Comment Politicians (Score 2) 143
So, when do we start testing every politician?
New Linux Petabyte-Scale Distributed File System 132
An anonymous reader writes "A recent addition to Linux's impressive selection of file systems is Ceph, a distributed file system that incorporates replication and fault tolerance while maintaining POSIX compatibility. Explore the architecture of Ceph and learn how it provides fault tolerance and simplifies the management of massive amounts of data."
After 2 Years of Development, LTSP 5.2 Is Out 79
The Linux Terminal Server Project has for years been simplifying the task of time-sharing a Linux system by means of X terminals (including repurposed low-end PCs). Now, stgraber writes "After almost two years or work and 994 commits later made by only 14 contributors, the LTSP team is proud to announce that the Linux Terminal Server Project released LTSP 5.2 on Wednesday the 17th of February. As the LTSP team wanted this release to be some kind of a reference point in LTSP's history, LDM (LTSP Display Manager) 2.1 and LTSPfs 0.6 were released on the same day. Packages for LTSP 5.2, LDM 2.1 and LTSPfs 0.6 are already in Ubuntu Lucid and a backport for Karmic is available. For other distributions, packages should be available very soon. And the upstream code is, as always, available on Launchpad."
Comment Re:Just goes to show.. (Score 1) 418
I love when people claim Linux is harder than Windows. "Oh, just maintain TWO Windows installations!"
It was actually my father who did this with NT4. I have no idea if it's still easy/possible to do with XP, as I use RH8 as my primary desktop (plus other computers with everything from RH7.3 to FC4), and the last Windows version I personally installed was 3.11 (not the For Workgroup version) on a P90, about 8 years ago.
But the point is still valid (about the 2 Windows installations). That way, you have all the rights you want on the "not booted" version, and all the power of running native software to examine/modify it, plus enough storage for all you want (which booting from a Windows CD doesn't always offer you, although I could be mistaken on that as I never used one).
Comment Re:This is cool... (Score 2, Informative) 155
It's doable, and not that hard.
The only thing to remember is that the Meridian phones are proprietary crap. So you can't just plug them into asterisk, but rather you'll have to
plug your asterisk server between the phone lines that come from the phone company and your PBX.
Then, expand your system by either buying some Sipura 2000 boxes and regular telephones, or some IP phones.
The only thing to remember is that the Meridian phones are proprietary crap. So you can't just plug them into asterisk, but rather you'll have to
plug your asterisk server between the phone lines that come from the phone company and your PBX.
Then, expand your system by either buying some Sipura 2000 boxes and regular telephones, or some IP phones.
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