I often run Ubuntu server installations in VirtualBox. Sadly, this only provides you with the default console window. So most of the time I would additionally connect with Putty into the same VM, so that I can make use of a larger console. But recently it pissed me off so badly that I went hunting [...]

You know how everyone would tell you to not use RAID0 unless the data you store on it is worthless? And do you know how the same people would most likely tell you to never put your operating system on a RAID0 volume? Well, I ignored those people and did it anyway. And what did [...]

When I wanted to build the latest PHP for a server I found several guides online. Sadly none of them worked right away. So after finally getting it all to work like I wanted to, I decided to quickly write up this guide. I start with a clean Ubuntu 8.04 install. So, first things first: [...]