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Apple MacBook/Pro Software Update (dmg)

This update enables file system journaling on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems were shipped with file system journaling turned off. Journaling is recommended on all Mac computers as a preventative measure against file corruption. Version 1.1 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Software Update, Journaling, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Software downloads 2007-12-20

Novell makes file-storage software shift

Novell makes file-storage software shiftHaving read some of his more asinine posts I's place hismental facilities some where between Loverock and No_Ax.so much for OSSthe mis-conception that open source developers are the best. If it was Windows that was delayed, imagine the posts by *nix fanboys.Open Source drives people...

Tags: software, open source, Journaling, WinFS, file system, NTFS, Reiser, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-10-12

Additional Resources

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

MacJournal (gz)

MacJournal is the world's most popular journaling software for the Macintosh. Create a personal journal with two level security password protection and encryption, record daily ideas, manage to do's and export them to multiple file formats, or generate blogs to any of the popular blogging services or .mac account. Even...

Tags: Mariner Software, MacJournal, Blogging, Podcasts, Internet

Software downloads 2008-06-17

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen

2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be  a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...

Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-03

IT politics killed White House email project

IT politics killed White House email projectDefective By DesignI think the whole IDEA was to have a sloppy, impossible to manage system! How ironic, the MOMENT they need critical emails, they just "happened" to have been deleted, and not archived, because you have minimum wage types hand filing emails, and...

Tags: information technology, e-mail, White House, RNC

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

IT politics killed White House email project

Data archiving in the White House is a serious business mandated by the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which was passed following the Watergate scandal. The Act requires the White House to maintain an historical archive of its activities, policies, and decisions. Despite...

Tags: Information Technology, White House, Act, E-mail, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout

Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...

Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-29

File systems of the Mac's past, present and maybe future

Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered incorrectly by Sun top brass. While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server supports ZFS, there's no expectation that it will...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Reimer, Ext3, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Notebook SSDs disappoint

Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...

Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

What your disk drive isn't telling you

What your disk drive isn't telling youNo safe havenIt seems that our data simply have no safe place to reside anywhere. Hard disks are unsafe, DVD's are unsafe disk rot.....Come on, industry, give us a safe, reliable and enduring storage medium. How hard can it be?Greetz, Pjotr.Broken main page link,...

Tags: Storage, HARD DISKS, disk, disk drive, SCSI, RAID, file system

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap'

In an interview at Melbourne's linux.conf.au conference, Linus Torvalds called the standard file system of Mac OS X "complete and utter crap." Mac fans are only slightly outraged, pointing out that HFS+ isn't really "complete and utter crap," rather, it's just slightly crap-ish. In the Sidney Morning...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Linus Torvalds, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Why is my computer slowing down?

Why is my computer slowing down?Not exactly ....With NTFS only the metadata is written to the journal, not the file data. So technically it's not the same type of journaling as with ext3 which writes the metadata and the file contents. Now Reiserfs is a metadata only journaling system, but...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Nothing, file system, Microsoft Windows, fragmentation, computer, NTFS, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

ZFS beta now on Mac OS X Leopard

ZFS beta now on Mac OS X LeopardYeah, Microsoft hasn't done ANY work with file systems...And people complain about Vista compatibility. You know very well that a new file system, no matter what is going to break legacy applications, and why Microsoft has no choice other to be VERY careful...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, beta, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, WinFS, file system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Calorie Balance Diet (exe)

Research has shown that keeping a journal makes dieters almost twice as successful as those who do not. This program makes keeping a diet journal easy, fast, and accurate. The program features a full fledged calorie counter with over 30,000 foods. Enter in your foods with grams, or use easy...

Tags: Food, Journal, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-01-04

MacJournal (dmg)

MacJournal is the world's most popular journaling software for Mac OS X. Easily create a personal journal with MacJournals simple-to-use interface with two level security (password protection and AES-256 encryption). Recording daily ideas in nested, multiple journals as well as assigning entry keywords make organizing your data a snap. Manage...

Tags: Localization, Blogger, MacJournal, Blogging, Apple Mac OS, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-20

OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world

The One Laptop Per Child OLPC is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn't like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional...

Tags: Notebook, Connectivity, Expression, Industrial Design, Activity, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-12-19

PC Prayer Reminder (exe)

Prayer reminder and journaling program. Stores prayer requests, categorizes them, and reminds you to pray at user designated intervals. Bullet prayer feature shows randomly selected request in popup window. Supports priority requests. Counts the number of times a request is remembered and prayed for. Sorts by prayer date. Memo window...

Tags: PC, Request, Construction, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2007-12-06

Writer's Cafe is slick, cross-platform software for all writers

I stumbled across a link to Writer's Cafe yesterday and just finished installing it on my laptop (64-bit Kubuntu). I installed it on an XP box, too, for comparison. It looks basically identical on both platforms and also has Mac and PocketPC ports. This cross-platform application brings...

Tags: Software, Notebook, Journal, Tool, Writer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-04

The missing demonstration project (1)

The missing demonstration project (1)Where is everybody? you guys wanna talk weather, or what?Very strange here in Lethbridge: -19 Celsius here yesterday afternoon, went to plus 5.6 by about 9PM, back to minus 14.7 right now.A blowby chinook?Yes, I have seen it over and over. Do you want to oversee...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Debian, Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2007-12-04