There seems to be quite a lot of this around today. Various news sources are ramping up the fufara and fanfare for or about Windows 7. I have installed the Release Candidate of Windows 7 on my QX9650 powered workstation. I am not terribly impressed. Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a feature called Relibility… Continue reading Windows 7 Hype
Howto: Fedora 11 “SoftRAID”
There is now a way to install F11 x64 or i686 on a Nvidia or Intel ICH10R RAID that was initially created using Windows. Install Fedora 9 x64 or i686 from the Full install DVD. Partition as needed. Once that is complete, use a minimal install set for Fedora 9. We do this for the… Continue reading Howto: Fedora 11 “SoftRAID”
Fedora 11 will not install on Intel or Nvidia based “soft” RAID.
Fedora 11 x64 as it is currently is not capable of creating a partition on a ICH10R or Nvidia C55 RAID array. Fedora 10 x64 is also impacted. Fedora 9 x64 works as expected. I hope this saves a few of you some grief in attempting the installation.
Apple Security Issues OS X 10.5.7 and earlier affected.
Overview Apple has released multiple Security Updates, 2009-002 / Mac OS X version 10.5.7 and Safari 3.2.3, to correct multiple vulnerabilities affecting Apple Mac OS X , Mac OS X Server, and the Safari web browser. Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, gain access to sensitive information, or cause a denial of… Continue reading Apple Security Issues OS X 10.5.7 and earlier affected.
Primary Workstation completed!
I have finally completed building my new primary Workstation. The system that the Gurulog is hosted on a dedicated server again. I apologize for the long wait. I had a serious cold/flu for two weeks. Then it took a day to get the new workstation assembled and the operating systems installed. Workstation Hardware and Software… Continue reading Primary Workstation completed!
Kudos to Phoronix!
Phoronix has officially been approved to have their benchmark utilities included in the Fedora 11 release of Linux. Congratulations! You can find out more at this link Phoronix Test Suite
Pick up the slack Nvidia.
There was a press release from Nvidia related to the performance differences between Intel Core 2 Duo, and Intel i7 processors. Basically they observed that the Core 2 Duo was just as fast in real world games tests. They just published this article last week. I published documented findings to this same effect back on… Continue reading Pick up the slack Nvidia.
New Video Card, more RAM, Vista asks for activation again.
I installed a new Evga GTX260 core 216 video card into my E8400 based workstation. The video card generates a considerable amount of heat. This caused a hard drive in the E8400 workstation to get close to it’s temperature limits. I moved the card to the QX9650 workstation instead later in the evening. The QX9650… Continue reading New Video Card, more RAM, Vista asks for activation again.
Despite overwhelming performance evidence, some still promote AMD processors as superior.
In the last couple days I have spent some quality time, at Tom’s Hardware, reading. I typically enjoy the Best graphics card of the month articles. I check the latest graphics charts. I check the current CPU performance charts. I do that before I build a system. This time was no exception. I check the… Continue reading Despite overwhelming performance evidence, some still promote AMD processors as superior.
New Motherboard and Video Card on the way.
I just ordered a new Evga 780i FTW motherboard and a GTX260 Core 216 video card. The order is processed and the parts are being picked now. I will perform benchmarks and performance metrics will be available soon. I purchased 4G of RAM recently also. This is currently in the E8400 based Voyager server.