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Stopping vim from encrypting your files

I usually use :x to exit and save in vi and vim; there's
no great reason for it, it just happens to be what I started using. The problem comes when I don't release the shift key fast enough, and end up typing :X instead, which offers to encrypt my file for me, and prompts for a key.

Mar 31, 2009 12:35am

Top-Down Application and Virtualization Management

Was just reading an article over at Virtual Strategy Magazine entitled "Taking the Server Out of Application Management" by Jasmine Noel.

She makes some good points that align with what we're seeing and hearing as well -- that virtualization management can make life harder for App Admins if you don't have the right tools or processes for dealing with the fact that you no longer know where your app might be physically.

Mar 30, 2009 4:51pm

Part 2: Where Does Guest VM HA Fit-in Versus Other HA Software: RAC and Guest VM HA

As part 2 in this series of blog entries about HA techniques in a virtualized environment, I’m going to focus on considerations when thinking about using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) with- (or without) Oracle VM HA. For databases, Oracle RAC is the ultimate: Continuous availability and ability to handle workloads that are larger than what a single physical server can handle. If you need continuous uptime for your database applications, then you need RAC.

Mar 30, 2009 4:47pm

Where Does Guest VM HA Fit-in Versus Other HA Software? Part 1: About Guest VM HA

Customers ask us about Oracle VM and its guest HA / auto-restart functionality in the context of how it is best used in relation to other HA technologies available “up the stack” and I thought that it might be useful to share the discussion here over a couple of blog entries. This is the first entry in that series. This installment is about providing some context and then a summary of how the Guest VM HA / auto-restart feature works in Oracle VM.

Mar 30, 2009 4:45pm

Oracle-Red Hat Acquisition Rumors Swirl After Reports Surface

Oracle might be eyeing additional acquisitions, and some analysts suspect that the IT giant might have its sights set on Red Hat. This week, a report surfaced that claimed an Oracle-Red Hat merger might “[make] sense.” Even as the note cautioned that the acquisition wouldn’t happen “now,” other reports have Oracle and Hewlett-Packard recently in unsuccessful talks to snatch up Sun Microsystems.

Mar 30, 2009 4:04pm

Red Hat intros 'second generation' tools, despite buyout rumors

While its rival Novell introduced the latest version of SuSE Linux Enterprise at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) in San Francisco, Red Hat -- the world's other major Linux distributor -- issued its tools announcement in conjunction with EclipseCon. The conference in Santa Clara focuses on the Eclipse cross-platform development environment.

 

The new JBoss Developers Studio 2.0 - Portfolio Edition (JBDS-PE) rolled out by Red Hat today is a major update to Red Hat's earlier Eclipse-based software development kit.

 

Mar 30, 2009 4:01pm

Making The Linux Command Line A Little Friendlier

One thing that gets debated over and over in Linux is the need for the command line. Many say that you should never need to access a command prompt to get things done, others are of the opinion that the power of the Linux shell is one of the things that makes Linux so great.

Mar 30, 2009 3:06pm

Unix and Linux Humor Index

Unix and Linux Humor

Of course there are several other operating systems than only that one from Redmond. Some of them are older and much profounder. UNIX and Linux are two of them with a special kind of users and a special kind of humor.

Unix and Linux Humor Index

To read the entire article at its source, please refer to Unix and Linux Humor Index

Mar 30, 2009 3:01pm

"Pointed comments" on a completely different topic.

Different Points, and an old life lesson made new

Today, "pointed comments" on a completely different topic.

I've been fencing since a teenager, and I still do when I get a chance. In recent years I've spent less time fencing and more time as a referee, volunteer webmaster, and officer of a state fencing organization, but I still pick up a blade when I can.

Mar 29, 2009 6:01pm

"Pointed comments" on a completely different topic.

Different Points, and an old life lesson made new

Today, "pointed comments" on a completely different topic.

I've been fencing since a teenager, and I still do when I get a chance. In recent years I've spent less time fencing and more time as a referee, volunteer webmaster, and officer of a state fencing organization, but I still pick up a blade when I can.

Mar 29, 2009 6:01pm
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