22 years of Linux

As Linus Torvalds said Hello everybody out there using Linux – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, even if it’s big and professional) for 486+ AT clones and just about anything else out there under the sun. This has been brewing since april 1991, and is still not ready. I’d like any… Continue reading 22 years of Linux

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linux and free space problems

if you have different size reported on a linux file system, on a df(disk free space) and du(disk usage), is because there are deleted/opened file in which the system is still writing. A solution may be to verify those open files, using “lsof +L1” will tell you which program is holding the files open. Killing… Continue reading linux and free space problems

Windows 8 may lock out Linux from OEM machines

All systems that ship with just OEM and Microsoft, could not boot a standard copy of Linux. Microsoft revealed in a BUILD session on UEFI that the following requirements must be met for Windows 8: All firmware and software in the boot process must be signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) Required for Windows… Continue reading Windows 8 may lock out Linux from OEM machines