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nice kernel.org write-up
As if a blog itself wasn’t enough shameless self-promotion, I’ve just gotta share more! There’s a nice write up at Kernel Trap on how the kernel.org servers work. I’m mentioned in there since I’m one...
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kernel.org at OSUOSL
I joined the OSUOSL guys to meet master.kernel.org as it was flown in from California this morning. The master server’s new home is just above a stack of Mozilla servers at the OSL’s facilities. Great...
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kernel.org and sendfile
The “sendfile” system call is a way to send file contents directly out to a network socket. This saves time in userspace (so it doesn’t have to copy buffer contents around), and was one of the reasons...
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metalink
I’ve been watching metalink for a while now, and was urged to write about it, so I am! If you want to download something large that isn’t available via bittorrent, you can still get the distributed...
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Linux Plumbers Conference 2008
The Call for Speakers (and registration) for the Linux Plumbers Conference is open! Get those proposals in, register, and come join us in sunny Portland, OR. The Linux Plumbers Conference was created...
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my part in the ecosystem
I was asked to write about what I do at Canonical and what I do in the Free Software community at large. There is obviously a great deal of overlap, but I’ll start with the things I’m involved with...
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