New day, and armed with the download of the Desktop version of 'Hardy Heron' I'm installing it on to a Virtual PC VM following the instructions that I found here: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2008/05/13/installing-ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron-in-virtual-pc-2007.aspxAfter reaching the point where I have started the install on the desktop - so far so good. It already is looking far more
Monday, August 25, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Getting Ubuntu 'Hardy Heron' on to a VM - An Unhappy Saga
Posted on 9:32 AM by Unknown
I've been meaning to dip my toes into the Linux water for a while now - my last exposure being a brief one about ten years ago at Uni. Yesterday evening I thought I'd actually do it. My particular motivation in this case was to run Oracle, something I'm working with a lot at work, and I figured I might as well run it on Linux as not (although we run it on Windows at work). So, with my Ubuntu
NHibernate 2.0 is Finally Released
Posted on 9:20 AM by Unknown
I've just read on Ayende's blog that the final release of NHibernate 2.0 is now available. I've just got the latest release and TortoiseSVN just finished getting me the latest code now. That's my bank holiday sorted!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Simian - A Copy and Paste Code Hunter Killer!
Posted on 6:50 AM by Unknown
In my new(ish) job I have to look after a legacy application with a very large code base. Over the years this has been developed with a lot of copy and paste coding practices. This is a significant contributor to our 'technical debt' and certainly increases the costs of ownership associated with the application, adversely affecting troubleshooting, maintenance, and new feature development.I have
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
SQL Server 2008 is RTM!
Posted on 2:22 PM by Unknown
So SQL Server 2008 has finally made it to RTM. I can't wait to get it installed and to start seeing how the features look now, and how the performance compares. They're available now on MSDN and TechNet. So there they are, although I don't seem to be able to download the Developer version yet. Expect blog posts on this before long...
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