Dispelling Common Cloud Myths
Is there someone in your office that complains constantly yet offers no useful suggestions on how to fix the problem at hand? Do you wonder if some people just thrive on complaining and tickling the skeptic bone in others? Are you sick of the abundance of conflicting and often confusing information? When it comes to [...]
So You Want To Be A Linux System Administrator?
I was digging through Server Fault today looking for some thoughts on CARP (think HSRP, just free) and came across an honest and interesting question. The author wanted to know what skills and experience would make him more desirable in the world of UNIX like operating systems. I began to answer his question and found [...]
GCC has a little big bug
There’s been a flurry of concerns over some very odd behavior found in gcc, the GNU collection of compilers. Since GCC compiles much more than just C, I don’t call it the GNU C compiler any more, as that would be a bit of a misnomer. GCC has a built in abs() (absolute value) function [...]
Why I don’t spend money on IT certifications
Some reports that were recently published talked about GNU/Linux professionals without certifications making more money with less turn over than professionals with certifications. I have never felt the need to waste my money on Linux certifications, for serveral reasons: I actively contribute to many free / open source software projects as well as GNU/Linux distributions. [...]
BBC blunders : “We’re not gonna take it.”
The BBC asked the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman to write an article for their “Tech Lab” column, a smorgasboard of insights and brainstorming written by various technology industry leaders. Stallman wrote an article, the BBC refused to publish it. Stallman insisted that the article contain a copying permission notice, allowing anyone [...]
Ubuntu Feisty Xen image available
I’ve been promising several people for the past couple of months that I would make a Feisty Xen guest template when I got “around to it”. Well, I got around to it and the template is available for download. You’ll find the md5′s in the directory listing. The template was bootstrapped (32 bit) using debootstrap, [...]
GNUPanel soon open to developers
I’ve received notice from Jorge and Ricardo, the lead developers of GNUPanel that very soon I’ll have a new semi-properized set of installation scripts. Once I get them, Mercurial repositories will be created. I’m planning the following: public/ Branches from core developers Main (stable) public branch Dev (unstable) public branch queue/ Patch queue for stable [...]
My backup enchilada
In all honesty, this is just a recipe for my enchilada, I’m still in the prep and planning stage. My goal: Make a really efficient idiot-proof backup program that (could) use the the features of an ext3cow file system if one happened to be present. I don’t spare a penny when it comes to computers [...]
