multiple ethernet devices in Xenmultiple ethernet devices in Xen
It seems that no-one has documented what needs to be done to correctly run multiple Ethernet devices (with one always being eth0 and the other always being eth1) in a[...]
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installing Xen domU on Debian Etchinstalling Xen domU on Debian Etch
I have just been installing a Xen domU on Debian Etch. I’ll blog about installing dom0 later when I have a test system that I can re-install on (my production[...]
free software liason?free software liason?
In my previous work as a sys-admin I have worked for a number of companies that depend heavily on free software. If you use a commercially supported distribution such as[...]
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memes that damage debianmemes that damage debian
The Debian project is afflicted with several damaging memes. One that is causing problems at the moment is the idea that life should be fair. Unfortunately life is inherently unfair,[...]
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music for childrenmusic for children
Adam Rosi-Kessel made an interesting post about They Might Be Giants producing children’s music because their original fan base are now old enough to have children. From casual inspection of[...]
SE Linux on Debian in 5 minutesSE Linux on Debian in 5 minutes
Following from my 5 minute OSDC talk yesterday on 5 security improvements needed in Linux distributions I gave a 5 minute talk on installing SE Linux on Debian etch. To[...]
some advice for job seekerssome advice for job seekers
A member of the free software community recently sent me their CV and asked for assistance in getting a job. Some of my suggestions are globally applicable so I’m blogging[...]
when you can’t get along with other developerswhen you can’t get along with other developers
Many years ago I was involved in a free software development project with write access to the source tree. For reasons that are not relevant to this post (and which[...]
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economics of a computer store (why they don’t stock what you want)economics of a computer store (why they don’t stock what you want)
In some mailing list discussions recently some people demonstrated a lack of knowledge of the economics of a shop. Having run a shop for a few years (an Internet Cafe)[...]
more about securing an officemore about securing an office
My post about securing an office received many comments, so many that I had to write another blog entry to respond to them and also add some other things I[...]