/etc/fstab contains a listing of all of the potential mounted drives on the system both local and remote. The file /etc/rc.sysinit reads the /etc/fstab to mount the drives on startup. This text file is the file you edit if you wanted to mount a partition permanently once the system boots.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) uses it. Elastichosts uses it. Google uses it. Yahoo uses it. Engine Yard uses it. Facebook uses it. "It" is Linux, of course. But what else do all these companies have in common? If you said "cloud technology," you're correct.

Have you read the past 25 or so entries in this blog? Once I finally solved all my issues with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, I decided to start the upgrade path to version 9.10. I wanted newer applications. I needed better hardware drivers. But especially with 9.10, nicknamed Karmic Koala, I've had to deal with too many issues. I'm tired.

With so many exciting new Linux distributions being released in the annual autumnal rush, you might wonder why I chose Mandriva 2010 (http://www2.mandriva.com/) to get back into the swing of Linux things. Mandriva 2010 has gone a long way toward changing my mind about KDE 4.

Redesign the Menue of the CD to something looking smoother and better for new Users idea from brainstorm

OK, up until now I am talking about broad principles and governments. The reason I went off in that direction is to make the point that most reasonable people in free countries do understand, accept and support reasonable limitations on free speech. By the strictest definition of the word these examples are all forms of censorship. Censorship, in and of itself, is not evil.

Google has recently released their very own DNS resolver with main goals of making web browsing faster and safer... replacing your ISP's slow DNS server with a third party DNS resolution service will help speed up your Internet connection. So if you are already using OpenDNS right now and are pleased with it, why not try Google Public DNS.