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Guido van Rossum (creator of Python) Blog

A few weeks ago Linus Torvalds started his blog. Now, Guido van Rossum started to write a diary (blog). He is best known as the author of the Python programming language.
How To Get Financing (VC Funding) For Open Source / Linux Project

MySQL, Red Hat and many other open source projects made good amount of money by supporting and creating world class software. But, how do you get venture capital - financing to grow businesses based upon open source ideas? If you are opening an open source software / hardware based business, read this getting started article about VC funding.
Debian Upgrade: GNU/Linux 4.0 Update 5 Available

The industry strength community driven enterprise grade Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0 stable update 5 has been released and available for immediate downloaded as well as updates via apt-get package manager. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. All users are advised to upgrade system.
RAID 5 vs RAID 10: Recommended RAID For Safety and Performance

A Redundant Array of Independent Drives (or Disks), also known as Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (or Disks) (RAID) is an term for data storage schemes that divide and/or replicate data among multiple hard drives. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability or increased I/O performance, though one goal may compromise the other. There are 10 RAID level. But which one is recommended for data safety and performance considering that hard drives are commodity priced?
Seagate Barracuda: 1.5TB Hard Drive Launched

Wow, this is a large size desktop hard disk for storing movies, tv shows, music / mp3s, and photos. You can also load multiple operating systems using vmware or other software for testing purpose. This hard disk comes with 5 year warranty and can transfer at 300MB/s. But, How reliable is the 1.5TB hard disk?
Google Releases Android Mobile Platform As Open Source Project

Android is now open source software. Google open the entire source code including network and telephony stacks that were not available previously under a Apache license.
Install Flash 10 Under Ubuntu Linux 64 bit Edition

I’ve already written about installing Flash player 10 under 32 bit version. But, couple of our readers asked about installing Flash player 10 final version under Ubuntu Linux 64 bit edition. This small post will cover flash 10 Ubuntu Linux 64 bit installation.
Is The Linux Community Afraid of Opensolaris?

It’s about time someone wrote this article. I know the headline is a little bit provoking. But when you think about some comments from Linux proponents you could think so.
Nagios: System and Network Monitoring Book

The convenience and reliability that monitoring programs offer system administrators is astounding. Whether at home, commuting, or on vacation, admins can continuously monitor their networks, learning of issues long before they become catastrophes.

Nagios, the most popular open source solution for system and network monitoring, is extremely robust, but it’s also intensely complex.
Power Off Server Once In a While?

From my mailbag:

I turn off the PC at home or the office once in a while. Now, I’ve server at colocation center. Do we need to run server 24/7? I do reboot the server once a month. Is it advisable to completely power off a server once in a while instead of 24/7 running?