FeedsSimple NFSv4 configuration for Debian and Ubuntu
NFSv4 offers a lot of advantages (speed, security, ...) to NFSv3, but clear documentation online on how to set it all up is a bit hard to find. Especially if you're not interested in specific features like kerberos, and just want to upgrade your simple local-network NFSv3 setup to NFSv4. Here's an example of how I've installed it.
Read more | CommentsQuick tip for fixing hot soekrises
Are you using one of those wonderful little Soekris machines? Did you put in a harddrive? Are you now having temperature issues? But you don't want to put in a fan?
Read more | CommentsQuick Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) comments
Today I've installed the recently released Linux Mint 6 (Felicia). Here are some initial thoughts:
Read more | CommentsThe Distro I'd like to use
I'm a distrohopper, and have been for a long time. There have been days in which I've installed at least five different distributions to try. Always to return to the moment's least frustrating Linux distribution. Béranger, I fully understand the often bitter tone of your posts.
Read more | CommentsUbuntu tip: enable indirect rendering
Just a small Ubuntu tip. The Compiz settings on Ubuntu hardy are stored in /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager.
Read more | Commentsvboxcontrol 2008051100
A while ago i wrote a script for starting up VirtualBox machines at system boot of the host. This script was called VirtualBoxMachines. I received some comments about it, and today I took the time to clean up the script, rename it to vboxcontrol, and put it with a proper README and ChangeLog file in a tarball.
Read more | CommentsMandriva 2008 Spring One Gnome preliminary look
A while ago I took a look at Mandriva 2008 Spring RC1 inside VirtualBox. Today, the 2008 Spring final release was announced. I decided to install it on my main laptop (Acer 5920). Here’s a few quick notes. Perhaps a full review will follow later. This time I downloaded the One GNOME i586 version.
Read more | CommentsSlackware 12.1 around the corner?
The changelog of the venerable
Slackware Linux distribution shows a
hint that the upcoming 12.1 release process is just around the
corner:
Ulteo Application System 8.00 beta1 review
Gaël Duval is the founder of the popular Mandriva (previously called Mandrake) distribution. He no longer works there, and now he’s been building a new distribution called Ulteo. It is to be a system combined of a Desktop operating system and tightly integrated network services. Combined together, they should provide real-time desktop sharing/collaboration, and automatic file synchronization/backups stored at Ulteo. At least, that’s what I understand from the Ulteo scheme. To get an idea of what Ulteo AS currently provides, the flash movie on this page should clear things up a bit.
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Start VirtualBox virtual machines on boot
NOTE: check the vboxcontrol section for up to date information. This article is a bit stale.
Today, uptime of Far Fewer Toes suffered. That’s because we’ve bought a new computer to host the site on. Previously, we were hosting on an old Pentium III 600, which badly needed a replacement. We also needed to free up another box, in order to use it for real reviews and tests (as opposed to in VirtualBox).
Read more | CommentsTen years ago: 1998
It's often quite fun to take a look way back, and see just how far we've come since. This is a look back at what happened in the year 1998.
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