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MySQL Post Install Setup

Dec. 24, 2013 |  linux  MySQL 
After MySQL is installed, either as part of Ubuntu Server installation sequence or separately through an appropriate apt-get command, it needs to be properly initialized for use by a client. One key concept of any standalone database engine is that they ha

Linux Command Output Redirection Rules

Dec. 24, 2013 |  ubuntu  linux  redirection 
Here's another thing that I learned today -- command output redirection syntax. In other words: This is how things work on Ubuntu and bash. Other shells could very well be different.

VirtualBox - Sharing a host folder on Ubuntu guest

Dec. 23, 2013 |  virtualbox  ubuntu  linux 
I have been using [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) to run Ubuntu Server on my Windows PC over the last couple of weeks. The more time I spend with it, the more I find the need to get myself acclimatized with the good old command line method to int