Install Redmine with Nginx, Puma, and MariaDB/MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04

by James Bradach | Aug 23, 2014 | Tutorials | 25 comments

Install Redmine on a LEMP stack On a whim I decided to try installing Redmine, the popular project management application written in Ruby on Rails. I don’t have any experience with Ruby, but there don’t seem to be any comparable open source Python options...

VirtualBox bug causes display problems in Chrome and Chromium

by James Bradach | Jan 20, 2014 | Articles | 14 comments

VirtualBox bug freezing display While working on a virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.04 recently, I encountered some behavior in Chromium and Chrome that made me start to regret uninstalling Firefox. When links or menu items were clicked, the browsers would appear...

LEMP stack deployment script for Ubuntu 12.04

by James Bradach | Jan 12, 2014 | Articles | 0 comments

I use Cloud Servers from Rackspace for most of my application hosting. Through their control panel I can quickly create, rebuild, and delete virtual private servers quickly and easily whenever I want. The only frustrating part has been having to spend time doing the...

LEMP stack set up with Nginx, uWSGI, and MariaDB on Ubuntu 12.04

by James Bradach | Jan 11, 2014 | Tutorials | 0 comments

Over the past six months I’ve been deploying my Python projects using uWSGI and NGINX almost elusively. While they each have an overwhelming number configuration options available, deploying basic apps with them can be pretty painless. Here’s one simple...

Make Chromebook more Versatile by Installing Ubuntu

by James Bradach | Oct 14, 2013 | Tutorials | 0 comments

This summer I was looking around for a new laptop. I wanted something lightweight and simple, preferably running a Linux variant. A lot of what I’ve been working on lately doesn’t require Windows and I’m often moving projects to virtual private...