10 Amazing Linux Desktop Themes MyDigilife: "Dust is a concept for a new, refreshing look for Ubuntu. The idea was to take the defining aesthetic elements of Ubuntu and remix it into something clean, modern, functional, and unique...." (Nov 23, 2008)
Linux Today Features
Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 Benchmarks Phoronix: "With Fedora 10 finally entering the world earlier this week, we have performed benchmarks comparing the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 10. In our testing we used both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds of each distribution and then ran a series of automated tests through the Phoronix Test Suite." Link fixed--ed. (Nov 29, 2008)
Small Features
2008 State Of The Penguin Report - Part 1 Blog of Helios: "Blog of helios is happy to publish their findings after over 1000 separate Linux installs. This will be the first part of a three part weekly series. We hope there is something for all of us to learn within." Nov 26, 2008
Oracle, Emulex Unite to Fight Data Corruption (Dec 3, 2008, 14:03 UTC) (686 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "Oracle announced today that it is contributing block I/O data integrity infrastructure code to Linux, which has been accepted into the 2.6.27 Linux kernel."
Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB (Nov 13, 2008, 09:03 UTC) (1148 reads)
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(feedback) Phoronix: "In this article we are looking at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB under Ubuntu Linux."
Using LinuxDefender Live to Rescue Your Windows NTFS Drive (Sep 24, 2008, 14:02 UTC) (2735 reads)
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(feedback) The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Did I actually mention Windows and NTFS in the title of this post? It's a good thing I managed to squeeze a little Linux in there or I'd commit myself to the nearest convalescent home immediately."
The Enterprise and Open-Source Storage (Jun 27, 2008, 03:00 UTC) (2840 reads)
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(feedback) Storage Soup: "...I've also heard similar withering talk about Sun's open storage in particular, and can only imagine Sun's open-source push is making this topic timely..."
Remote Backups for Linux and BSD (Jun 2, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (4650 reads)
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(feedback) Raiden's Realm: "Backups are an important element of system maintenance on any system, and should be, at least in my opinion, mandatory for all users to perform regularly..."
Linux File Systems: Ready for the Future? (May 31, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (9191 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "My article three weeks ago on Linux file systems set off a firestorm unlike any other I've written in the decade I've been writing on storage and technology issues..."
Online Storage with Wuala (May 27, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (4511 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "At it's most basic level, Wuala is an online storage service. Like other services it aims to allow you to access your files from anywhere, even if your home or office computer is turned off..."
Recover a MySQL Table with Zmanda Recovery Manager (May 13, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (3569 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "If somebody accidentally drops a critical table in MySQL, the application no longer works. The solution to this problem is to utilize the (open source) Zmanda Recovery Manager..."
Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay For (May 12, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (10391 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "Linux file systems have a number of limitations that make them a poor choice for large and high-performance computing environments..."
Geek Sheet: Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery (May 8, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (6117 reads)
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(feedback) Between the Lines: "Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job...?"
Indexing Offline CD-ROM Archives (May 8, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (3278 reads)
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(feedback) Free Software Magazine: "Suppose you've been good (or sort of good anyway), and you have a huge stack of CD-ROMs (or DVDs) with backups and archives of your old files. Great. But how can you find anything...?"
Sun Pushes Open Source Storage (May 3, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (4473 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "The vendor contends that open source technology provides cheaper, more cost-effective storage infrastructures, just as open source efforts in the past led to cheaper server environments..."
Bacula: Backups That Don't Suck (Apr 24, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (5543 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Good systems administrators know that implementing a robust backup procedure is one of their most important duties..."
Gifts of Open Source (Apr 22, 2008, 10:30 UTC) (3049 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "Combining 'Open Source' and 'storage' in the same sentence used to trigger a sardonic grin, but no longer. The availability of free and open software is as true today for storage as it is for operating systems and applications..."
Benchmarking Linux Filesystems on Software RAID 1 (Apr 22, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (6205 reads)
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(feedback) Lone Wolves: "A couple of months ago I got a couple of wonderful birthday presents. My lovely geeky girlfriend got me two Western Digital 500 GB SATA 3.0 drives, which were promptly supplemented with a 3ware 9550XS 4-port hardware RAID card..."
Inspecting Disk IO Performance with fio (Apr 10, 2008, 07:30 UTC) (6215 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Storage performance has failed to keep up with that of other major components of computer systems. Hard disks have gotten larger, but their speed has not kept pace with the relative speed improvements in RAM and CPU technology..."
Linux Gains New Architecture Support (Mar 28, 2008, 10:30 UTC) (5909 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxDevices: "Dozens of network-attached storage (NAS) servers and other consumer appliances are about to gain mainline kernel and Debian GNU/Linux support..."
Multipath Storage with Xen and DS4800 (Mar 12, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (4443 reads)
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(feedback) developerWorks: "Virtualization technology was part of the IBM mainframe decades before virtualization gained its current industry adoption..."
Manage a Linux RAID 10 Storage Server (Mar 5, 2008, 07:00 UTC) (6796 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Networking Planet: "Today we'll learn how to monitor, maintain, and make changes in our RAID 10 array. We'll make it bigger, smaller, safely test failure recovery, and set up monitoring and failure notifications..."
Create a Backup Server with Restore (Feb 21, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (6229 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Perhaps the number one reason why people neglect to back up their desktops is the lack of workable solution. It can be difficult to find a method configurable enough to suite everyone's needs..."
CLI Magic: Manage All Your Archives with atool (Feb 6, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (4225 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "The atool package is a collection of Perl scripts that allows you to handle many different archive formats and compression schemes using a single command-line interface..."
Virtually Speaking: FalconStor, Virtual Iron Eye Virtual Storage (Jan 16, 2008, 22:00 UTC) (3136 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: "Virtual Iron strolled further down the path on its virtual storage roadmap this week with the announcement that it was joining forces with FalconStor Software to deliver a number of storage-centric virtualization capabilities...."
Using Camcorder Tapes to Back Up Files (Dec 29, 2007, 09:00 UTC) (6394 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "DV and MiniDV camcorder tapes can be used for more than just storing audio and video recordings. If you have a camcorder and a FireWire connection to your computer, you can also use them to store files..."
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Goes Open Source (Dec 18, 2007, 17:30 UTC) (4295 reads)
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(feedback) internetnews.com: "Although Ethernet is the dominant interconnect for LANs, when it comes to storage and SANs, it lags other technologies, notably Fibre Channel. That's about to change..."
Virtually Speaking: Storage, The New Frontier (Dec 13, 2007, 03:15 UTC) (3428 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: "As thoughts turn to mistletoe and champagne, the virtualization infrastructure vendors delivered holiday cheer in the form of new product releases on Tuesday..."
