The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Tech Startups [slashdot post]

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2114616&cid=35975978 “The history of every major tech startup tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question “How can we make payroll?”, the second by the question “Why do we need VC?”, and the third by the question “Where shall we have lunch?” It should be the goal of every startup company to reach the third stage.” ...

Help! Linux ate my RAM!

http://www.linuxatemyram.com/ this is funny (web page that shows to folks that are new to linux where [i.e. disk cache] the ram goes )

[OOM Killer Saga] Re: [PATCH] oom_pardon, aka don't kill my xlock [LWN.net]

http://lwn.net/Articles/104185/ whenever your are in discussion about OOM, make sure you mention this :-)