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Ramdisks can offer a level of performance that is simply amazing. More than just a tool for benchmarking, there are new devices that utilize ramdisks for a bit of the ultra-performance.
Is Palm a Player or Just a Pre-Tender?
Once the leader and innovator in all things mobile, in recent years Palm has barely kept up with the pack, let alone acted as a leader. With the introduction of the Palm Pre it appears that open source technology is helping bring Palm back from the edge of irrelevancy.
Having Yum for Breakfast
In this wide world of Linux, there are primarily just two package management systems which reign: RPM and Deb. Most binary distributions use one or the other and there has long been tension between the two. So which system performs better?
Drizzle: Rethinking the MySQL Database Kernel
Drizzle is a re-thought and re-worked version of the MySQL kernel designed specifically for high-performance, high-concurrency environments. In this exclusive article, MySQL guru Jeremy Zawodny takes an inside look at the goals and state of Drizzle development.
Writing an Android Twitter Client with Python
Get up and running with the Android Scripting Environment. Whip up a Twitter update app in a matter of minutes and tell everyone what sandwich you’re eating from within Android!
Sphinx: Search Outside the Box
Looking for ways to overcome indexing bottlenecks at Craigslist lead to an investigation of Sphinx, a powerful, free full-text search engine that works extremely well with MySQL.
Yum, It’s Starting to Get Tasty
The release of Fedora 11 promises numerous new improvements. One such improvement is an updated and more efficient package manager. How does it compare to the previous release, version 10?
SquashFS: Not Just for Embedded Systems
Who knew that compression could be so useful in file systems? SquashFS, typically used for embedded systems, can be a great fit for laptops, desktops and, yes, even servers.
How to Care For and Feed Software Developers
In this new weekly column, longtime Linux guru Matt Frye gives readers the full monty, the real trials and triumphs of a system administrator. This week: The care and feeding of software developers.
Google I/O Foretells the Future of the Internet
The free Android phone was a splash at the 2009 Google I/O Conference, but the company’s introduction of six novel technologies was something more like a tidal wave. Here’s Linux Magazine’s report. The future starts now.
Bro', Can You Spare a Job?
This new weekly column, entitled “Open Sorcerers”, provides guidance and tips to help you land a job and build a career in open source.
Is Android The Perfect Mobile Software Platform?
Is Android an iPhone killer or is it just another failed attempt at taking Linux mainstream on a mobile phone?
XtraDB: InnoDB on Steroids
Percona’s XtraDB is a fork of InnoDB with a ton of extra options and enhancements. Here’s a look at what it can do for your busy database.
Mozilla JetPack: Lowering the Bar to Extend Firefox
One of Firefox’s great advantages is the ability for users to create custom extensions. While add-ons have historically been non-trivial to write, Mozilla Labs is looking to make this considerably easier with JetPack.
This Week on Github: In Good Company
As open source burgeons in popularity, contributors are flocking to websites to share and borrow code. Github is one of the most popular. This inaugural installment of "This Week in Github" introduces the service and highlights some of the best projects available.
KDE 4: The Komplete Desktop?
KDE 4 creator Matthias Ettrich, envisaged a Unix desktop with a common look and feel. KDE 4 has been released for over a year now, has it met this goal?
NILFS: A File System to Make SSDs Scream
The 2.6.30 kernel is chock full of next-gen file systems. One such example is NILFS, a new log-structured file system that dramatically improves write performance.
The State of MySQL
Robust development from outside the Sun/MySQL sphere, new storage engines and the return of Monty are just some of the signs that MySQL is healthy, despite may reports to the contrary.
FS_scan: Getting Detailed with Your Data
Need details on your file system’s data? FS_scan allows you dig deep into your storage, giving you the ability to perform trend analysis on the results.
Sunspot: A Solr-Powered Search Engine for Ruby
Search can make or break your website. Sunspot and Solr give you an intuitive engine that maps directly to your Ruby objects.