Finding Thread-unsafe CodeFinding Thread-unsafe Code
One problem that I have had on a number of occasions when developing Unix software is libraries that use non-reentrant code which are called from threaded programs. For example if[...]
Category: Linux
Per-process Namespaces – pam-namespacePer-process Namespaces – pam-namespace
Mike writes about his work in using namespaces on Linux [1]. In 2006 I presented a paper titled “Polyinstantiation of directories in an SE Linux system” about this at the[...]
Things you can do for your LUGThings you can do for your LUG
A Linux Users Group like most volunteer organisations will often have a small portion of the membership making most of the contributions. I believe that every LUG has many people[...]
Debugging as a Demonstration SportDebugging as a Demonstration Sport
I was watching So You Think You Can Dance [1] and thinking about the benefits that it provides to the dancing industry. The increase in public appreciation for the sport[...]
Swapping to a Floppy DiskSwapping to a Floppy Disk
In the mid 90’s I was part-owner of a small ISP. We had given out Trumpet Winsock [1] to a large number of customers and couldn’t convert them to anything[...]
A Basic IPVS ConfigurationA Basic IPVS Configuration
I have just configured IPVS on a Xen server for load balancing between multiple virtual hosts. The benefit is not load balancing but management. With two virtual machines providing a[...]
The History of MSThe History of MS
Jeff Bailey writes about the last 26 years of Microsoft [1]. He gives Microsoft credit for “saving us from the TRS 80”, however CP/M-86 was also an option for the[...]
The New OLPCThe New OLPC
TED has a post about the design of the new OLPC [1]. I never liked the previous OLPCs [2], for my use a machine needs a better keyboard than the[...]
Ideas to Copy from Red HatIdeas to Copy from Red Hat
I believe that the Red Hat process which has Fedora for home users (with a rapid release cycle and new versions of software but support for only about one year)[...]
Release Dates for DebianRelease Dates for Debian
Mark Shuttleworth has written an interesting post about Ubuntu release dates [1]. He claims that free software distributions are better able to meet release dates than proprietary OSs because they[...]