Cooling a ThinkpadCooling a Thinkpad
Late last year I wrote about the way that modern laptops suck [1]. One of the problems that inspired that post was the excessive heat generated by my Thinkpad T61.[...]
Category: Linux
Magic entries for BTRFS and Software RAIDMagic entries for BTRFS and Software RAID
I’ve just discovered that the magic database for the file(1) command in Debian/Unstable has no support for Linux Software RAID and that it’s support for BTRFS is lacking (no reporting[...]
How to Start Learning LinuxHow to Start Learning Linux
I was asked for advice on how to start learning Linux. Rather than replying via email I’m writing a blog post for future people who ask such questions and also[...]
Timing ProcessesTiming Processes
One thing that happens periodically is that I start a process from an interactive shell, discover that it takes longer than expected, and then want to know how long it[...]
Flash, Apple, and LinuxFlash, Apple, and Linux
Steve Jobs has published an interesting article about Flash [1]. He criticises Flash for being proprietary, this seems a little hypocritical coming from Apple (who’s the only competitor for Microsoft[...]
Marshmallow Challenge for Linux ProgrammersMarshmallow Challenge for Linux Programmers
Tom Wujec gave an interesting TED talk about training people in team-work and engineering through building the tallest possible structures from 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 yard of string, and[...]
Discovering OS Bugs and Using SnapshotsDiscovering OS Bugs and Using Snapshots
I’m running Debian/Unstable on an EeePC 701, I’ve got an SD card for /home etc but the root filesystem is on the internal 4G flash storage which doesn’t have much[...]
Ext4 and Debian/LennyExt4 and Debian/Lenny
I want to use the Ext4 filesystem on Xen DomUs. The reason for this is that the problem of fsck times on ext4 (as described in my previous post about[...]
Ext4 and RHEL5/CentOS5Ext4 and RHEL5/CentOS5
I have just noticed that Red Hat added Ext4 support to RHEL-5 in kernel 2.6.18-110.el5. They also added a new package named e4fsprogs (a break from the e2fsprogs name that[...]
The Transition to Ext4The Transition to Ext4
I’ve been investigating the Ext4 filesystem [1]. The main factor that is driving me to Ext4 at the moment is fsck times. I have some systems running Ext3 on large[...]