Survived Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike was a major event in South East Texas and I apologize for the off topic post.
My family and me survived the hurricane OK. The house sustained minor roof damage but thanks to modern engineering it was able to withstand strong category 1 (119–153 km/h 74–95 mph) hurricane force winds. We were also not affected by floods. The only problem we have is no electricity, no phone, no internet and the cell phone service is very erratic. Overall we are in much better shape than the rest of Houston and surrounding areas. Driving around you can see all the destruction. TV images do not do justice to what has really happened here.
I do not know when we can expect power but will have my next post up as soon as possible …
No commentsWireless using W200 on openSUSE 11.0
In March I had written a post related to Wireless using W200 on openSUSE 10.3 which happens to be one of the most viewed entry on this blog. Since I wrote that post openSUSE 11.0 has been released and hence am posting an updated version of this howto.
2 commentsSetting up a Linux based software load balancer
As the name suggest Load Balancing is simply spreading the work load between two or more backend servers. Load Balancing can be used for any kind of server – HTTP, SMTP, POP/IMAP, DB. There are several open source software load balancers available but for the purpose of this post we will look at Pen and Balance.
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When I first tested Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on Compaq Evo N610c I was unable to use advanced desktop effects because the graphics card was not powerful enough. The resolution fix for ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 did not help either. I recently managed to get Compaq nc6000 that uses ATI Mobility 9600 video card and Advanced Desktop Effects worked correctly.
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