Open-source development violates almost all known management theories.
Yeah!!!
So, Linus announced that (most?) of the bkl-removal tree has been merged to kernel for 2.6.27!!!
BKL means Big Kernel Lock, and is the system responsible for several slowdowns in Linux, including several delays in booting process. While from what I understand the first chunk of patches will not solve everthing, it’s a huge step forward! [...]
Woa! That’s a news! I’m a huge fan of PulseAudio, it really seems to be the Compiz of sound.
I dream about the day when I’ll be able to move audio streams live between my 5.1 sound system and headphones without restarting apps.
I dream about the day when I’ll be able to use 2 laptops to [...]
Ok. I put my hands on Mandriva 2008.
I must say honestly, I never liked Mandriva (Mandrake) too much. In the times when I was working for MaxWeber, I tried to use it as my main distro for some time and I felt like in a candy shop, with all those plastic colors, plus the overall [...]
Today, I tried OpenSUSE 10.3. Installation went fine, although it was at least partially because I installed various OpenSUSE many times before. The installation process is definitely too long but I don’t have off hat ideas on how to make it shorter.
The initial feeling after login is… fresh. It feels fresh. I like the wallpaper, [...]
Today I was working on some yet_to_be_announced project for a KnownCompany.
I was also updating my flash player basing on the latest releases from Adobe, and realized that this company, and many others will have to exploit packaging model of modern distributions in order to achieve what they want.
See. Modern, user-oriented linux distros like OpenSuSe, Fedora, [...]