DRBD is a Linux project that provides a real-time distributed filesystem. Sean Hull demonstrates how to use Sun's virtualbox software to create a pair of VMs, then configure those VMs with DRBD, and finally install and test MySQL running on volumes sitting on DRBD.
<b>The H Open:</b> "Moodle , the E-learning platform, is one of the most significant and successful projects in open source. Despite its success, with hundreds of thousands of people being taught by courses written in Moodle, as a product it is not well known."
<b>Michael Geist:</b> "The U.S. government has released its annual Special 301 report in which it purports to identify those countries with inadequate intellectual property laws. Given the recent history and the way in which the list is developed, it will come as no surprise that the U.S. is again implausibly claiming that Canada is among the worst of the worst"
The storage networking switch maker watched its stock plummet Tuesday after it reported disappointing sales from the Ethernet business it acquired from Foundry for $3 billion in July 2008.
<b>Test-Announce:</b> " The Fedora 13 "Goddard" Alpha release is available! What's next for the free operating system that shows off the best new technology of tomorrow? You can see the future now..."
One of several non-security updates is causing system crashes for some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users. What does Microsoft have for a solution?
It's a challenge to adapt to change, but the changes in IBM DB2 9.7's Database Administrator authority bring significant database security benefits. Join Rebecca Bond as she shares some twists, some turns, and some clues regarding DB2 9.7's Database Administrator (DBADM) authority.
<b>Intellectual Property Watch:</b> "“Apple is selling directly to consumers, who aren’t the best guardians of their own self-interest. The open PC model works for knowledgeable users who know what they are doing and how to protect themselves, but not so for 15-year-old fashionistas and techno-phobic geriatrics,” Kahney said."
Linux at retail has been a hit-and-miss proposition for more than a decade. Canonical's new CEO explains her company's strategy for getting desktop Linux into more customers' hands.
<b>KDE.news:</b> "The Plasma Javascript Jam Session is a friendly competition that aims to reward creators of original, interesting and beautiful Plasma widgets written in Javascript with some great prizes and community recognition."
<b>WWdN: In Exile:</b> "It's taken me this long to share it, because shortly after I upgraded my Macs to Snow Leopard, all of my Macs and my HP scanner stopped talking to each other."
<b>Dissociated Press:</b> "I love the concept, hate the execution. I've written about that before. Facebook encourages the kind of bad netiquette it's taken years to drum out of people. "Oh, I like this page and look - it has a 'forward to all my friends' button.""