An anonymous Microsoft developer spilled some juicy opinions about why Windows kernel performance isn’t all it could be. Although he has recanted much of what he said, some of his insights make a ton of sense.
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The explanation about Windows vs. Linux kernel performance makes sense
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 13, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/the-explanation-about-windows-vs-linux-kernel-performance-makes-sense/
And this is why I’ve been saying to uninstall Java, rather than disable it
Apple just uncovered and fixed a vulnerability that allowed an exploit to re-enable Java in a browser when it’s been disabled, which then of course allows a litany of exploits. There are two lessons here. Macintoshes are hackable just like any other device, and latent software can be re-enabled. If you don’t think someone’s trying [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 17, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/and-this-is-why-ive-been-saying-to-uninstall-java-rather-than-disable-it/
Another easy Apache tweak
I ran my site through Google Page Speed on Tuesday, and scored a surprising 88 out of 100–higher than I expected. Getting above 90 is going to take some optimizations on files that WordPress updates may change, so I’m hesitant to do that, but one thing it told me to do was to cache more [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 20, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/02/another-easy-apache-tweak/
Home network projects for a budding sysadmin
A very good question came in as a comment to my earlier post, the benefits of practicing IT at home. What do I mean by putting some Windows 7 machines on a domain? I mean standing up a server with centralized user accounts and shares, running on Windows Server or Samba, whichever you can afford. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 13, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/02/home-network-projects-for-a-budding-sysadmin/
Cutting Apache preforks seems to help small web servers
I’ve had a ton of downtime this week (this seems to be the busy time of year for my web server), but I think I traced the problem to a known issue.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 30, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/11/cutting-apache-preforks-seems-to-help-small-web-servers/
The old days of viruses
Blogging pioneer John Dominik, inspired by my Michelangelo memories, wrote about his memories of viruses later in the decade. So now I’ll take inspiration of him and share my memories of some of those viruses. I searched my archives, and at the time it was going on, I didn’t write a lot. I was tired [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 8, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/03/the-old-days-of-viruses/
How to start over with MySQL in Debian
I got my new 64-bit web server up and running today. Now the main task that remains is to get my data moved over to it. I talked myself into going with an Apache setup, since one program I want to run (Webtrees) is designed for Apache and its search engine optimization seems to work [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 4, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/03/how-to-start-over-with-mysql-in-debian/
Living with a past-its-prime computer
I’m playing catch-up a bit. This weekend, Lifehacker ran a guide about living with a computer that’s past its prime. I’ve made a career of that. One of my desktop PCs at work (arguably the more important one) is old enough that I ought to be preparing to send it off to second grade. And [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 28, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/living-with-a-past-its-prime-computer/
Taking things to the next level
I got a comment over the weekend suggesting that I could really take things to the next level with photos, illustrations, and videos. I don’t know if it was a serious comment or spam (the link provided looked very suspicious), but I’ll address the comment.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 9, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/taking-things-to-the-next-level/
SSD write endurance (aka longevity) vindicated
I found this chart earlier this week regarding SSD write endurance. Basically, it plots out how long an SSD would last if you set out to deliberately destroy it by writing to it continuously. You could expect a mainstream 128-GB drive to last 4.7 years under those conditions, which is longer than a platter hard [...]
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/02/ssd-write-endurance-aka-longevity-vindicated/