Openfiler 2.3 Active/Passive Cluster (Heartbeat, DRBD) With Offsite Replication
Howtoforge: "Openfiler is a Linux based NAS/SAN application which can deliver storage over nfs/smb/iscsi and ftp. It has a web interface over that you can control these services."
View ArticleGetting Started with MeeGo
Linux.com: "The MeeGo project is about to celebrate its first birthday, but there may still be Linux and open source developers who aren't quite sure how it relates to other Linux-based distributions...
View ArticleThe Proc Connector and Socket Filters
Scott James Remnant: "The proc connector is one of those interesting kernel features that most people rarely come across, and even more rarely find documentation on. Likewise the socket filter. This is...
View ArticleGC Lingua Franca
After the Software Wars: "Open Letter to the LKML; If we were already talking to our computers, etc. as we should be, I wouldn't feel a need to write this to you."
View ArticleThe Tyee: Regulators of Our Digital Future Have Lost Public's Trust
The Tyee: "Oligopoly friendly policies have taken Canada to the bad place we're at now."
View ArticleLies, damned lies and search engines
Computerworld: "Google has caught Microsoft with its hand in its search-engine cookie jar. That's bad, but it also leads me to the question, How much can you trust any search engine?"
View ArticleLinux for mobile users
PC Plus: "Linux is an ideal solution for notebook users. We help you choose the best mobile distro"
View ArticleHow not to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer - part 5
linux kernel monkey log: "Heck, It's not like I haven't said all of this before, but it sure seems like no one learns from the past, or reads the documentation that we write for how to actually submit...
View ArticleSCALE Blog: The Dirt on IPv6 at SCALE
SCALE: "SCALE will be delivering both IPv4 and IPv6 network address space to all vendors, orgs, and attendees. This will be the second year that both ACT USA and Digilink Network Services have provided...
View ArticleThe Versions of ODF
Rob Weir: "However, as the ODF 1.2 specification goes through remainder of its review/approval process in OASIS, we’ve increasingly turned our attention to ODF-Next."
View ArticleWhy Browser 'Do Not Track' Features Won't Work
PC World: "Mozilla, Microsoft, and Google have each developed some sort of "do not track" feature for their respective Web browsers. The intent is good, but each solution is fundamentally flawed and is...
View ArticleGTK 3.0 takes on Qt with new release
Netstat -vat: "GTK 3.0 is now available, and it promises some nice advances over GTK 2.x which is the UI framework behind GNOME (and tonnes of other cross-platform open source apps the rely on it)"
View ArticleTop 5 Linux DVD RIP Software
nixCraft: "A DVD ripper software allows you to copying the content of a DVD to a hard disk drive. You transfer video on DVDs to different formats, or make a backup of DVD content, and to convert DVD...
View ArticleWhat I would like to See in AppStream, the "Linux App Store"
RWDub's Reviews: "Add a donation option tab. This tab could be turned off in preferences, and should be unobtrusive, no asking or reminders to donate. Different options to donate: such as a general...
View ArticleSysRQ in Linux and Ubuntu
Linuxaria: "Sometimes happen that your desktop freeze and you cannot do anything, so the only choice is to unplug the power cord ? No, Linux has the magic SysRq key that can sync your disk and issue a...
View ArticleFlash/nVidia horrors, Gnome/KDE fights in Fedora
Stop: "Basically, whenever I loaded that or other web pages that contain a Flash ad, that ad would remain on screen. This made working impossible again."
View ArticleLinux Leaders: Debian and Ubuntu Derivative Distros
Datamation: "By any standard, Debian is the most influential Linux distribution ever. Not everyone uses Debian, but, both alone and second hand through Ubuntu, it is the source of more derivative...
View ArticleGNOME 3 Does Away With The Maximize And Minimize Buttons
Digitizor: "GNOME 3 is going for something more extreme - they have decided to actually remove the maximize and minimize buttons all together."
View ArticleKernel Log: Coming in 2.6.38 (Part 4) - Storage
The H Open: "Expected in March, the forthcoming kernel will contain the new LIO target framework for implementing Storage Area Networks (SANs). Also new are a kernel-side media presence polling feature...
View ArticleWhat's Hot (and What's Not) for Servers
ServerWatch: "A new survey by Gabriel Consulting Group (GCG) of Beaverton, Ore. reveals most IT managers and data center managers echo the sentiments of Rhett Butler at the end of "Gone with the Wind"...
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