Another thing I've wanted for a long time is integrated file versioning (if possible coupled with pervasive auto-save). It looks like the new Mac OS X versions will have it. Apple apparently has the knack for getting things right.
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Direct file versioning
Another thing I've wanted for a long time is integrated file versioning (if possible coupled with pervasive auto-save). It looks like the new Mac OS X versions will have it. Apple apparently has the knack for getting things right.
Direct file versioning
Another thing I've wanted for a long time is integrated file versioning (if possible coupled with pervasive auto-save). It looks like the new Mac OS X versions will have it. Apple apparently has the knack for getting things right.
The Anti-Cloud
I like big storage, I work with virtualization in its various forms so that all the hype about "cloud computing" sounds like "well, duh!" to me. Still, I think it's wrong to look at it as the possible future of IT in general. We have worked hard to move away from centralized computing and I think we should not go back.
Colored snake!
Probably not many users noticed, but some time ago I committed a hopefully useful (but always shiny!) addition to the "snake" console screensaver - now it contains the system load numbers and is color-coded per system load :)
So how is FreeBSD 9 shaping up?
It's still early to talk about FreeBSD 9.0 release but so far there have been some interesting developments in the systems and a nice core featureset is shaping up. I'm still maintaining the "What's cooking" page and this post is basically an (incomplete) summary of it at this point in time.
Of course, in addition to these features, there are non-stop modifications to all parts of the system, from drivers for new hardware to overall performance enhancements.
GNATS
I'm just idly taking a look at GNATS...
While the popular sentiment is "I'm too old for this shit", GNATS is one of those things that just want me say "I'm too young for this shit."
GNATS
I'm just idly taking a look at GNATS...
While the popular sentiment is "I'm too old for this shit", GNATS is one of those things that just want me say "I'm too young for this shit."
HP "LeftHand"
I've seen a HP "LeftHand" / StorageWorkd P4000 SAN device recently and got quite good impressions off of it. One thing that occured to me is - why didn't anyone try this before? Certainly both Linux (to lesser extent) and FreeBSD (to a somewhat greater) contain the pieces for it, and have contained for some years now. In fact, several people did such setups privately or internally for their companies but there was apparently never a concentrated effort to sell it.
HP "LeftHand"
I've seen a HP "LeftHand" / StorageWorkd P4000 SAN device recently and got quite good impressions off of it. One thing that occured to me is - why didn't anyone try this before? Certainly both Linux (to lesser extent) and FreeBSD (to a somewhat greater) contain the pieces for it, and have contained for some years now. In fact, several people did such setups privately or internally for their companies but there was apparently never a concentrated effort to sell it.
Firefox 3.6
OMG! It's been like 15 minutes since Slashdot announced Firefox 3.6 is released and there is still no FreeBSD port for it! What. Are. The. Porters. Doing?!!
(I kid, I kid - I saw tantalizing commits coming in :) )
update: it's in the ports now!
I’d like my cell phone to replace my laptop!
The Android platform has potential. I've seen the excitement about the new Droid devices and they look good enough to maybe replace my P1i - which I think is one of the greatest mobile phones ever, but only after it's hacked, unlocked and heavily customized because the default firmware is practically castrated by the telcos. The first thing I wanted to know is - is there a ssh client for it. Apparently there is (though rudimentary) so the next question is - what about VNC client? Yes, there is one, but then I remembered that I would also like a VNC server...
Firefox HTML 5 Ogg Theora playback
Apparently, playing 320x200 15 FPS native HTML5 (Ogg Theora) video in Firefox on FreeBSD takes less than 1% of a CPU core, and that's with X11 compositing enabled (translucent window), but not AIGLX. Nice. However, the "same" video at 640x480 at 30 FPS takes around 10%. It looks like audio is unsynced with video in both cases.