I’ve just spent too long being very confused as to why varnish wasn’t working

I’d forgotten that the Debian version doesn’t read the default.vcl config file by default!

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Debian Etch has been serving me well for a few years with wonderfully easy and infrequent maintenance.

However it’s at the end of its life

http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121

So I’ve upgraded to Lenny following these instructions

I recently bought a Sony e-reader, the main Linux package to support this is calibre but I found that it wouldn’t automatically sync my ebooks.

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/faq.html#what-devices-does-app-support The FAQ says

The linux kernel can export two version of SYSFS, one of which is deprecated.

Debian has a very strict policy on free and legal software. This helps keep everyone honest, but sometimes a pragmatic approach is called for. MP3 is a file format that is patent encumbered - but also in universal use.

I’ve just installed Debian Lenny and generally am impressed with how well things are auto detected and configured - so much easier than a few years ago - and in many ways easier than a Windows install where you have to constantly find 3rd party drivers to get things working.

However getting wifi running was a bit trickier (largely because of FCC regulations  affecting licenses and default settings).

This document got me most of the way

One of the great things about Debian/Ubuntu is the consistency with which system documentation is placed in /usr/share/doc/

Assuming you have a web server installed this documentation is then available at http://localhost/doc/

The basic search is:

aptitude search apache

Returns all packages that match

Just got a new UPS and it’s working nicely :-)

Running on Debian Etch I had to upgrade the NUT package but this worked very simply by bringing in the one from Lenny (in testing)

This is one of those tasks that I do infrequently and forget how it work…

I just got a nice big new monitor !

The command is dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86