KDE 4.2 is set for release on January 27th. Eager to see what is new and improved, I installed beta 1 on my Gentoo box. KDE 4.1.80 was tagged then released late last month after the feature freeze deadline. This is a snapshot of the current development …

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Update: More Linux File Systems

Introduction

Although the file system is one of the most important pieces of an operating system, we generally put little thought into them these days. Put bits in, pull bits out. It usually works well enough for desktop systems - until the power fails - but even …

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So I bit the bullet and installed KDE 4.0 on Gentoo. Version 4.0.4 recently hit the tree, and with some minor hackary to package.unmask and package.keywords I have a nice spartan KDE 4.0.4 desktop that I am typing this in.

My observations:

Like …

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Wow!

I just downloaded the Fedora 9 KDE live spin. I am impressed. I tried a few of the betas along the way, but this is very polished. Much better than Ubuntu's try at KDE4.

It feels very responsive and works very well, even as a LiveCD under VMWare. This …

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My thoughts on the growth of the Linux kernel and the status quo of using and developing software..

Prompted by discussion of this article: 1986 Mac Plus Vs. 2007 AMD DualCore. You Won't Believe Who Wins

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[Ed: My response to accusations of Linux Kernel bloat]

The [Linux] kernel never has …

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Chris Mason announced an early alpha release of his new Btrfs filesystem, "after the last FS summit, I started working on a new filesystem that maintains checksums of all file data and metadata." The Linux answer to ZFS?

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Just taking a moment to express my appreciation for IBM. Yes, I'm a bit of an IBM fanboy.

POWER6 is geared for release, and it's badass. Check out this Ars Technica article for a good run down:
IBM's POWER6 flies the coop at 4.7GHz

Simply put, IBM is the …

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"The Gentoo project is pleased to announce the much-delayed release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0. This release met with several delays due to an abnormally high number of security vulnerabilities in large packages which had to be rebuilt using the newer, secure versions of the packages." A new installer, and …

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So Linux kernel 2.6.21 is finally out and all the buzz is about the Tickless Kernel patches. Wanting to drink the kool aid, I downloaded the freshly released gentoo-sources. Unfortunately, it looks like amd64 support has not yet made it in.

I pulled some numbers on my main …

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Building your own Network Attached Storage server

In an earlier post, I discussed what was necessary to cable 1U servers up with power to run SATA drives. Next, you'll need some drives and a controller if you have not already purchased them.

Controllers

The SATA controller you select is one …

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