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Ralph is a car enthusiast, blogger, author and teacher. In addition to being the founder of this website, Ralph is also a Linux Systems Administrator with 9 years+ experience who is also available for freelance or full-time work.

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How To: Install Ruby 1.8, Rubygems on Ubuntu 14.04

Posted on February 4th, 2015.

In this guide, we will learn how to install Ruby 1.8 and Rubygems 1.3.7 on Ubuntu 14.04. This guide was a result of my frustration trying to get Fedena running on Ubuntu 14.04. After hours of research, I finally figured out how to do it right. Read on!

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How To: Set the Timezone on Ubuntu (Server)

Posted on February 2nd, 2015.

Like most server administrators, I find myself needing to analyse server logs for some reason. It’s pretty annoying when you view log files in an attempt to make sense of your data only to find the time-stamps on events don’t correspond to your local time.

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How To: Install eXo Platform on Ubuntu

Posted on November 29th, 2014.

eXo Platform is an open source, standard-based, Enterprise Social Platform written in Java and distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. It is full featured, based on standards, extensible and has an amazing design. In this guide, I’ll show how to install eXo Platform on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. Although this guide was written […]

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MyUS, Fedex & the Nigerian Customs Service: My Experience (PS4 Order)

Posted on August 17th, 2014.

It all started on the 18th of July, 2014, I was home playing Call of Duty: Black OPS II on my PlayStation 3 console (FYI, I’m a heavy gamer) and I kept getting owned. I quickly realized the problem was my poor connection to the host. I use MTN Hynet for online gaming in Nigeria […]

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How To: Install Apache 2.4, PHP 5.5 and MySQL on Windows – Part 1

Posted on July 31st, 2014.

In this article, I will show you how to install Apache 2.4, PHP 5.5 and MySQL. I’m running a standard Windows 8.1 64-bit setup without Xampp or Wamp. I will be showing you how to add PHP 5.5 as a module in Apache 2.4. Step 1: Downloads Apache: Download Apache 2.4 binaries from ApacheLounge.com. You […]