This is something I found via Dag Wieers. But this is so awesome, I had to write a post about this.
Dag found that Linux is mentioned in the last publication of De Kiekeboes, a flemish comic for children.
apparently he is running RHEL 5 next to Win XP Pro.. I wonder why he still needs Win XP then? But I think you agree this is a small win for Red Hat and Linux as a whole.
Some time ago I bought a server (well, a set of computer parts I put together to what I now call ‘my server’). The hardware specifications are the following:
I know the GPU is ‘a bit’ overkill, but I had this card laying around, so I might as well use it then 
In a series of posts I will try to explain how I configure my server. If any of my readers have good ideas, let me know!
these are the things my server has to do:
feel free to call me stupid, but I would rather have tips or cool information on the things I want to do. I already have some experience with most tools, but maybe the ‘best practices’ are different. I need these tools, and I want to challenge myself.
I’m plannning to hold a workshop on SELinux at hs Ghent, also called 0×20 .
If you are interested in joining us, please fill in the doodle. Note that we prefer to not hold the workshop on a Thursday, but is a possibility.
The workshop will last something between 3 and 4 hours (depending on # questions and interest) and will cover the following topics:
If you want to participate you will need an SELinux capable system you can play around with (I will be using Fedora / CentOS). You are encouraged to use one of previous mentioned systems too. You can install a distro in a virtual machine of course. As an extra we could try to configure SELinux on debian too, but I never tried that before. You can find a howto here.
the slides will be in English, but I can speak Dutch too. it all depends on the audience 
I hope to see you all there!
2 days ago I saw a post on Matthew‘s blog about what books he is reading at the moment.
I was wondering if this too could become a Fedora meme? let’s try it!
These are the books I am currently reading:
Books laying around here that I still have to read:
)who’s next?
Today, while I was browsing the web I encountered this piece of math:
a = b
a + a = a + b
2a = a + b
2a - 2b = a + b - 2b
2(a - b) = a + b - 2b
2(a - b) = a - b
2 = 1
On first sight you might think it is correct, but if you look a little bit closer you can easily see the error!
let’s try it again:
a = b //true
a + a = a + b //true
2a = a + b //true
2a - 2b = a + b - 2b //true
2(a - b) = a + b - 2b //true
2(a - b) = a - b //true <=> 2a - 2b = a - b <=> a - b = a - b <=> 0 = 0
2 = 1 //false (should be 0 = 0)
that’s it for my ranting =)
This was the opening of Devopsdays 2009. Quite a funny clip isn’t it? But what is a devop actually? Kris Buytaert is an expert on the subject, and I found a nice presentation of him explaining the concept:
DevOps is not about operators or developers, it is about how to get things done the right way. DevOps is also about how operators talk to developers, but is not about an operator who becomes a developer and visa versa.
A dev team that follows the DevOps principle, talks to the operators during the development of the applications. What do we need? What can we get? Doing you development on the same machines as the ones the production runs on, is always good. You find the bugs faster, you find other issues faster, and you end up with a better product, while you shorten the development time.
I’m already looking forward to the next devopsdqys in Europe. I just might join them to learn more, and share my own thoughts about the subject.