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Optimizing Gentoo CFLAGS (Part II)

By Alex Brandt On 2011/02/20 · Add Comment · In Linux Guides
Introduction As I mentioned last time, you want to be comfortable with the existing documentation on CFLAGS before going crazy trying to play with. It also helps to have a good understanding of what you’re doing to the code when you modify these “sacred” parameters. Alright, now that the CYA is out of the way [...]
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What are Snapshots?

By Alex Brandt On 2011/02/15 · Add Comment · In Linux Guides
Introduction It seems that disk snapshots have become a hot topic and a confusing topic.  I intend to simply outline what snapshots look like in terms of the lower layers of abstraction and nothing more.  Snapshots are built into things like LVM, SAN, etc but I will not be covering those technologies.  Instead, what I [...]
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Backing up PostgreSQL with Holland

By Alex Brandt On 2011/02/02 · Add Comment · In Linux Guides
Introduction Backups are a subject I return to semi-frequently with a passion to never be in an “oh shit” scenario.  Last time I built my backup system, bacula with a postgresql DB backend, I determined that I would move to a common database backup script for all of my databases.  Holland fit this bill perfectly [...]
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Paging Problem Plague

By Alex Brandt On 2011/02/01 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
In the last couple of months I have been plagued by a problem with the system that hosts this website.  A nice kernel panic followed by a random uptime and a crash.  This is a bit difficult to swallow when the server is around 1200 miles away but a reboot and away it goes again. [...]
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Special Keys in zsh

By Alex Brandt On 2011/01/27 · Add Comment · In Linux Guides
I recently made the plunge and began using zsh in lieu of bash.  I’ve not regretted the decision in the slightest but there have been minor annoyances that needed to be dealt with.  The simplest annoyance was the special keys (delete, home, page up, page down, etc).  The solution was quite simple and elegant but not completely [...]
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