Vista ReadyBoostReady – Good for Linux?Vista ReadyBoostReady – Good for Linux?
At the moment it seems that about half the USB flash devices on sale are listed as “Vista ReadyBoost Ready“. I recently bought an 8G USB device that I returned[...]
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Software vs Hardware RAIDSoftware vs Hardware RAID
Should you use software or hardware RAID? Many people claim that Hardware RAID is needed for performance (which can be true) but then claim that it’s because of the CPU[...]
Open Hardware – What Would ChangeOpen Hardware – What Would Change
I have just read an interesting post speculating about the possibility of open source hardware [1]. To some extent things have been following a trend in that direction. Back in[...]
LUG Meetings etcLUG Meetings etc
Recently I was talking to an employee at Safeway (an Australian supermarket chain) about Linux etc. He seemed interested in attending a meeting of my local LUG (which incidentally happens[...]
Comparing Debian and FedoraComparing Debian and Fedora
A common question is how to compare Fedora [1] and Debian [2] in terms of recent updates and support. I think that Fedora Rawhide and Debian/Unstable are fairly equivalent in[...]
Ethernet Bonding on Debian EtchEthernet Bonding on Debian Etch
I have previously blogged about Ethernet bonding on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Now I have a need to do the same thing on Debian Etch – to have multiple Ethernet[...]
Praising Children vs Praising ProgrammersPraising Children vs Praising Programmers
In a comment on my blog post titled Childhood, Don Marti refers to an earlier blog post he wrote which refers to a New York Magazine article about the effects[...]
Xen and BridgingXen and Bridging
In a default configuration of Xen there will be a virtual Ethernet device created for each interface which will be associated with a bridge. A previous post documented how to[...]
unaligned access on IA64unaligned access on IA64
I recently had some problems with unaligned access on IA64, messages about unaligned access were being logged via printk and I couldn’t determine the cause – or even how to[...]
Planet Linux Jobs VictoriaPlanet Linux Jobs Victoria
As part of my ongoing plan to make things easier for Linux job applicants and advertisers I have created a Planet for Linux Jobs in Victoria, Australia. The LUV President[...]