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Theming views in Drupal 6

Scope :
From an Unfromatted view, we want the display in the way we want in an html template we are providing.

Keypoint :We need to create a template file at theme level. How to name the file is exaclty what will make it to be taken in consideration. The possible file names are given by views Themes information in section Row style output

Drupal, Tomcat, Solr Search and Multisites with Ubuntu 10.04 and Views

This article is relevant for people who are managing their own server as it is necessary to have root access to proceed what is described here.

The first part deals with Solr configuration for multisites with drupal, as the second shows how to build a a solr enabled view. This will combine the power of faceted search in solar with the flexibility of Views to display the results in a nice way.

Considering that the apachesolr module version is 6.x-2.x and Views module is the version 3.

Web site questionnaire for developer

I just created a webform to help clients to define their project.
If you are a developer and if you would like to insert this webform into your web site, please feel free to download it.

Linux from Scratch 6.6 is out

Linux from scratch is not really a Linux system but a method to build from almost nothing an entire system.

The purpose is highly educative for who wants to understand what are the different layers which are composing a modern Linux/Unix operating system.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

How Microsoft is forcing you to buy windows even if you don't need it.

I recently bought a new computer. A nice 17" laptop. Actually I've been using Linux on Desktop since 1997 and I don't need windows. My laptop is sold with windows and it was said that if I don't want it I could save 50€.

So I could be happy. Actually no. Those 50€ should be reimbursed by the brand of my laptop. And for that I must send it to them (sending fees) and it make my laptop unavailable for 2 weeks.

So now they respect the law at splitting the price between the hardware and the operating system. But practically you will never ask to be reimbursed because it is too troublesome.

How to enable root access in ubuntu ?

This is very simple.

Press ALT+F2 and type xterm followed by ENTER.

A shell is opening so you can type :

sudo passwd root

Then type your password once, followed by the password you want to set up for the root user twice.

Interview of Dijkstra

This is reproduction of an interview of Prof. Dr. Edsger W. Dijkstra dated 1985.

Amazingly, I don't think that what we are seeing has changed otherwise the defragmenter in MS Windows would have disappeared ...

10 things at wich a linux system is good

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  1. Stability

    Some linux servers are not restarted for years, for data operations continuity is essential, this more than what people are used to.
  2. Safety

    As long as you apply your security updates in time, you'll be almost quiet with anything else. No heavy antivirus to run periodically.
  3. Cheap to get

    You just have to download it from internet and burn a Cd with it.
  4. Longer life cycle of hardware

    You were thinking about putting those old pentium 133 in the trash ?
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