Tag Archives: GNU/Linux

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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On My Dance-Card…

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“SynQuacerâ„¢ E-Series is a software development environment compliant with Linaro’s 96Boards open hardware specification. This has been built jointly by Socionext Inc., Linaro and GIGABYTE. It contains one “SC2A11”. “SC2A11” is a multi-core chip with 24 cores of ARM® Cortex-A53. … Continue reading →

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Thin Clients, The Walking Dead Of Computing

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“In those early days, even as we swapped the serial cables for network ones, shrunk the cases, and doubled the performance, it didn’t take long before thin clients were banished to niche use cases, becoming the territory of call centers, … Continue reading →

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Crime And Self-Inflicted Punishment

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“To create the false 2016 P&L, on or about October 21, 2016, Manafort emailed Gates a .pdf version of the real 2016 DMI P&L, which showed a loss of more than $600,000. Gates converted that .pdf into a “Word” document … Continue reading →

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GNU/Linux Is Still Cooking

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“SAMSUNG HAS TAKEN A SHOT at Microsoft with the announcement that owners of its Galaxy smartphones will soon be able to run a full-fledged Linux operating system. At the launch of the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, Samsung first introduced DeX, … 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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Rome Moves On

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“In 2018, Rome will run a pilot to test the use of workstations running Linux. Some of the IT support staff already have much experience with Linux servers and workstations, which should help resolve possible issues with network drives, shared … Continue reading →

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Marvell MACCHIATObin Delayed

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“Estimated shipping : end of October (Based on availability from Marvell)” See Marvell MACCHIATObinOne of the candidates to replace my AMD64 hair-drying Beast was promised for September but now it’s October… Shucks! Socketed RAM, SATA connectors, lots of Ethernet… Why can’t … 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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