I saw an article the other day, repeating the mistaken view that there was Minix code in an early version of Linux. I knew that was not true, because for one thing Linus told us it was not true years ago. And Andrew Tanenbaum confirmed that Linus didn't use any Minix code, as did Eric Raymond.
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No Minix code in Linux Ever -- More Evidence
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Linux: Drivers Should NOT be Closed Source
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In one of my previous blog entries about a Dell Support issue some of the comments suggested that the reason we were in this mess was because of the inflexible nature of the Linux kernel.
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Collecting and analyzing Linux kernel crashes - LKCD
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Having found the available information on system analysis rather sparse and/or written in such a fashion that is hardly of any use but to the people who wrote the actual documents,I have decided to write a series of articles on Linux system analysis.
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GNU Compiler Collection 4.4 RC1 available
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"The GCC development team have announced the availability of a first release candidate for version 4.4 of their GNU Compiler Collection..."
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Java 7 Will Evolve to Fine-grained Parallelism
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Java's development team understands the multicore revolution and is working hard in offering a new concurrency framework taking into account the new possibilities offered by the new microprocessors. Hence, JDK 7 (Java Development Kit 7) will offer the fork-join framework in order to help Java developers to tackle the multicore revolution using this popular programming language.
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Secure Web Server with SuPHP
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The suPHP Apache module together with suPHP itself provides an easy way to run PHP scripts with different users on the same server. It provides security, because the PHP scripts are not run with the rights of the webserver's user. In addition to that you probably won't have to use PHP's "safe mode", which applies many restrictions on the scripts.
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FreeBSD 7.2 enters Beta
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The first Beta for FreeBSD 7.2 has been released, updating network drivers as well as some threading libraries. The FreeBSD 7.2 release is the first point upgrade since the 7.1 release which became generally available in January of this year. The final release of FreeBSD 7.2 is currently scheduled for the first week of May.
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Vulnerabilities in Linux allow root privileges
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According to a number of Linux distributors, a bug in the udev service under Linux can be exploited to obtain root privileges. The kernel uses udev to dynamically create device-specific files and folders (/dev/) for input and output, so that only devices which are actually connected appear in /dev.
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Installing And Configuring Asterisk 1.6 + PostgreSQL To Manage CDR & RealTime Config On Debian
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In this tutorial, I will describe how to install and configure Asterisk 1.6 on a Debian system to work with PostgreSQL in order to manage CDR (Call Detail Records) and real-time configuration.
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Fixing your network the lazy way/using nagios to build self healing services
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Well no matter what you try sometimes things break and inevitably when they do it happens at 3am just as your nodding off. Well in case you were not aware Nagios has a wonderful feature called event handlers.
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Open Source SSL Acceleration
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SSL acceleration is a technique that off-loads the processor intensive public key encryption algorithms used in SSL transactions to a hardware accelerator. These solutions often involve a considerable up front investment as the specialized equipment is rather costly. This article though looks at using off the shelf server hardware and open source software to build a cost effective SSL accelerator.
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How To Install The WiKID Strong Authentication System On Slackware
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Some of the configuration scripts included with WiKID are designed for Redhat and friends, several steps in this guide focus on modifying these scripts for Slackware as well as working around some of them.
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Intel wants to co-develop the GCC
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Three Intel employees are to contribute to the development of the GNU Compiler Collection. It wouldn't be the first open source project to be supported by the giants.
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Exploring CouchDB
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Relational databases define a strict structure and provide a rigid way to maintain data for a software application. Apache's open source CouchDB offers a new method of storing data, in what is referred to as a schema-free document-oriented database model.
Read more »Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions in JavaScript
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The tutorial walks you through the primitive data types in JavaScript, such as strings and numbers. Moreover, it takes you through the common operators, and explains the flow control statements, such as loops and if-else conditions.
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