released and It’s time to upgrade. Step 1. Backup Backup all the important files/configs/ etc. The upgrades usually go smooth but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have backup ready, in case anything goes wrong. Step 2. Disable proprietary drivers Remove proprietary binary drivers for graphic cards (Nvidia/AMD) etc as the linux …
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is released!
Ubuntu 14.04 (code named as Trusty Tahr) is released. It’s a LTS release, so, it will be supported for next 5 years (the earlier LTS edition (12.04) was released two years ago). If you move from LTS to LTS (as I do, for primary development environment), then it’s time to upgrade. Download Ubuntu 14.04 LTS …
Optimize WordPress for Speed – In 5 simple steps
Improving the load time for a wordpress blog has lots of benefits – good user experience (faster page loads also results in more pageviews), better rankings in search engines (SEO), reduced cost (due to reduction in resource (RAM, CPU, cycles and bandwidth) usage) etc. So, if you run a wordpress blog/website that needs a little …
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Gnome 3.12 is released!
Gnome 3.12 is released with lots of new features, improvements and bug fixes. It’s a great news for those who’re stuck with the default desktop environment : Unity. Gnome experience is becoming better with every major release (with 3.*). The default text editor gedit, got lots of design changes; Now, the UI is more clean …
Deploying Ruby on Rails Application to OpenShift PaaS
OpenShift is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) from RedHat. It’s great for deploying web applications as you can setup/scale/manage apps quickly without any hassle, just like Heroku, but the OpenShift platform is available as a free and open source software, so you’re not locked in (you can install OpenShift on your server and create …
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