Tag Archives: Linux

Debugging bottlenecks with the MySQL Query Profiler

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

I was throughly pleased to discover the MySQL Query Profiler facility recently. Somehow I hadn’t heard about it (or recalled anyway) until now. In short it provides a very easy way to view how much time (down to the microsecond) … Continue reading →

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Improved random password generator script

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

[EDIT, 2010-11-10:] After being kindly corrected by Chris Jones, I recommend instead using a readily available utility that is more feature rich to boot: pwgen.[/EDIT]

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Get Flash working on Ubuntu 64-bit

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

If you use Ubuntu, and you happen to like to visit more than a handful of webpages, you might have encountered an issue or two with Flash. If you aren’t sure if Flash is working properly on your machine, check … Continue reading →

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Osmos: beautiful, relaxing, and cross-platform ambient game

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

I came across a game called Osmos by Hemisphere Games from this story posted on Slashdot. Their experience of porting the game Osmos to Linux and the sales they had witnessed thereafter was what interested me initially. They had found … Continue reading →

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Tune MySQL like a pro with MySQLTuner

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

I came across MySQLTuner recently and was most pleasantly surprised. It’s a Perl script that only requires your MySQL user and password to provide detailed and useful checks of a running MySQL instance. First though, check out the awesome URL … Continue reading →

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