[Fwd: looking for someone to do system administration]
by Andy Stewart
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HI gang,
Can anybody help out Anita? If so, please contact her directly.
THanks!
Andy
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Subject: looking for someone to do system administration
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:43:45 -0400
From: Anita Wos <anita(a)artofrowing.com>
To: andystewart(a)comcast.net
Andy-
I came across your name on the WLUG web site. Perhaps you can head me in
the right direction.
I am looking for someone to do System Administration on my Cobalt web
server. It runs Apache, mySQL and pHp. It runs a couple of web sites.
If you have any ideas, please let me know.
- - Anita
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The Art of Rowing
279 Plantation Street, 1st floor
Worcester, MA 01604
tel: 978-342-8333
http://www.ArtofRowing.com
Anita Wos
anita(a)artofrowing.com <mailto:anita@artofrowing.com>
mobile phone: 978-808-1102
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org)
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393)
Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ
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11 years, 3 months
Sysstat -> Graph?
by Adam Keck
Hello All,
What are your favorite sysstat graphing tools? I run sysstat on
almost everything, but also have orca for Linux collecting data from several
servers for graphing. I am wondering if I can make do with only sysstat.
-Adam
11 years, 3 months
Awesome article about Windows v. Linux in the marketplace
by Eric Martin
I found this on either digg or slashdot. It's a really good article and I
agree with most of it. People won't even consider GNU/Linux while they can
still get a copy of XP for free from a buddy. That's why I tell people that
I won't support their pirating of software; and pitch FOSS at every turn to
them. http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free Give it a read, it might
spur some good conversations tonight.
11 years, 3 months
REMINDER: WLUG meeting coming up
by Andy Stewart
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HI Everybody,
Its that time again for a WLUG meeting:
Thursday, August 16th
7:00 PM
Access Grid Room
WPI Campus
Worcester, MA USA
See ya there!
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org)
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393)
Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ
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11 years, 3 months
Linux meta-questions - platform choice
by Adam Keck
Hello All,
I have some "meta-Linux" questions regarding platform choice. I am
wondering if anyone knows of any research, papers, or other work that
has been done on the topic.
Given two major types of IT infrastructure:
- Heterogeneous, where each application/service uses the platform to
which it is best suited.
- Homogeneous, where one bends a particular platform to fit every edge case.
where the platform can be anything from and OS to a language to an
application stack.
o Under what general conditions is one infrastructure type more
efficient than the other?
o What other types of infrastructure are there?
o More generally, how does one compare infrastructures in a rigorous manner?
- How does one rigorously define "efficient" when comparing
concepts like infrastructures?
- What other metrics, besides "efficiency" (however defined) may
be useful in comparing infrastructures?
Does anyone know of any work where this topic has been abstracted
and analyzed mathematically? Or of any trade papers where this
question has been looked at in practice?
So far, I found the following paper via Google:
http://uic.edu/cba/cba-depts/ids/IDSNewsFiles/JGITM_Evaristopaper.pdf
that seems to be on the topic and some hits on arxiv that appear
related but not specifically on the topic.
This relates to Linux in that convincing an organization to switch
entirely over to Linux seems to be prohibitively hard in practice, but
if one can show that the heterogeneous case above can be more
efficient, then one can make the case for using Linux where it fits
best.
Thanks for any info/opinions/personal experiences!
-Adam
11 years, 4 months
Anybody want a really cheap computer?
by Andy Stewart
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HI everybody,
Check this link:
http://www.dataevolution.com/dectop%20info%202.htm
This company bought the assets to the AMD PIC (personal internet
computer). They're selling it for $99, or three for $299.
Yes, it runs Linux. Here is one person's experience:
http://jsco.org/dectop/
I wonder if this machine would make a good LTSP thin client...hummmmm.
Perhaps a topic for a future WLUG meeting?
See ya later,
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org)
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393)
Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ
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11 years, 4 months
Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?
by Jamie Guinan
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Andy Stewart wrote:
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> HI everybody,
>
> Check this link:
> http://www.dataevolution.com/dectop%20info%202.htm
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> This company bought the assets to the AMD PIC (personal internet
> computer). They're selling it for $99, or three for $299.
>
> Yes, it runs Linux. Here is one person's experience:
> http://jsco.org/dectop/
>
> I wonder if this machine would make a good LTSP thin client...hummmmm.
> Perhaps a topic for a future WLUG meeting?
>
> See ya later,
>
> Andy
I remember reading about this when it came out a few years ago. It was
intended for the same market that OLPC is now aiming for. Hence the
rugged "big mac" case. :) Of course it lacks a monitor.
A few others to consider,
Nicer form factor, but slower CPU (166MHz), no HD:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6828123924.html
http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjr/index.html
USB 2.0, but pricier (price listed in Euros):
http://www.linutop.com/
Consumer variant of OLPC XO1, whenever it comes out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC
Not to discourage you - the PIC looks like a fun little box!
-Jamie
11 years, 4 months
core 2 duo extremely slow
by brad
Hi All,
I recently got in a nice new 2.4GHz core 2 duo with a bunch of memory, 8GB.
I installed kubuntu i386 on it. To get use of the 8GB of memory i
recompiled the kernel to enable high memory support, a.k.a PAE. When i
booted the new kernel it saw all my memory, but it took 10-15 minutes to
boot. i checked dmesg and it didn't seem to report anything out of the
ordinary.
Then, I thought that perhaps the 64bit version of kubuntu might be a better
option. I installed kubuntu 64bit. The install took two days because every
step was extremely slow. Once the install finished, i rebooted and it took
10-15 to boot. I was seeing the same symptoms of the 64bit install as i was
with the 32bit install with PAE.
I tried downloading the current kubuntu 64bit release as well as the beta
of the next release. I'm also trying Fedora Core 7 64bit as i type, but
that install is going just as slow. I hunted through the BIOS for any
suspicious settings. I removed all the hardware except for the CD-ROM (to
boot a live CD). I did searching through the interweb. All with no luck to
solving this problem.
If anyone has any suggestions, they will be much appreciated.
keep cool,
- brad
11 years, 4 months
