We both knew that K3b was a great CD/DVD creator for Linux. It has released new version 2.0.0 recently. This version has improved Blu-ray support that was really a big effort...
The disk's ITR rating and internal cache size can be
critical when tuning maxcontig (maximum contiguous I/O size). Note:
maxphys and maxcontig must be tuned at the same time. The unit of
measurement for maxphys is bytes; maxcontig is in blocks.
maxcontig can be changed via the mkfs, newfs or tunefs
commands.
The disk's ITR rating and internal cache size can be critical when tuning maxcontig (maximum contiguous I/O size). Note: maxphys and maxcontig must be tuned at the same time. The unit of measurement for maxphys is bytes; maxcontig is in blocks.
maxcontig can be changed via the mkfs, newfs or tunefs commands.
POSIX IO Must Die!
POSIX IO is becoming a serious impediment to IO performance and scaling. POSIX is one of the standards that enabled portable programs and POSIX IO is the portion of the standard surrounding IO. But as the world of storage evolves with greatly increasing capacities and greatly increasing performance, it is time for POSIX IO to evolve or die.
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".
MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer.
Setup Squid proxy as a transparent server. Main benefit of setting transparent proxy is you do not have to setup up individual browsers to work with proxies.
Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.