first look at CentOS 5 Xenfirst look at CentOS 5 Xen
I have just installed a machine running CentOS 5 as a Xen server. I installed a full GUI environment on the dom0 so that GUI tools can be used for[...]
lemonup and blog licenselemonup and blog license
I have just updated my previous post about licenses and also explicitely licensed my blog. Previously I had used a Creative-Commons share-alike license for lecture notes to allow commercial use[...]
the Right to Forkthe Right to Fork
Leon Brooks blogged about the Right to Fork (an essential right for free software development) but notes that governments of countries don’t permit such a right. One of the criteria[...]
praying for rainpraying for rain
Paul Dwerryhouse posted a comment about the Prime Minister asking people to pray for rain. I don’t think that Johnny is suggesting this because he’s overly religious (compare his actions[...]
a Heartbeat developer comments on my blog posta Heartbeat developer comments on my blog post
Alan Robertson (a major contributor to the Heartbeat project) commented on my post failure probability and clusters. His comment deserves wider readership than a comment generally gets so I’m making[...]
2 node vs 3+ node clusters2 node vs 3+ node clusters
A comment on my post about the failure probability of clusters suggested that a six node cluster that has one node fail should become a five node cluster. The problem[...]
failure probability and clustersfailure probability and clusters
When running a high-availability cluster of two nodes it will generally be configured such that if one node fails then the other runs. Some common operation (such as accessing a[...]
Debian/Etch release party in Melbourne – AustraliaDebian/Etch release party in Melbourne – Australia
We are having a release party on Saturday the 14th of April. We meet at mid-day under the clocks at Flinders Street Station and then go somewhere convenient and not[...]
Spooks and GConfSpooks and GConf
Jeff Waugh wrote an amusing post about SE Linux and GConf support. It’s good to see SE Linux being promoted to the GNOME community. Related posts: music for children Adam[...]
presentations about SE Linuxpresentations about SE Linux
I have just read the Presentation Zen blog post about PowerPoint. One of the interesting suggestions was that it’s not effective to present the same information twice, so you don’t[...]