Category Archives: Linux

A Couple of Links

Posted by on November 12, 2007 No comments

I don’t usually just post links, but these are too great to not share.

The Nerd Handbook
This explains so much about me and “my people” that it borders on the uncanny. Everyone who is dating, has ever dated, or is planning on dating a nerd/geek needs to read this.
Installing MySQL on Ubuntu
A sarcastic response to a post by Dan Benjamin about how to install the MySQL database on Mac OS X. It still floors me when Mac people talk about how great it is that you can install software by hand, from source. We got over that years and years ago in the Linux world, FreeBSD’s Ports has been a solid solution for many years as well, and they’re even getting past it in Solaris. Mac OS X has MacPorts and lots of people use it, but there’s still a great deal of software-management-by-hand done in that world.

Live Resizing of RAID5 Arrays in Linux

Posted by on June 8, 2007 1 comment

A friend of mine asked about the benefits of software RAID versus hardware RAID in Linux, and I proceeded to voice my support for the former. It was then brought up that online resizing was one of her concerns, and I set about to figure out how to do just that. These instructions were crafted in a CentOS 5 virtual machine, and come with no warranty or guarantee of any sort; I put them here on the off chance that they might help someone.

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What I Look for in a (Linux) Server System

Posted by on April 3, 2007 No comments

A coworker of mine and I had discussed my stance on Apple — it hasn’t really changed much since I wrote that, in case you’re wondering — and she asked me for my thoughts on what I look for and expect in a Linux system, so I offered to write them down here. Most of these considerations and observations also apply to other Unix, or even non-Unix systems, too.

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