I just read an article over at Dustin Kirkland’s blog regarding the enormous server farm that Weta Digital has setup to render blockbuster movies. Apparently the latest Blockbuster, Avatar, had scenes rendered using a 35,000 core Ubuntu-based server farm. 35,000! That is hard to imagine! They’ve also rendered a few other films you may have… Read More »
I’m working this morning on some additional blog improvements. I’m focusing on speed and efficiency, as well as reader interaction. If you notice anything odd on the site, this is likely the reason. If you have any must-have WP plugin suggestions that I may be missing, I’d be glad to hear about them!
I’ve written a detailed article on the topic of creating your own Ubuntu repository mirror using the Apt-Mirror utility. This article also includes leveraging an Apt-Cacher, for consolidating and saving bandwidth between multiple machines. We regularly make use of both of these utilities to maintain our Ubuntu and Debian installations in my workplace. We have… Read More »
I’ve been meaning to type this up for some time now. Ever since I wrote the article on Installing GNOME Shell on Ubuntu 9.10, I’ve wanted to write about some of the other features of GNOME 3.x. Finally I am able to bring to you the preview of GNOME Activity Journal (also known as Zeitgeist).… Read More »
As I mentioned a few days back in my article regarding Installing Dropbox on Kubuntu, I’ve been tinkering with KDE recently and I am enjoying my time with it. I know I’ve written in the past regarding some frustrations with KDE, but I have to admit that many of my frustrations have gone away as… Read More »
We’ve got one more security vulnerability to announce this morning. This one likely does not affect as many users, but it should require attention nonetheless. Detail follow: Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings. A remote attacker could use specially-formed strings to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. You can apply this… Read More »
We’ve got a load of security vulnerabilities to announce for Pidgin today. The patched packages should be available for download at most Ubuntu mirrors. I would advise that you update as soon as possible. Details follow: It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain topic messages in the IRC protocol handler. If a user… Read More »
I just read the news that Linux Journal Editor Shawn Powers lost his home today due to a fire. He and his family all escaped unharmed, but they lost their home and family pets. I don’t have many details (I’ve not been able to find many elsewhere either), but I wanted to pass on the… Read More »
I know many people are curious regarding which Ubuntu kernel is available, and how the kernels differ between distributions. I thought it would be interesting to create a reference outlining each of the supported and available kernels on Ubuntu, and which release they correspond to. I will try to keep this page updated with the… Read More »
I recently installed Kubuntu 9.10 to have a look at the latest that KDE has to offer in the Ubuntu arena. I have to say, I find it very polished and far less buggy than previous releases that I’ve used! If you haven’t tried KDE recently, I invite you to give it a try. In… Read More »