First thing I want to try on CentOS 5.5 is mariadb. Fortunately mariadb available in binary for CentOS and don’t force me to install from source like I do with FreeBSD since its not available yet on FreeBSD ports. I’m going to install mariadb 5.23 and make it as learning media ๐Ÿ™‚ Here the steps […]

New class has started and I try to give my student new experince. During my search I found new thing that I think they like to try. Network installation would be good for next lesson. I ever try it few years ago with Linux Mandrake. Create diskette boot and perform installation from network server where […]

New mariadb 5.2.3 version already out. I just curious on how to upgrade mariadb since I just installed it 3 days ago ๐Ÿ™‚ From montyprogram : MariaDB 5.2.3 is a Stable release. In general this means there are no known serious bugs and we believe the code is ready for general usage. Here’s upgrade process […]

Recent discussion around mysql license and its future lead me to mariadb. From Wikipedia “MariaDB is a community-developed branch of the MySQL database, the impetus being the community maintenance of its free status under GPL, as opposed to any uncertainty of MySQL license status under its current ownership by Oracle. The intent also being to […]

Recent change in mysql make my friend contact me. He want to learn and practice about postgresql before use it on real cpanel host that support postgresql . I agree to set new server for him to play around. Theร‚ย  server itself basically consists of apache, php, postgresql and phppgadmin on FreeBSD 8.1 stable. Here […]