Tag Archives: Debian

IBM And Red Hat

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“IBM is acquiring Red Hat, a major distributor of open-source software and technology, in a deal valued around $34 billion, the companies announced on Sunday. According to a joint statement, IBM will pay cash to buy all shares in Red Hat … Continue reading →

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PCI Express On the 96Boards Poplar

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“I am very excited to let our readers know that finally, thanks to some developments in the past month, we now have a fully functioning PCIe slot on the Poplar Board! Late last year, we saw the release of Linux 4.9 … Continue reading →

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ARMed PCs

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“With PC makers like Asus and HP beginning to design laptops and tablets around ARM chips, ARM itself has decided to emerge from the shadows and unroll its roadmap to challenge Intel through at least 2020. ARM’s now-public roadmap represents its … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Glad I Escaped The Wintel Monopoly All Those Years Ago

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Robert Pogson

It’s so tedious that M$ and Intel have monopolized computing, an activity I love and appreciate for its power, efficiency and economy, at least using GNU/Linux. Today I read the following articles and just had to thank Debian GNU/Linux for … Continue reading →

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Dist-Upgrading Odroid-C2

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Robert Pogson

TLW’s little Odroid C2 was getting a little confused so I thought to upgrade the software. In particular FireFox was an old version and rather obnoxious at times, pausing and being unresponsive. So I checked it out and found that … Continue reading →

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OS Stats Revisited

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“Android 41.04% Windows 36.3% iOS 12.43% OS X 5.89% Unknown 2.28% Linux 0.74%” See Operating System Market Share WorldwideI’ve been concentrating on other things but I thought to revisit OS market shares today. Checking Statcounter, we find 44% of their hits … Continue reading →

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We’re Nearly “There”, ARMed And Dangerous

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“The Arm Cortex-A76 CPU is the second generation premium core built on DynamIQ technology. Paired with a Cortex-A55 CPU in a scalable DynamIQ big.LITTLE configuration, the Cortex-A76 delivers laptop-class performance with mobile efficiency, bringing the mobile experience (fast responsiveness, always … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Networked Storage

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“block devices exported via AoE cannot be accessed by IP. Without this additional overhead, network performance does improve when accessing the exported block device(s). This non-routability also adds to the security of the technology. In order to access the volumes, … Continue reading →

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Another Million Learn About GNU/Linux

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“Linux is a free open-source operating system, which means the code is available for anyone to explore. Technically speaking, the term “Linux” refers to just the kernel, or the core, of the code. However, people often use the name to … Continue reading →

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ASUS Provides Competition In ARM SBCs

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“From a performance perspective, the ASUS Tinker Board is a capable ARM SBC for its price tag of only $60 USD. The performance is very good against the inexpensive (sub-$100) boards while obviously if needing greater performance there is more … Continue reading →

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Thin Edge Of The Wedge

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“According to French press reports, by switching from a proprietary tool to Zimbra, the city avoids having to pay EUR 700,000 for renewal of proprietary licence fees. The city has earmarked EUR 200,000 to cover the exit costs and to … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti Code Strikes Again

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“During research into the Windows kernel, we came across an interesting issue with PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine which as its name implies, notifies of module loading. The thing is, after registering a notification routine for loaded PE images with the kernel the callback may … Continue reading →

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