Category: Linux
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LinuxFest Northwest 2012 was great fun (plus Apache talk slides)
I really had a great weekend. I liked taking the kids to the Fest on Saturday, and I’m glad that I got them to do some robots. They of course wanted to spend a lot of time in the game room. And I was impressed that they were eager for lunch (salmon)! I got caught…
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Ubuntu 12.04 — apt-get my guile
So first impression on rebooting into an upgrade of Ubuntu 12.04 — busted install. Unity would not start up, I killed lightdm and restarted it, and I immediately notice that firefox has missing png for some of the tab buttons. Presently I’m repeating: $ apt-get autoclean $ dpkg –clear-avail $ apt-get update $ apt-get…
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Will UEFI boot Linux?
I saw this article mentioning signed boot loaders float down the BLUG.org news stream. The highlight pullquote: A system that ships with only OEM and Microsoft keys will not boot a generic copy of Linux. I’m sure someone is already busy working on proper support for this, it will be interesting to learn what it…
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Linuxfest Northwest 2011 Prize
Here’s the Bruce Schneier doll that Modwest donated to the Linuxfest Northwest world famous raffle. What a great prize! Bruce is decked out Matrix style to defeat all your security-thru-obscurity talk and send you packing back to your world of security theater. I wonder what Modwest will donate next year…I know a Leo LaPorte doll…
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Tiny Computers: 4 for $100
This would be an awesome exhibit for LinuxFest Northwest 2012: small usb computer kit.
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Quick thot on MySQL
Had a good question in my MySQL talk about how to monitor performance, and of course I suggested turning on the MySQL slow query log. What I neglected to mention, however, was mytop. This little utility is found in the rpmforge repo and it’s like a top(1) for your mysql queries. The basis for it…
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Bellingham PD demonstrate bomb robot at LinuxFest Northwest 2011
Bellingham’s police department offers a rare opportunity to see their bomb disposal robot and control van. The manipulator can reach 8ft high, it can go up and down curbs and stairs, and it can reach under cars. The side of the manipulator is mounted with two shotgun barrels that can be loaded with water or…
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BPD robot @LFNW, shows removable wheels
The robot’s wheels can be removed so as to pass thru narrow doorways. BPD robot, removable wheels
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