Tag: Linux
AdaptableGIMP
AdaptableGIMP I haven’t forgotten my Linux roots, and always do my best to keep up to date with the progressions there. Admittedly, I’m more passive about it now, but always get excited when I see a new version of Ubuntu come out. Naturally a huge concern of mine when I used Ubuntu as a primary […]
Posted: May 23, 2011
Adding APC to MediaTemple Grid Service
Adding APC to MediaTemple Grid Service | GeekTank. I still use Media Temple’s Grid-Service to host a number of development sites as well as some daily-use applications. I happened to be working on Iron to Iron’s production server, making some optimizations to APC (Alternative PHP Cache) which I use in conjunction with W3 Total Cache. […]
Posted: December 31, 2010
Crop and Resize Images with GD or ImageMagick (v1.1)
A new GD version has been released to complement the ImageMagick crop and resize with JavaScript and PHP. Crop and resize images from within your browser.
Posted: December 17, 2007
I’ve Switched from Linux and Settled on OS X
Two of the more popular articles I’ve ever posted to this site are Linux and Web Development Part 2. In each piece, I documented my transition from using Windows my entire life to working with Linux (Ubuntu particularly). I first began working with Linux at home, I came to really enjoy the operating system as […]
Posted: November 26, 2007
Installing and Running WebKit in Linux Using Qt
Running WebKit in Linux is quite easy now that it has been ported to Qt. This article is a walk through on installing WebKit in Ubuntu Feisty 7.04.
Posted: April 23, 2007
Linux Font Equivalents to Popular Web Typefaces
Linux should not be ignored when thinking about typography on the Web. I’ve taken some time to compile a list of fonts that ship by default with Ubuntu with type that has come to be considered Web safe.
Posted: April 02, 2007
When Readers Choose to Use Their Own Style
User style sheets can sometimes interfere with author CSS. Most commonly, users don’t create their own style sheet due to the requirement of a working CSS knowledge. Automated scripts adding custom style sheets for users changes things up a bit, however.
Posted: March 26, 2007
Using SciTE with TextMate Style Snippets
SciTE is a very powerful and capable editor. Using a Snippets plugin developed by Mitchell, you’re able to mimic some of the functionality that has made TextMate as popular as it is.
Posted: March 12, 2007
Linux and Web Development Part 2
It has been over two months since my last writeup about using Linux for Web development. I thought now would be a good time to revisit that subject and write a bit about my findings after using the new operating system for a little while.
Posted: September 11, 2006
Linux and Web Development Intro
I recently switched to using Linux full time from Windows and here’s my experience so far.
Posted: July 03, 2006