2007 Aug 22 - Wed
Open Source Site of the Day -- Some Sites Referencing SNMP Sites
2007 Aug 04 - Sat
Open Source Site of the Day -- Xen: OS Virtualization
VMWare is probably the pre-eminent hypervisor. Microsoft is
trying to catch up with their VM. At one point, you couldnt' get Linux based
guests to run (something that has now changed due to popular demand).
On the Open Source front, Xen appears to be doing well. And through contributions from both Intel
and AMD, unmodified guest operating systems such as MS Windows can be run within a Xen
environment. (Intel VT or AMD-V microprocessor capabilities required).
From an installation point of view, .bootstrap has an article Installing Xen
on Debian Etch 4.0. Russell Coker has a couple of how-to's on installing Xen, to which
I'll just reference through his Popular Posts page.
Open Source Site of the Day -- PowerTOP: Saving Power with Linux on Intel Platforms
Intel spent some time analyzing the causes of power usage of Linux applications on
laptops. To help users maximize laptop battery life, Intel came up with a helpful utility
called PowerTOP.
Based upon what I've read, certain USB components and products are the worst contributors
to bad battery life. Slashdot readers have various and sundry things to say about battery
performance in general. Matthew has things to say about it in particular, especially about USB
stuff not conforming to published specifications.
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