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New Linux virtualization option : KVM
KVM stands for 'Kernel-based Virtual Machine' it provides a simple way to have full hardware virtualization available for Linux users on machines that supports either the VT (Intel) or AMD-V/SVM (AMD) extensions for their cpus.
How DRM prepared the way for Xen/Vmware For those that don't know Palladium was a effort on Microsoft to implement 'Trusted Computing' features. It was originally slated to be included in Vista/Longhorn operating systems, but it has been dropped (or at least trimmed down heavily) in later beta releases. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103440,00.asp (MS drops code name) http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108994,00.asp
Free Software multimedia codecs from the Xiph audio project. It's a unfortunate fact that many of today's popular codecs used in multimedia applications have some severe limitations, legal and otherwise. Many are patented, many were developed by companies and organizations that never intended for them to be freely used. Many of them incorporate onerous DRM restrictions.
How DRM prepared the way for Xen/Vmware For those that don't know Palladium was a effort on Microsoft to implement 'Trusted Computing' features. It was originally slated to be included in Vista/Longhorn operating systems, but it has been dropped (or at least trimmed down heavily) in later beta releases. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103440,00.asp (MS drops code name) http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108994,00.asp
Free Software multimedia codecs from the Xiph audio project. It's a unfortunate fact that many of today's popular codecs used in multimedia applications have some severe limitations, legal and otherwise. Many are patented, many were developed by companies and organizations that never intended for them to be freely used. Many of them incorporate onerous DRM restrictions.
| Title | Date | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Linux virtualization option : KVM | 2006 12 | ||||
| More on Patents | 2006 11 | ||||
| How DRM prepared the way for Xen/Vmware | 2006 04 | ||||
| Drag's Guide to Debian variations | 2006 01 | ||||
| Componentized Linux | 2005 07 | ||||
| The dark side of NTFS and Alternative Data Streams. | 2005 03 | ||||
| Badram, Badmem, and Memtest86.bin | 2005 02 | ||||
| Free Software multimedia codecs from the Xiph audio project. | 2005 01 | ||||
| Linux|Unix clusters | 2004 12 | ||||
| Spouse of EA programmer's blog. | 2004 11 | ||||
| Open Source ERP, CRM Software | 2004 11 | ||||
| Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) | 2004 09 | ||||
| OpenBSD Security Techniques | 2004 09 | ||||
| Get some free stuff from Novell. | 2004 07 | ||||
| Keep tabs on security issues with Linux easily | 2004 06 | ||||
| Understanding Debian packages | 2004 06 | ||||
