OpenLDAP 2.4.9 Multi-Master Replication Stability Improved
I pulled in OpenLDAP 2.4.9 to re-visit some multi-master testing I had done on the previous version. 2.4.9 was a better experience for me than 2.4.8. I re-ran some tests of running two replicated...
View ArticleFlex BlazeDS XML Parsing
I've received some great comments on my recent entry Simplified BlazeDS and JMS. A few people had some issues, and I wanted to clarify one thing I discovered early on, fixed, forgot, and then was...
View ArticleKDE 4.1 Much Improved
I installed KDE 4.1 today on a few of my machines. I'm quite happy with it now, and I will be making the switch from GNOME back to KDE. KDE 4.0 was too buggy to work with. After a few crashes of KDE...
View ArticleGNOME is Back for me
I previously posted about KDE 4.1. While I enjoyed it's cool looks, I've found GNOME is currently just more productive for me. So, I find myself running GNOME at work and home. Choice is great, and I'm...
View ArticleEXT3, EXT4, JFS, XFS Weekend Encounters
Sometimes I'm a gluten for punishment when it comes to technology. My self-inflicted punishment this weekend was spending time formatting and copying data using xfs, jfs, and ext4 filesystems under...
View ArticleEncoding Video Using Mencoder for the Xbox 360 with AC3 5.1 Surround Sound
Some time ago, I spent a lot of time learning how to encode video using the MPlayer encoder mencoder. I eventually found settings that worked, but the final video did not support AC3 ( 5.1 ) surround...
View ArticleFedora, OpenSuse, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris
I've been running Fedora for some time at home and on several work computers--most recently the latest Fedora 10 development branches. I ventured out to try OpenSuse, and brought in Beta 5. I must...
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OpenSolaris 2008.11 Revisited
Picture of OpenSolaris 2008.11 Desktop.I last spoke about my encounters with OpenSuse, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris. After writing that entry, for some reason, I kept thinking about my encounter with...
View ArticleOpenSolaris with Blender 3D, Fetchmail, Sendmail, Procmail , Dovecot, and the...
Today I got the OpenSolaris install a few steps closer to the replaced Linux install. I compiled Blender 3D, the Gimp, Procmail, and Dovecot--a few issues with Blender compiling, but then a Wiki...
View ArticleOpenSolaris Audio And Memory
Sound is now working. I installed the latest OSS package. After a reboot, the update did not fix the sound issue--the card was still not recognized. I then tried source files, but had issues getting it...
View ArticleOpenSolaris No More (again)
After getting most everything up and running, I finally got a chance to "work" on the OpenSolaris machine. Unfortunately, I was less than impressed with the desktop performance--even with the zfs...
View ArticleFreeBSD 7.1 Laptop Experience
FreeBSD 7.1 was release a few days ago. I gave it a run on my x86 laptop over the past few days, and I really liked everything I experienced. Here are a few quick bullets on what I focused on and...
View ArticleLinux 64 bit disk IO Performance
You may be asking yourself why I've even bothered looking at other operating systems if Linux with an accompanying distro does everything I need. The answer is that Linux has two main problems that...
View ArticleFlash, Linux, and PixieHollow
So I decided to try a little experiment and move some household computers over to Linux. Going into it, I figured there wouldn't be too many problems. The games played by my kids are, for the most...
View ArticleThe KDE 4 to GNOME Switch
I was happy to see the latest news that Linus switch to GNOME--a move I made and blogged about previously. While testing out KDE4 and deciding on GNOME, I kept thinking, "...but if Linus prefers KDE, I...
View ArticleOpenSolaris Wireless Disappoints
In yet another attempt to play with the latest OpenSolaris builds, I was sorely disappointed when I went to get the wireless card working. A desktop had been giving me hard freezes with the latest...
View ArticlePixie Hollow Flash Problems With Linux Return
It seems the folks at Disney's Pixie Hollow site now force everyone to use the Flash 10 player to hit the site. Since the combination of Flash 10 and Linux fail on this site ( see my earlier post here,...
View ArticleLinux Kernel 2.6.30 Fixes Filesystem Latency Issues
After reading the post Kernel-Log-What-s-coming-in-2-6-30-File-systems-New-and-revamped-file-systems--/news/113157, I saw improvements were made to problems with the Linux kernel regarding slowness...
View ArticleOpenSolaris 2009.06 Progressing Quickly
Previously, I spoke of my OpenSolaris experiences. Over the past week, I've been on vacation, and I decided to try the latest release out to see how it's moving along. I installed version 2009.06 over...
View ArticleOpenSolaris Performance Issues Resolved
I've been playing with some soon-to-be-released operating systems--notably Open Suse 11.2 and OpenSolaris 2010.02. I always really enjoy OpenSolaris when I run it in a virtual machine under Linux and I...
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GNOME Composting in OpenSolaris
If your graphics card supports it, OpenSolaris will turn on the 3D effects when you login. It does this by enabling the compiz window manager which replaces the default GNOME window manager, metacity....
View ArticleThe Future Of OpenSolaris...Still Unwritten and Uncertain
I've been following the activities of the OpenSolaris project for some time with interest. With the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, it's future is still uncertain. Since my last entry on the subject, I...
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SWT Table Images And Transparency
I recently came across a Windows platform issue using images inside an SWT table. A little research turned up this long-standing open SWT bug. The problem results when you change the background color...
View ArticleLog4j And Web Application Thread Leaks
Let's breathe some life back into this blog!I'll start off by talking about an issue and solution I recently came across.The Apache Log4J framework provides a way to re-configure logging on-the-fly by...
View ArticleLog4j 2 Fixes Auto Reconfigure Thread Leak
In my last post, I talked about a shortcoming of Log4j with a thread leak. I took a look at the Log4j 2 source code to see if it suffers from a similar issue.The Log4j 2 implementation that checks for...
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