The WhisperingWulf is a fully functional totally quiet personal HPC cluster. This project was originally started as a quest for a small and silent HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer).
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Kernel Log: Long-term maintenance for 2.6.32, util-linux-ng extended
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Linux 2.6.32 is to be maintained for 2 to 3 years within the stable series – the maintenance of 2.6.27, however, will probably soon be discontinued or at least downscaled considerably. The util-linux-ng tool collection now contains three additional programs:
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DNSSEC Compromised Again?
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DNS Security Extensions is supposed to be the technology that helps to secure the Domain Name System, or DNS , against attack. Yet DNSSEC servers aren't always infallible, as a pair of vulnerabilities proved this week.
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GNU/Linux: rdesktop - Working on a Windows Based PC Remotely
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When I originally worked on the systems for this client I set up TightVNC on all the systems at the location. Then, using non-standard ports, I configured their router for remote access to be able to support these systems remotely using the Java based web connector in TightVNC from my Firefox web browser.
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Some thoughts on best practices for SMTP blocking of e-mail spam
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Although SMTP blocking of e-mail spam is a best practice, many anti-virus products include the dangerous option of blocking when a Received header is on a blacklist. But it is possible for a legitimate, secure system to have its e-mail blocked by this boneheaded technique. Do not use it!
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Btrfs Battles EXT4 With The Linux 2.6.33 Kernel
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EXT4 has encountered many significant performance losses over time as its developers batten up the data security, but there have been some improvements too. At the same time though the developers working on the still-experimental Btrfs file-system continue to move along and push forward.
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New Low-Latency Ubuntu Server Build Proposed
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Canonical's Tim Gardner is seeking comments regarding a new build of Ubuntu Server that he is proposing.
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Sauce Labs has released Sauce IDE, a record and playback system for Selenium tests that allows individuals new to Selenium do automated application functional testing on multiple browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera and multiple operating systems, all without writing any code.
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New jQuery Forum is Here!
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Today we’re officially announcing the brand new jQuery Forum. We’ve been using mailing lists, and subsequently Google Groups, over the past 4 years to manage the discussion and community around jQuery. That particular solution has simply not been able to scale to our discussion requirements both in terms of participation and in managing spam.
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Running Ubuntu on an Active Directory network
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It's always been possible to get Linux desktops to work on Windows-based networks. I do it all the time. But, it's not a job for an average Linux user or a Windows network administrator's whose MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certification still has wet-ink.
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Size Can Matter: Ramdisk Journal Metadata Performance - Part 2
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Previously, we examined the impact of journal size using a separate disk on metadata performance as measured by fdtree. In this follow-up we repeat the same test but use a ramdisk for the journal, thereby boosting the best performance. Or does it?
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
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FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 9.10 server.
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Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK) 2.0.11 is Released
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UCK is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs (including Kubuntu/Xubuntu and Edubuntu) to your needs. You can add any package to the live system, for example language packs, or applications.
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Monitoring Disk Usage With Iotop
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If you want to keep an eye on the CPU usage of your processes, you can use top. For disk I/O, the Python program iotop does the same thing...
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Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Explained
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"The fundamental purpose of the ICMP protocol is to report problems with the delivery of IP datagrams", says networking expert Swayam Prakasha. Join him in his latest article designed to help you discover more about one of the most popular protocols in the TPCG/IP suite…
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