First off, apologies for this post’s title. It had to be done, though. On Monday, LiveJournal was sold to a Russian company. When I first read about it, one eyebrow raised slightly, but I didn’t think much of it. Then I started noticing comments coming in from my friends and colleagues talking about how they felt about it.
Category Archives: Open Source
Live Resizing of RAID5 Arrays in Linux
Posted by fdiv_bug
on June 8, 2007
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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.
Issue Trackers and Project Management
Posted by fdiv_bug
on May 20, 2007
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I’m going to be pushing a software project I’ve been working on out into the open source world sometime in the near future, so I’ve been considering what I want to use to keep track of the software’s development. I initially started by creating a RubyForge project for it, because the tool is written in Ruby and that’s just what you do with Ruby projects, but I’ve also been thinking about Trac and Launchpad.
What I Look for in a (Linux) Server System
Posted by fdiv_bug
on April 3, 2007
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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.