There is a nice script to measure the access time of your disk.
Category Archives: Linux
Switching from Ubuntu to OpenSuse
Yes, I just switched my desktop computer from Ubuntu to OpenSuse.
I am sure that some people won’t believe it or think that I am stupid or that I work for Microsoft, but here are the reasons of this choice.
Opera segmentation fault after upgrading
For those who have a segmentation fault after the last update on Feisty (libx11 upgraded)…
Ethernet duplex issues
I had a weired issue with a server. Whereas other machines worked well with an high speed Internet connection, dowloading was painfully slow on this one. The network card, a 3Com, was also different from others (Intel).
ACL on Linux
Rights management on Linux is enough for most use.
In a few words, a file or a directory belongs to the owner and what you can do is positionning some right to this owner, to his group or all other users (= guests).
This is not bad, but sometimes you (or your application) may need more advanced right management, as on the latest windows versions : putting several owners with different rights, inheritance, etc.
There are named ACL (Access List Management) and they are supported on Linux also.
This is not going to be an how-to but just a brief informative introduction to ACL on Linux. You will find many how-to on the web if you need more.
Screenlets : widgets for Compiz or Beryl
It is still under heavy development but already nice, usable and quite stable.
I have been using it for 2 weeks now, and did not get any freeze. It just does not have all the options I am sure it will get in the future.