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- 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
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- Open source going from strength to strength
- Open source going from strength to strengthOpen source doesn't rely on a single individual.That's a reasonable and appropriate point to make.But I suggest it needn't be reinforced by an exaggerated view of open source's gains. Because a more realistic appraisal would rebut if not refute your contentions, and seem...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Reiser found guilty of first degree murder
- Reiser found guilty of first degree murderNot unexpected based on the evidenceIf you read the story, you will see that base on the evidence there is no other verdict that can make sense.If in fact he is innocent very doubtful, his actions surely turned him into a guilty man. His...
- Tags: Reiser, first degree
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Reiser found guilty of first degree murder
- Software developer Hans Reiser was found guilty today of first degree murder in the death of his wife in late 2006, a conviction that carries up to 25 years in prison and a possible death sentence for the Reiser4 file system. [Techmeme] The verdict, delivered...
- Tags: File System, Ts'o, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Verdict in Hans Reiser murder case -- and fate of Reiser4 -- imminent
- Verdict in Hans Reiser murder case -- and fate of Reiser4 -- imminentNOT GUILTY!Let the man go!NonsenseI think is says something about Reiser that he probably murdered someone. I bet his wife was constantly harping on him for spending all his time glued to a monitor trying to reinvent the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Hans Reiser, file system, Reiser 4, Reiser, verdict, Reiser4
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Verdict in Hans Reiser murder case -- and fate of Reiser4 -- imminent
- The fate of the Reiser4 file system for Linux may well depend on a verdict rendered by a California jury this week. As an Alameda County jury continues to deliberate the fate of Hans Reiser, the designer of the Reiser File System for Linux who is accused of murdering...
- Tags: Developer, Ubuntu, Linux Kernel, File System, Verdict, Reiser4, Reiser, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- 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
- Parted Magic LiveUSB
- Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem tools...
- Tags: Partedmagic, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-03-04
- Parted Magic PXE
- Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem...
- Tags: Partedmagic, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-03-04
- Parted Magic LiveCD
- Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem...
- Tags: LiveCD, Partedmagic
- Software downloads 2008-02-27
- What your disk drive isn't telling you
- because it's clueless. You know you've got a problem when your disk drive goes ka-thunk. A study of 1.53 million disks finds that data errors are much more common than outright failures. You just don't know it. What's worse, neither do the people who design...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice
- After his last foray into the "Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product" space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008. Although Hyper-V is still in beta and isn't slated to ship...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Disadvantage, Operating System, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, News, VMWare ESX, Hyper-V, Jason Perlow, Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- WinHex (zip)
- WinHex is a universal hexadecimal editor, particularly helpful in the realm of computer forensics, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security. An advanced tool for everyday and emergency use: inspect and edit all kinds of files, recover deleted files or lost data from hard drives with corrupt file systems...
- Tags: Disk, File, WinHex, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Productivity, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-02-01
- YAReG
- The YAReG application was designed to be a free graphical frontend for RFSTOOL written by Gerson Kurz. It provides easy and comfortable read access to your ReiserFS formatted Linux partitions through an user interface familiar from Windows Explorer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Explorer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software
- Software downloads 2008-01-25
- 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
- Performance of Large Journaling File Systems
- Linux file system sizes have grown rapidly over the last few years with a size of several terabytes being common. This is especially true in the mainframe area for applications like database systems or large backup volumes for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM. Such large file systems are related to...
- Tags: Performance, File System, IBM Corp.
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes on
- Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes onSounds similarto ReiserFS 4... ]:)FINALLY!Competition in a MEANINGFUL way, not just bells and whistles!Open source seems to be good.Sun being sued for ZFS?Isn't Sun being sued by NetApp over patented idea/technology infringement in the ZFS?Article sounds a bit over-hypedalmost to the point where it...
- Tags: NetApp, open source, patent office, Beryl, ZFS, file system, Apple Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Parted Magic PXE (8)
- Optimized at approximately 30MB, the Parted Magic PXE OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of...
- Tags: FAT32, NTFS, benefit, tool
- Software downloads 2007-08-21
- Parted Magic LiveCD (8)
- Optimized at approximately 30MB, the Parted Magic LiveCD OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of...
- Tags: FAT32, NTFS, benefit, tool
- Software downloads 2007-08-21
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