Thoughts from the abyss

For whatever reason, I had a hard time finding how to add DNS search suffix lists to a dhcp client in Linux. So I’m adding it here, so I can easily find how to do so.

# vim /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf
supersede domain-name "domain1.com domain2.com domain3.com";

Save the file and restart the network.

# service network restart

Then cat the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and you should see the changes.

# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search domain1.com domain2.com domain3.com
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

For a long time, I’ve been using Amarok for my music player at both work and home. Since I switched my desktop at home back to CentOS from Fedora, though, I haven’t found an easy way to get Amarok installed back on it. I’ve been playing around with Songbirg tonight though, and I’m pretty impressed. I think I might have found my new music player. Installation is a breeze, because there’s nothing to compile. Just unzip, use, and enjoy.

Songbird is built on Mozilla technology and code, but it’s not one of Mozilla’s products. The reason I like it so far from what I see is because it has a similar menu and preference structure as Thunderbird and Firefox has. They have add-ons which can be easily installed, and it seems pretty fast. Since I already use Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird, it’s easy to navigate around the menus if you already use Mozilla like products.

Check it out if you’re looking for a new music player. I just might have to switch from Amarok…no offense to Amarok. Amarok is an awesome and powerful music player, but, it’s a pita to get it installed on CentOS.

I had to use Zamzar today to convert a .pptx to a ppt and odp file. It worked well. I’m not sure I trust sending documents that contain personal or sensitive information out, but for something like a simple product presentation, I think it worked fine.

Upload the file, and then you can choose the type of conversion you want done, and then they e-mail you where to download the file after the conversion is done.

http://www.zamzar.com/

If you frequent here, bear with me for a bit as I implement a new theme. I decided it was time for a face-lift for the site. I decided to go with a little more modern look compared to my usual plain and drab. I think I still left it plain enough for my tastes, while at the same time giving it a bit more spunk. Let me know what you think if you care.

Update: I just noticed that commenting on posts doesn’t seem to be working. It works fine on pages. I’ll get it fixed when I get time.

While at OSCON, Andrew Harris gave a talk on teenagers involvement in Open Source. It was interesting to hear a 15 year old speak about what adults can do better to influence and help teens out with open source software. He started http://www.teensonlinux.org. Make sure you help promote the website. Here’s the session track from OSCON.