“The Xen hypervisor now can run natively with Dom0 (Domain 0) privileges. This gives it, like Linux’s Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), the ability to work at the lowest possible level of the Linux kernel. In practical terms this means Xen virtual machines should run faster.” wow, virtualization i love it… source: here

recently i prepared RHEL AS4.8 server connected behind firewall, in DMZ.the domain part of hostname of the server was reflecting the internet domain name and the local MS-AD Domain was <domain>.localconnecting to this nix box from ms-platform was taking pretty long time to login after username & password request.Upon googling i found this link which [...]

Update every single piece of software on my system with a single action Update nearly everything on my computer without a reboot. Keep my system secure without software that consumes my system resources, requires my time, and frequently nags me. Run an entire operating system for free without pirating software, and without breaking the law [...]

source: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1339&tag=rbxccnbtr1 Written and directed by J.T.S. Moore, the documentary features interviews with Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Bruce Perens, and a number of other prominent open source pioneers and advocates. I found it to be a very interesting and engaging film. I rather enjoyed the dramatic voice-over narration of Bill Gates’ Open Letter to Hobbyists, [...]

By looking at the above image, any geek or *nix guy/gal can understand whats that.Well the reason for posting this image which show my Linux box running postfix with uptime of 338 days working flawlessly with two updates of postfix and i was hoping that i will see the day when the uptime turn to [...]

source: http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com/2007/04/opensuse-vs-ubuntu.html This comparison is between OpenSUSE 10.2 and Ubuntu 6.10. I have written a similar comparison between OpenSUSE 10.3 and Ubuntu 7.10 ( Gutsy) and you may read it Here. However, please do read the comments in both of these comparisons as they provide views of many other users who have read this and [...]

<p><a href=”http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=926” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permalink”> Leveraging Linux to sell yourself</a> by <a href=”http://zdnet.com“>ZDNet</a>’s Paul Murphy — It’s pretty clear that the handwriting is on the wall for the present way of doing things in IT and when something significant changes the people with the broadest range of skills will adapt first, and thus end up doing [...]