Distro-hopping is easy and fun. Linux users distro-hop to solve problems and to try new software. But is it necessary? Haven't most Linux distributions reached a state of polish that makes distro-hopping unnecessary? Brian Proffitt wonders if distro-hopping shouldn't be discouraged.
<b>Click:</B> "Not only have I been able to crash FreeBSD 7.3-release with GNOME by trying to automount FAT partitions on USB-connected drives, but those crashes rendered both the FAT partitions and the ext3 partitions that otherwise could be mounted automatically on those drives, for lack of a better word, unmountable."
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "One of the important things to remember with Fedora Linux is that it is a platform on which solutions can be built. One such solution is the Sugar On A Stick"
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "At this rate, it will not be long before you have no choice at all, and when alternatives disappear that offer something different -- lower cost, higher performance, better reliability -- it's bound to be bad news."
<b>Click:</b> "After slogging through Firefox in Ubuntu 10.04 for the morning, not the most satisfying experience on my 1.2 GHz Celeron system, I decided to run Tiny Core 2.11 in the afternoon."
The offsite data storage service company, formerly known as Data Deposit Box, has combined remote access to the desktop with its continuous backup service in a new cloud-based offering for SMBs called KineticD.
<b>Linux Foundation:</b> "The Linux Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of LinuxCon Brazil taking place this fall in SãPaulo. LinuxCon is already the premiere Linux conference in both North America and Asia, providing an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux, and we are pleased to be able to extend this event into South America."
As MySQL has evolved and added sophisticated and newer features, there are some areas that remain a bit rough around the edges. Maatkit offers a whole slew of tools for doing backup and restore, finding tables, monitoring your database server and many other database administration tasks you may not have even thought of.
As MySQL has evolved and added sophisticated and newer features, there are some areas that remain a bit rough around the edges. Maatkit offers a whole slew of tools for doing backup and restore, finding tables, monitoring your database server and many other database administration tasks you may not have even thought of.
Any activity that may impact a statement's execution plan is a candidate for using SPA to investigate the possible consequences - both good and bad. Steve Callan discusses the workflow and provides a working example.
Whether or not corporate policy allows it, workers still bring smartphones to the office. Here, seven steps for managing personal mobile devices in an enterprise environment.
Even though the Import and Export Wizard, incorporated into the SQL Server 2008 platform, greatly simplifies the creation of SQL Server Integration Services packages, it has its limitations. This article points out the primary challenges associated with using it to copy data between SQL Server 2008 and Excel and presents methods of addressing these challenges.
<b>Ghacks:</b> "Today most kernels work out of the box with most hardware. But there are times when you could squeeze out a bit more performance or even lighten your kernel on the fly. You can do that with the sysctl command."
The Simplest Linux Netbook Interface (LXDE) offers a smaller, faster alternative to leading desktops like GNOME or KDE –- especially for netbooks.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "[Esfera] The Ubuntu "Ayatana" mailing list is discussing a proposal from Pablo Quiróor a new user interface element to put in the upper right corner of windows which has been recently vacated on Ubuntu systems."
<b>Packt:</b> "Video is a major component of the Web today. Luckily, WordPress makes it easy to publish and share video. In this article, we will demonstrate ways of working with video in WordPress and in Flash."