Tao of Backup is yet another way to tell people to backup their files. Â Not only it explains why it is important, but also how to do it properly. Â My favorite chapter is on testing: The novice asked the backup master: “Master, now that my backups have good coverage, are taken frequently, are archived, and … Continue reading Tao of Backup
I knew this would happen for a long time. Â I knew it happened. Â But even if that’s nothing new, it’s still nice to hear – “Linux and open source have won, get over it“: In 2015, Microsoft embraced Linux, Apple open-sourced its newest, hottest programming language, and the cloud couldn’t run without Linux and open-source … Continue reading Linux and open source have won
This year’s Jetpack annual report for this blog is ready – have a look. Â Here’s a teaser: It’s been a busy year, so I haven’t been blogging as much as I wanted to, but overall, I think I did good (have a look at 2014 and 2013). Â Just to give you a quick comparison: Metric … Continue reading Jetpack annual report for mamchenkov.net in 2015
For those people who think Gimp is the only image editor on Linux, here’s darktable 2.0. Â I mentioned it briefly before, but never linked to it. Â Linux Weekly News has reviewed the release candidate recently. Â Have a look at the features page – it’s quite extensive. Â If you are more of a visual person, there … Continue reading darktable 2.0 released
Yesterday I wrote the blog post, trying to figure out what is the CPU steal time and why it occurs. Â The problem with that post was that I didn’t go deep enough. I was looking at this issue from the point of view of a generic virtual machine. Â The case that I had to deal … Continue reading CPU Steal Time. Now on Amazon EC2