November 2001 Entries

Setting up Ext3 Journaling File System on Linux

Ok all of you Linux geeks. Get out your pencils because I am about to tell you how to get rid of those 30 minute fscks when Linux crashes, the power goes out, or someone presses your reset button just for laughs. The following outlines how to setup the Ext3 journaling file system on your already installed Linux. It is short and really isn't all that hard to follow. The Kernel First thing is first. Unless you are lucky enough have installed a recent distribution (like RH 7.2) you are more than likely going to have to recompile your kernel. There...

posted @ Friday, November 30, 2001 6:39 AM | Feedback (0)

PHP Tidbits

An anonymous person sent me the following link about a company called "Triplehash" who has released "Serlient". It is suppose to allow you to build windows applications using php. Another few links that may be of interest are php.resourceindex.com as well as Hot Scripts.

posted @ Wednesday, November 28, 2001 7:51 PM | Feedback (0)

Read/Write Files on Linux (Ext2fs) under Windows

I get this question a lot from windows users: "Can windows read files from a linux file system?". It turns out that now you can thanks to John Newbigin's Explore2fs for windows. Here is a screen shot of it for you non-believers out there: "

posted @ Monday, November 12, 2001 4:41 AM | Feedback (0)

Another bad idea getting press

It seems former CEO of MP3.Com, Michael Robertson, believes his new product is going to change the face of computing. His idea is to build a combination OS of Linux and Windows called Lindows. Another Bad Idea Before you start jumping up and down you should check out the Lindows web site. There is nothing there! They do not have a product, a business model or anything at this point. It is simply another bad idea which gets funding. Other companies have gone before them and failed and this effort will be no different. Companies like this give the rest of...

posted @ Saturday, November 03, 2001 3:13 PM | Feedback (0)