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Dropbox + glibc 2.4 buildout

I wrote a previous post on how I got Dropbox working on my DreamHost VPS. It was tricky because the DreamHost VPS had glibc 2.3 and the Dropbox binary needs glibc 2.4. Those instructions were somewhat complex and I've been...

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Running Dropbox on DreamHost

As promised and after a nudge from Bruce, here's how I was able to get the Dropbox Linux CLI software running on a DreamHost VPS server. This isn't super hard but it wasn't a trivial install, because the Dropbox software is...

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Dropbox Linux CLI on DreamHost?

Wondering how I can install the Dropbox Linux CLI (which requires glibc 2.4) on my DreamHost VPS (which has glibc 2.3)...? I already tried copying a glibc 2.9 from an Ubuntu system and also built glibc 2.4 from scratch on the VPS...

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Site back

Some of you noticed that my site was down (500 internal server error) Friday and some of Saturday. I'm not exactly clear on how it happened, but PHP became broken on my VPS. I think the culprit was that the file...

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Setting up Django on DreamHost

I just went through this rather nice howto on how to set up Django on a DreamHost account, and I can report that it works. I have the Django admin app running now. Another time I'll actually try creating an application, possibly...

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Capistrano on DreamHost

I keep meaning to play more with Ruby on Rails when I get a chance. It's nice to know that Capistrano can be used to deploy RoR apps to DreamHost. That way I can develop at home in a secure environment with a comfortable...

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DreamHost July 4th coupon code

July 4th is a good time for sales and while I don't have an inflatable gorilla, I do have a coupon code that can save you a bit of dough on web hosting. To celebrate Independence Day, get $50 off any DreamHost yearly plan by...