During the 10-second count-down during boot, press the space
bar once. You should see the prompt
boot>

boot -s

and press “Enter”. This will enable you to boot
into “single-user” mode.

The machine should show the usual device probes, but
instead of mounting
filesystems and starting daemons, you will get a
prompt like:

Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:

At that point, press “Enter”. The prompt should
read

This means that you are in single-user mode; you …

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Phusion Passenger is an Nginx module, which makes deploying Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications. It follows the usual Ruby on Rails conventions and ease of setup, while at the same time providing enough flexibility and reliability.
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Easiest way to install Phusion Passenger
1. Open a terminal, and type:
gem install passenger
2. Type:
passenger-install-apache2-module
Or, if you want to install the Nginx version instead:
passenger-install-nginx-module
And follow the instructions.
If you encounter any problems, please read the Users guide (Apache)/Users guide (Nginx) for troubleshooting tips and/or try the …

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Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3  proxy server Written by Igor Sysoev in 2005, Nginx now hosts between 1% and 4% of all domains worldwide. Although still in beta, Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
Currently Ubuntu Hardy will install Nginx version nginx-0.7.65 using aptitude.
Install Nginx webserver in Ubuntu Hardy
sudo aptitude install nginx
This will install all the …

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Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the
third alpha release of ubuntu 10.04,code name “Lucid Lynx”:
“Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3,which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and
those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.”

Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that …

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