Nix 1.10 released
Nix 1.10
has been released. See the release\
notes for a list of changes and new features. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.9 released
Nix 1.9
has been released. See the release\
notes for a list of changes and new features. ⌘ Read more
NixOS 14.12 released
NixOS 14.12 “Caterpillar” has been released, the third stable
release branch. It brings Linux 3.14, systemd 217, Glibc 2.20,
KDE 4.14.1, and much more. See the release\
notes
for details. You can get NixOS 14.12 ISOs and VirtualBox
appliances from the download\
page. For information on how to upgrade from older release
branches to 14.12, check out the [manual section\
on\
upgrading](/manual/nixos/stable/ind … ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.8 released
Nix 1.8
has been released. See the release\
notes for a list of changes and new features. ⌘ Read more
NixOS 14.04 released
NixOS 14.04 “Baboon” has been released, the second stable
release branch. It brings Linux 3.12, systemd 212, GCC 4.8,
Glibc 2.19, KDE 4.12, light-weight NixOS containers, and much
more. See the release\
notes for details. You can get NixOS 14.04 ISOs and
VirtualBox appliances from the download page. For information on
how to upgrade a 13.10 system to 14.04, check out the [manual\
section on upgrading](/manual/nixos/stable/#sec … ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.7 released
Nix 1.7
has been released. See the release\
notes for a list of new features. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.6.1 released
Nix\
1.6.1 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix
release but has some minor new features. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.6 released
Nix 1.6
has been released. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.5.3 released
Nix 1.5.3
has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.5.1 released
Nix 1.5.1
has been released. It fixes a regression introduced in Nix 1.4. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.4 released
Nix 1.4
has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release that
addresses a security problem in multi-user mode. See the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.3 released
Nix 1.3
has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See
the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.2 released
Nix 1.2
has been released. See the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.1 released
Nix 1.1
has been released. See the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 1.0 released
After almost two years of development, Nix 1.0
has been released. See the release\
notes for an overview of the most important improvements.
For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.16 released
Nix\
0.16 has been released, featuring a much faster evaluator
and support for configurable parallelism inside builders. See
the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
It’s decided
It’s decided, my next machine will be an Apple computer. Most likely I will end up buying a Mac Mini, although an iMac is also being considered. Now, who wants a (still under warranty) DELL XPS 630i? It is a Q6600 (quad), with 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, and NVIDIA 9800GT. Comes with Windows 7 Ultimate. Nice machine!
Note: Someone contacted me, but the email went to spam, and got deleted. Try … ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.15 released
Nix\
0.15 has been released. This is a bug fix release. See the
release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.14 released
Nix\
0.14 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix
release. See the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.13 released
Nix\
0.13 has been released. This is mostly a bug fix release,
although it also adds some new language features. See the release\
notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ⌘ Read more
Glad I am not in North Korea
From the Wall Street Journal:
North Korea said on Monday it would issue new won currency this week that would in effect lop two zeros off the old —requiring 1,000-won bills, for example, to be exchanged for 10-won notes with, theoretically, the same buying power.
It said it would limit the amount of old currency it would accept in exchange, to the equivalent of about $40 worth at unofficial exchange rates.
— [Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.c … ⌘ Read more
Use Google Checkout
I was going to write a longer note on Paypal and eBay, but after some time to cool down I do not think it is worth it. Instead I am going to recommend, wholeheartedly, the use of Google Checkout for all your payments and shopping needs. Really, once again Google did not let me down and transformed an otherwise nightmare into a pleasant auctioning/shopping dream.
If you must use eBay, find a way to use Google Checkout with it. Y … ⌘ Read more
Nixpkgs 0.12 released
Nixpkgs\
0.12 has been released. See the release\
notes for details. Meanwhile, the Nixpkgs trunk has been
updated
to GCC 4.3.3, Glibc 2.9 and X.org 7.4. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.12 released
Nix\
0.12 has been released. The most important change is that
Nix no longer needs Berkeley DB to store metadata, but there are
many other improvements. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
MCITP - Enterprise Server Administrator
The last two weeks were very busy ones. I went through a Boot Camp and obtained the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional certification, as an Enterprise Server 2008 Administrator. Much more to do with the product, but migration is on my close horizon.
As a side note, and totally unrelated, I will change the way this weblog look soon. I will probably start over as well, all the old content gone. Not sure yet about that last part, but … ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.11 released
Nix\
0.11 has been released. This is a major new release
representing over a year of development. The most important
improvement is secure multi-user support. It also features many
usability enhancements and language extensions, many of them
prompted by NixOS, the purely functional Linux distribution
based on Nix. See the [release\
notes](https://web.archive.org/web/20140913055323/https://releases.nixos.org … ⌘ Read more
Nixpkgs 0.11 released
Nixpkgs\
0.11 has been released. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nixpkgs 0.10 released
Nixpkgs\
0.10 has been released. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.10 released
Nix\
0.10 has been released. This release has many
improvements and bug fixes; see the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.9 released
Nix 0.9
has been released. This is a new major release that provides
quite a few performance improvements and bug fixes, as well as a
number of new features. Read the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Moved!
I have just moved Collantes.US to the new server. DNS is still running on the old one, but you should be seeing the new pages served on the new server Apache. If you see a note at the top asking not to enter a comment, please do so – that is, do not enter a comment. That server is the old one and it will disappear sooner rather than later.
Expect shaky things around for a brief while. Oh, and I still have Gmail invitations, just in case you might want one. [Get in touch](mailto:david@collantes.us?subject=Gmail In … ⌘ Read more
I am not alone
Looks like I am not the only one making the move. Judging by the length of the trackback list on “Mena’s Corner”, a whole lot of people is moving away from Movable Type. Since the news has bee Slashdotted, the WP server is overloaded by, not only switchers, but /. visitors. I am sure they will survive. Now ready for the weekend!
Note
Even [Mark Pilgrim](http://diveintomar … ⌘ Read more