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Picking apart RAID parity problems
Insight A fundamental understanding of the different RAID levels is good, but knowing how to diagnose and prevent parity errors is better.
Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
Product Reviews Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
Tags: Norton Co., operating system, NTFS, phone, Symantec Corp., hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, PC
Linux 101: Installing Debian GNU/Linux
Techguide Every day someone takes a whack at installing some Linux distribution on a computer and ultimately gives up out of frustration. Follow this guide to installing Debian GNU/Linux and reduce your frustration to zero.
Windows 7 prebeta (build 6801)
Product Reviews Windows 7 prebeta (build 6801)
Tags: User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Accessibility Feature, boot process, Microsoft Windows, toolbar, CNET Networks Inc., desktop, window
Delayed Start feature increases options for Windows services
Techguide Windows Server 2008 now offers a Delayed Start option for Windows services. Learn how to use this convenient feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Database, Delayed Start, Delayed Start Configuration, Information Technology, Microsoft TechNet, boot process, Rick Vanover, Rick
Red Hat releases Fedora 11
News Fedora 11 comes with new virtualization features, support for fingerprint readers and the promised ability for any e-mail client to tap into Microsoft Exchange.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., boot process, Environment, Linux Distribution, brand, Linux
Chrome OS security: 'Sandboxing' and auto updates
News Google operating system will feature many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of applications, auto updating, and antiphishing.
Tags: Operating systems, PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Google Inc., Phishing, Computer, Operating System, Security
New Linux kernel adds filesystem support
News Linux 2.6.30 has been released with support for new file systems, alongside performance improvements and new hardware drivers.
Tags: Operating systems, Linus Torvalds, File System, Storage, Kernel, operating system, Linux Kernel, performance, Hardware, high-performance
Encrypt filesystems with LVM
Techguide The Logical Volume Manager allows for easy partitioning in Linux and offers encryption by volumes, not just an entire partition.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Volume, File System, CentOS, Password, Vincent Danen, Canada
Compromised at boot
Techguide It's not just theory any longer--your computer can be compromised at boot, at least for Microsoft Windows and certain Linux distributions.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, Operating systems, Security, Virtual Machine, Tool, Password, operating system, computer
Vista SP1 fails to play well with others
News Owners of Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise that also run a non-Microsoft operating system on the same PC may not be able to install Vista Service Pack 1 without changing the boot process of their machines.
Tags: Windows Vista
OpenSolaris follows Linux to the mainframe
News After Linux, Sun's open-source OpenSolaris is now making headway into the mainframe arena, thanks to the effort of an engineering firm to port it to IBM hardware.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems
Xen passes Windows milestone
News XenSource says it has succeed in booting Microsoft's OS on the Xen virtual machine software, aided by an upcoming Intel chip.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Open source
Sun modernizing Solaris start-up process
News Revamped approach will be faster and more useful on a wide variety of computers, company promises.
Close unneeded ports on Unix/Linux systems
Techguide Shutting down unnecessary services, and closing their associated network ports, lowers risks. Find out how to do that on Unix and Linux systems.
Tags: Linux, Data security, UNIX
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