Archive for category linux
Teensy ELF Executables
A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux. There’s geeky and then there’s this.
Damn.
A real Space Oddity arrives at PC Pro
A real Space Oddity arrives at PC Pro | PC Pro blog. Holy cow. This is one tiny machine. I mean, 90% of the internal volume of this thing has got to be the connectors… Absolutely insane.
How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro
Posted by in freaky, hack, linux, open source, technical on August 26, 2008
How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro | HowtoForge. This is seriously geeky, but pretty stinking cool. The only downside? One mistake, and you’re screwed. Kind of like skydiving. Or bullfighting. 
For geek cred, try these one-liners
CLI Magic: For geek cred, try these one-liners. For those of you blessed enough to be able to run Linux, here are some killer command line scripts…
Building home linux render cluster
Posted by in freaky, hack, linux, open source, technical on June 10, 2008
Building home linux render cluster. This is completely insane. And I love it. 
Build your own Google
Build your own Google | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com. This is some seriously awesome stuff!!
Mass Synchronization Of File Time Stamps
Posted by in code, linux, open source, technical, tools on May 29, 2008
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: Using Perl On Linux To Do Mass Synchronization Of File Time Stamps. Okay, so it’s brutally geeky. But it’s a cool hack.
Fiire whole-house media distribution system
Posted by in freaky, gadget, linux, media, open source on May 23, 2008
LinuxDevices | Device Profile: Fiire whole-house media distribution system. This looks ridiculously cool. I really like the whole “follow around the house” thing. Pretty sweet. Although I’ve only got two TVs, so it’s not really practical, but still…
Essential commands for Linux network administration
Essential commands for Linux network administration – www.reallylinux.com. Always good to know.
LTSP 5 – Making Thin Clients Phat
Posted by in business, linux, open source, technical, tools on May 21, 2008
LTSP 5 – Making Thin Clients Phat | Linux Journal. Sounds like 90% of the issues I had trying to get LTSP set up three or four years ago are totally gone at this point.
It’s easier than ever to try out Linux (LiveCDs rock!), and if you’re in an educational or “call center-style” business environment, you owe it to yourself to check out the thin client side of things.
Orders of magnitude more stable than Windows Vista, and easier to use as well. Great stuff!
(Now if we can just get all of the Windows games to work on it…)