RootPrompt -- Nothing but UnixNews and information for Unix SysadminsIdentify speakers with sndpeek (23 Apr 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Learn to build basic assistance programs to help the hearing-impaired identify speakers in a bandwidth-limited context. Use sndpeek and custom algorithms to match voices to a pre-recorded library so users know who is speaking in teleconferences, podcasts, and live media events.http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11605 Workload Partitioning (WPAR) in AIX 6.1 (23 Apr 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The most popular innovation of IBM AIX Version 6.1 is clearly workload partitioning (WPARs). Once you get past the marketing hype, you'll need to determine the value that WPARs can provide in your environment. You can discover that here.http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11604 Scheduled Backups With Rsyncbackup On Debian Etch (21 Apr 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) This document describes how to set up and configure rsyncbackup on Debian Etch. Rsyncbackup is a Perl script that cooperates with rsync. It is easy to configure and able to create scheduled backups (partial and incremental backups).http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11603 Introducing Linux Client Pilot (21 Apr 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Learn what's involved when introducing a Linux client pilot in your organization, including planning for business and IT requirements, architecture decisions, risks, and understanding how IBM's open collaboration client is used to implement this desktop of the future, today.http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11601 Tools to access Linux Partitions from Windows (21 Apr 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) If you dual boot with Windows and Linux, and have data spread across different partitions on Linux and Windows, you should be really in for some issues. It happens sometimes you need to access your files on Linux partitions from Windows, and you realize it isn't possible easily. Not really, with these tools in hand - it's very easy for you to access files on your Linux partitions from Windows. Full Storyhttp://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11602 Shuttle's $199 PC will ship with Foresight Linux (18 Mar 2008)- (Found July 8, 2008 ) One look and I want one, not sure what I would use it for, but when does that stop a geek from wanting a computer."Shuttle announced today that its upcoming $199 KPC will ship with the open-source Foresight Linux distribution. In addition to a price that squarely targets the budget market, the KPC features a small form factor and high energy efficiency. Shuttle has teamed up with Foresight and says that the Linux distribution's intuitive interface, user-focused design, and robust selectionhttp://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=11584 |