Thomas Barregren's blog

Thomas Barregren’s blog on software development in general and web development with Drupal in particular.

How to tunnel CVS over SSH

This mini-HOWTO explains how to tunnel CVS by port forwarding with OpenSSH.

How to login on SSH without password

This mini-HOWTO explains how to login with OpenSSH without password.

How to install Git from source on Ubuntu

This mini-HOWTO explains how to install Git, a free Version Control System (VCS), from source on Ubuntu.

How to use Huawei E169 HSDPA 3G modem on Ubuntu

This mini-HOWTO explains how to make Huawei’s 3G modem E169 for 7.2Mbps High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), known as Turbo 3G in Sweden, to work on Ubuntu.

How to install Ubuntu on Amazon EC2

This mini-HOWTO describes how to install Ubuntu Server on Amazon’s cloud computing service Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

Report from DrupalCon 2007 in Barcelona

My personal observations during the course of event of DrupalCon 2007 in Barcelona.

Rapport från DrupalCon 2007 i Barcelona

Min högst personliga rapport från DrupalCon som hölls i Barcelona den 19—22 september 2007.

How to make ColorZilla work with Firefox on Ubuntu

ColorZilla is one of the most productive extension to Firefox. But it does not work with Firefox on Ubuntu. Fortunately, there is a solution.

Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)

When I was updating Ubuntu on my laptop today, both Synaptic and apt-get update returned the error message Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1). Since it took me a while to figure out what was going on, I thought I should share what I found and also the very simple solution.