Wandering Thoughts archives

2015-12-26:	Adjusting mouse sensitivity on Linux, and why you might want to
2015-12-18:	Some things about the XSettings system
2015-12-17:	Fixing the GTK UI font in my Fedora 23 setup
2015-12-16:	I just had another smooth Fedora version upgrade with ZFS on Linux
2015-12-12:	My views on the choice of Linux distribution
2015-12-11:	The ArchLinux wiki has quietly become a good resource for me
2015-11-30:	My current dilemma: is it worth putting the root filesystem on a SSD
2015-11-07:	Why I (still) care about SELinux and its flaws
2015-11-04:	SELinux's usability, illustrated once again
2015-10-29:	USB mouse polling rates under Linux
2015-10-12:	Why we hold kernels and other packages on our Ubuntu machines
2015-10-07:	The irritation of all of the Ubuntu kernels you wind up with
2015-10-05:	I don't trust Linux distributions to leave directories alone
2015-10-04:	There's no point in multiple system filesystems any more
2015-09-24:	We're probably going to need new Linux iSCSI target software
2015-09-18:	Modern Linux laptop suspending and screenlocking makes me twitch
2015-08-19:	Linux's abstract namespace for Unix domain sockets
2015-08-13:	Enabling services on package updates is a terrible mistake
2015-08-12:	What common older versions of `free` are telling you
2015-08-11:	What `free` is really telling you, and some bits from `/proc/meminfo`
2015-08-10:	My irritation with '`systemctl status`'
2015-08-08:	The ARC now seems to work right in ZFS on Linux
2015-08-03:	Running Fedora 22's `dnf` as a normal user versus as root
2015-07-31:	Ubuntu once again fails at a good kernel security update announcement
2015-07-24:	Fedora 22's problem with my scroll wheel
2015-07-22:	Some thoughts on log rolling with date extensions
2015-07-12:	A Linux software RAID message flood
2015-07-08:	Making GTK applications in alternate locations, settings edition
2015-06-30:	My early impressions of Fedora 22, especially of DNF
2015-06-25:	Multiple set matches with Linux's iptables 'ipset' extension
2015-06-24:	I've finally turned SELinux fully off even on my laptop
2015-06-14:	What I plug into my home Linux machine as far as peripherals go
2015-06-04:	Linux evolution through de facto quiet standards
2015-05-19:	Converting filesystems from ext3 to ext4, and concerns attached to it (plus bad news for me)
2015-05-17:	Why I'm interested in converting my ext3 filesystems to ext4
2015-04-24:	A DKMS problem I had with lingering old versions
2015-04-10:	I wish systemd would get over its thing about syslog
2015-04-09:	Probably why Fedora puts their release version in package release numbers
2015-04-07:	How Ubuntu and Fedora each do kernel packages
2015-04-04:	An important note if you want to totally stop an IKE IPSec connection A weird new IKE IPSec problem that I just had on Fedora 21's latest kernel
2015-03-31:	Btrfs's mistake in limiting itself to two-way mirroring
2015-03-26:	Why systemd should have ignored SysV init script LSB dependencies
2015-03-23:	Systemd is not fully backwards compatible with System V init scripts
2015-03-22:	I now feel that Red Hat Enterprise 6 is okay (although not great)
2015-03-12:	My feelings about GRUB 1 versus GRUB 2
2015-02-25:	My current issues with systemd's networkd in Fedora 21 My Linux container temptation: running other Linuxes
2015-02-21:	It turns out that I routinely use some really old Linux binaries
2015-02-07:	Trying to move towards Ed25519 OpenSSH host keys: a stumbling block
2015-01-25:	The long term problem with ZFS on Linux is its license
2015-01-23:	A problem with `gnome-terminal` in Fedora 21, and tracking it down
2015-01-22:	How to set up static networking with `systemd-networkd`, or at least how I did
2015-01-21:	Why I'm switching to systemd's networkd stuff for my networking
2015-01-16:	Using `systemd-run` to limit something's RAM consumption on the fly
2015-01-05:	Today on Linux, ZFS is your only real choice for an advanced filesystem

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