When I was working on the Annvix project, I was fascinated with how the system booted and services were started. This led to an eventual rewrite of initialization scripts and the use of runit instead of the traditional SysV init.
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AMD stops maintaining proprietary Linux drivers for older graphics hardware
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Version 9.3 of the proprietary Linux graphics drivers from AMD, known as Catalyst or "fglrx", will be the last to support the R300, R400 and R500 series GPUs, used for example on Radeon models 9500 to X1950.
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Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Debian Lenny (Initiator And Target)
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This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Debian Lenny.
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Essential Linux tools for the PC technician
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Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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ext4, application expectations and power management
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There's been a certain amount of discussion about behavioural differences between ext3 and ext4[1], most notably due to ext4's increased window of opportunity for files to end up empty due to both a longer commit window and delayed allocation of blocks in order to obtain a more pleasing on-disk layout.
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fwbuilder: Manage Firewalls Professionally
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Everyone knows about netfilter/iptables. Unfortunately, managing a security policy with it remains a non-trivial task for several reasons. What is needed is a tool that lets an administrator define the security policy on a higher level of abstraction and hide the internal structure of the target firewall platform.
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Video: Upgrading Ubuntu to the Cutting Edge
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How to the install latest version of Ubuntu (including alpha or beta).
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Intro to V4L2
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This articles describes the Linux's V4L2 (Video for Linux 2) interface, along with the first steps toward developing a device driver that uses the interface. It is based on Linux 2.6.28, and may not apply to other kernel versions.
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Kernel Log: What's new in 2.6.29 - Part 6:
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This development cycle once again included many changes to the kernel's Storage, IDE/PATA, SCSI subsystems.
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Programming languages that melt your brain
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In their day-to-day jobs, coders naturally focus on the more commonly used languages, such as PHP, Python and SDL, but there are plenty of more left-field choices, such as Ruby and assembly, that are well worth learning.
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Supercomputer niche chucks rocks at Nehalem
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As niche supercomputer-maker SiCortex works on the next generation of its line and watches the IT marketing machine gearing up for Intel's impending Nehalem-based Xeon EP, the company says that Chipzilla isn't moving in the right direction for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
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Why Is Moblin's X.Org Stack Faster Than In Ubuntu?
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Canonical's Scott James Remnant recently set out to explore why X.Org started up so much faster on Moblin than on Ubuntu.
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Using iSCSI On Debian Lenny (Initiator And Target)
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This guide explains how you can set up an iSCSI target and an iSCSI initiator (client), both running Debian Lenny. The iSCSI protocol is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows iSCSI initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) iSCSI target using normal ethernet cabling.
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High-security, RAMdisk Linux rev'd
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An interesting physical security-focused Linux distribution was upgraded a couple of days ago. Tin Hat Linux reportedly takes a Vista-like five minutes to boot, because its whole filesystem is decrypted and loaded from an optical drive onto a RAMdisk (tmpfs). But after that, it's likely Puppy-fast!
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Industrial distro aims to streamline embedded Linux
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MPC Data has launched a wizard-driven, Eclipse-based Linux distribution and toolkit aimed at industrial applications. Available initially in an open source version for Super-H, with commercial versions and wider architecture support to follow, "Little Blue Linux" includes a wizard-driven Eclipse IDE and 2.6.2x BSPs.
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