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Simple NFSv4 configuration for Debian and Ubuntu

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:02:00 +0200

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.

Quick tip for fixing hot soekrises

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0200

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?

Quick Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) comments

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:57:00 +0200

Today I've installed the recently released Linux Mint 6 (Felicia). Here are some initial thoughts:

The Distro I'd like to use

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:47:00 +0200

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. Beranger, I fully understand the often bitter tone of your posts.

Ubuntu tip: enable indirect rendering

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:42:00 +0200

Just a small Ubuntu tip. The Compiz settings on Ubuntu hardy are stored in /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager.

vboxcontrol 2008051100

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:32:00 +0200

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.

Mandriva 2008 Spring One Gnome preliminary look

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:58:00 +0200

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.

Slackware 12.1 around the corner?

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:14:00 +0200

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

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:19:00 +0200

Gael 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.

Start VirtualBox virtual machines on boot

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:43:00 +0200

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).

Ten years ago: 1998

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:28:00 +0200

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.