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Give XFS a chance. Don’t believe the FUD.

After tinkering with Ext4 I did some research and tested other file systems on my new disk arrays. I’ve concluded that XFS, once tuned, is the best file system for my needs and it could well be the best file system for your needs too. I’m now using XFS for all my computers, including laptop [...]

Recovering reserved space from ext4

The Ext4 file system, like Ext3, reserves 5% of the blocks on the file system for the root user. The reserved blocks are there for root’s use as a safe guard if the filesystem gets full, it provides some wiggle room to enable the really important programs to still function. But in some cases there’s [...]

StarTech S354UER Review

I’ve ripped my entire CD collection to MP3 and I’m in the process of ripping my entire DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD collection to MPEG-2 TS files so that I can stream everything to my PS3 using MiniDLNA. I currently have this data stored on an internal 2TB volume and backed up to an external 2TB [...]

Amazon Loves Linux Music Lovers

I’ve no idea when Amazon.co.uk lauched their MP3 store and I’ve no idea when they released their Linux client for downloading the MP3s you purchased. I don’t care, I just want to say I’m really impressed Amazon have considered us Linux users. Well done Amazon!
Not only that but the MP3s are DRM free, encoded using [...]

Linux Hex Editors

We use hex editors daily at work, we are regularly cutting up data from flight data recorders for analysis or recovery.  So when I find a new hex editor for Linux I usually give it a try. I happened across a blog listing Five GUI Hex Editors for Ubuntu today. Find out more below.

Five gui [...]

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