Archive for the 'for:collidr' Category

Git Magic [well written "git for newbees" article]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Good article that explain basic version control tasks and how to do them with git. Other git how-to articles start with how git differs from other vcs’es and explain about git internals and by doing that they create a huge deal of confusion.

Intel IXP425 | Timesys Embedded Linux [product page]

Friday, August 1st, 2008

page lists some details about intel ixp4xx combo-cpu’s and there are some useful notes as to what kernel config options should be enabled. Timesys uses 2.6.16.10

Why power failures are bad for your data

Friday, July 25th, 2008

artilcle tells what happens when u pull the plug … in short nothing good will happen, so use UPS! read article for details

[x86 booting] The Kernel Boot Process

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

3rd article — explains how linux kernel boots

[x86 booting] How Computers Boot Up

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

2nd article, the 1st is at http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/motherboard-chipsets-memory-map

Not a Guessing Game — Paul Vixie [from ISC/Bind] on recenet DNS hole

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

do a ‘dig TXT porttest.dns-oarc.net’ . || w.out disclosing details Pau confirms that the hole exists, and that !IMPORTANT! NAT/PAT effectively netrualize UDP port randomization fix

Linux.com :: Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

JULY-2008: adaptec SAS 8 port with 6 SATA HDDs vs MD-RAID for 5, 6 and 10

[russian] Как украсть Linux? – Директор ИС | How to Steal Linux – IT Director Magazine

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

russian publication “IT Director” [rus: Директор ИС] has published a detailed article about legal status and a variaty issues that surrounds free/open source usage in Russian Federation

Linux Hater’s Blog [rants about various things that sacks in linux and OSS in general]

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

muahaaa! but the guy surely knows what he is talking about

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

Monday, June 30th, 2008

guide introduces various specific topics like arrays, variable scopes, etc.