I’m a guy who will throw in more hardware to keep up with server load and traffic demand, but from time to time, being able to squeeze every little bit of performance worth the hassle of mingling into applications and server configuration. WordPress is quite MySQL resources intensive when you are not using file-based cache [...]

A Linux distribution is a member of the Linux family of the Unix-like computer operating systems by different companies such as RedHat, Novell – Suse, and Ubuntu. This system is merely created for Linux kernel and various other systems like the X window system. Moreover, Linux distribution comes in wide variety of forms simply because [...]

In the post immediately preceding this one, I discuss my views that Windows Vista, as hated as it is, won’t cause a flood of angry Windows XP users to join the noble Linux cause. There are a number of reasons for this, but two primarily: one, most users don’t care enough to switch operating systems [...]

Microsoft’s latest entry into the world of operating systems, Windows Vista, has been met by many users with disdain, hesitation, or any combination of the two. Between the (much) higher system specifications, the price hike, and the lack of any real reason to upgrade, most users are looking at Vista as something they might consider [...]

As a massive computer nerd, I always have two machines around at all times. I do this for two reasons; one, having an all-purpose computer works wonders when you’re testing code and other multiplatform goodies, and I have a tendency to test new Linux releases every time one of the distros I watch has a [...]

Anyone who has ever used a Linux distribution knows about software installation. While most Linuxers would argue that there’s nothing wrong with the current state of software installers on Linux, an argument could be made the software installation on Linux is, in a word, broken. Between Red Hat Packages (RPMs), Debian packages (.deb), Gentoo’s portage, [...]

While Novell might not be the most popular company in the Linux world today, it’s still a very good way to gauge what’s going on in the Linux community. Their latest OpenSUSE release, OpenSUSE 10.2, has a number of new features – X.Org 7.2rc2, redesigned KDE and GNOME desktops, Firefox 2.0, etc. – as well [...]