Servers vs PhonesServers vs Phones
Hetzner have recently updated their offerings to include servers with 16G and 24G of RAM [1]. You can get a dedicated server with two 3TB SATA disks, an i7-2600 quad-core[...]
Akonadi on a MySQL ServerAkonadi on a MySQL Server
Wouter described how to get Akonadi (the back-end for KDE PIM) to use PostgreSQL [1]. I don’t agree with his “MySQL is a toy” sentiment. But inspired by his post[...]
Modern Laptops SuckModern Laptops Suck
One of the reasons why I’m moving from a laptop to a cloud lifestyle [1] is that laptops suck nowadays. Engineering Trade-offs Laptops have always had disadvantages when compared to[...]
Moving from a Laptop to a Cloud LifestyleMoving from a Laptop to a Cloud Lifestyle
My Laptop History In 1998 I bought my first laptop, it was a Thinkpad 385XD, it had a PentiumMMX 233MHz CPU, 96M of RAM, and an 800*600 display. This was[...]
Links August 2011Links August 2011
Alex Steffen gave an interesting TED talk summarising the ways that greater urban density can reduce energy use while increasing our quality of life [1]. Geoffrey West gave an interesting[...]
Digital CamerasDigital Cameras
In May I gave a talk for LUV about the basics of creating video on Linux. As part of the research for that I investigated which cameras were good for[...]
Name Server IP and a Dead ServerName Server IP and a Dead Server
About 24 hours ago I rebooted the system that runs the secondary DNS for my zone and a few other zones. I’d upgraded a few things and the system had[...]
Links July 2011Links July 2011
The Reid Report has an article about the marriage pledge that Michelle Bachmann signed which implies that slavery wasn’t so bad [1]. Greg Carey has written an interesting article for[...]
SE Linux File Context PrecedenceSE Linux File Context Precedence
In my previous post I expressed a desire to use regular expressions for files that may appear in multiple places in the tree due to bind mounts for /run and[...]
/run and SE Linux Policy/run and SE Linux Policy
Currently Debian/Unstable is going through a transition to using /run instead of /var/run. Naturally any significant change to the filesystem layout requires matching changes to SE Linux policy. We currently[...]