Today Ram disk has saved (at least temporary) one more customer, this time we have moved his Lucene index files from a local disk to /dev/shm; I’m not so sure this is the real solution but at least this gave us better performance and some time to study his application, to see if and where […]
Author: Kurt Hartman Jr First off, let me say that I am not one of those terminal loving Linux fans. I think it is cool and all, but I tend to save the command line for things that either require doing a massive batch job, or when I need to do something really specific. Other […]
I use iptables by many years and used it also for complex solutions and only recently i’ve discovered ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall), the ubuntu version, or better developed to ease iptables firewall configuration, ufw provides a user friendly way to create an IPv4 or IPv6 host-based firewall. By default UFW is disabled.
Ever heard of Anki ? No ??? Well, get ready to see a great open source program for learning, I’ve started using it and I’ve been amazed by this little gem. Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly […]
Full Circle Magazine #49 is out. What is FCM ? Full Circle is a free, independent, magazine dedicated to the Ubuntu family of Linux operating systems. Each month, it contains helpful how-to articles and reader submitted stories.