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Thoughts Electrique
http://www.sebastian.himberger.de/blog/
This is the blog of Sebastian Himberger. A web software developer and freelancer. It's about various projects, ideas and his thoughts about the digital world.
Recent Posts
The Ubuntu LTS default repository problem
I’ve often seen Ubuntu being chosen instead of Debian because the LTS version offers support and security-fixes for five years. This kind of SLA is often a critical argument. But while Ubuntu is happily claiming to be enterprise-ready they yet ...
Decentralized categories in OpenCms 7.5
This feature was presented by Michael Emmerich during the OpenCms Days 2009 and caused a lot of people to grab their pen. A short background on categories Categories are a built-in content relation in OpenCms and allow files in the VFS to be assigned...
Updating a broken SME 7.1 Server to version 7.4
The SME Server is a great Linux distribution for small to medium sized businesses. I’ve been doing some emergency sysadmin stuff in the last time (a friends customer had problems with their SME) and encountered the upgrade-hell from 7.1 to vers...
The Yahoo! OpenHack 2009 - Fun two days!
Last week I attended the Yahoo! OpenHack 2009. I had never heard of this event before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have to say: I was very impressed with the event and had a lot of fun. The event took place at the Millenium Hotel at Times...
How to log in a user of a specified OpenCms OU
I recently had to login a user of a specified OU (Organizational Unit) through a JSP. This is done by simply prepending the username with the path to the OU. Example: I want to login the user “foo” of the OU “/germany/marketing̶...
Installing PHP / PECL ImageMagick extension on 1&1 managed server
I recently had to install a custom PHP extension on a 1&1 managed server. In this case the company had already purchased a managed server which was running the corporate website. They wanted to install an extranet-like webapplication which needed...

