Nov 15 2017
Firefox 57 has been released and it has quite a few features that make it a very compelling browser to use. Most importantly, Firefox 57 has a new browser engine that makes the best use of a multi-core/multi-threaded CPU. Therefore, let’s write down the browser market share stats of today, and compare again in November …
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Nov 07 2017
Sysdig (.org) is an open-source container troubleshooting tool and it works by capturing system calls and events directly from the Linux kernel. When you install Sysdig, it adds a new kernel module that it uses to collect all those system calls and events. That is, compared to other tools like strace, lsof and htop, it …
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Nov 06 2017
Update #1: Added working screenshot and some instructions. Update #2: Added instructions on how to get the app to autostart through systemd. Installing a Node.js app on your desktop Linux computer is a messy affair, since you need to add a new repository and install lots of additional packages. The alternative to messing up your …
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Nov 01 2017
We are running Ubuntu 16.04 and LXD 2.18 (from the lxd-stable PPA). Let’s get Docker (docker-ce) to run in a container! General instructions on running Docker (docker.io, from the Ubuntu repositories) in an LXD container can be found at LXD 2.0: Docker in LXD [7/12]. First, let’s launch a LXD container in a way …
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Oct 31 2017
If you want to learn about LXD, there is a good online course at LinuxAcademy (warning: referral). It is the LXC/LXD Deep Dive online course by Chad Miller. Here is a review of this LXC/LXD online course by bmullan. There is a 7-day unlimited trial on LinuxAcademy, then $29 per month (bank card or Paypal). …
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Sep 26 2017
Packet.net has premium baremetal servers that start at $36.50 per month for a quad-core Atom C2550 with 8GB RAM and 80GB SSD, on a 1Gbps Internet connection. On the other end of the scale, there is an option for a 24-core (two Intel CPUs) system with 256GB RAM and a total of 2.8TB SSD disk …
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