..since it's the 2nd time i've experienced this, due to the paralyzingly helpless sensation of the event, it is in fact the exact moment when i began to think about abandoning my linux endeavors.

compiz-fusion is the result of merging some of beryls functionality with the compiz project. i'm not entirely certain that beryl is being abandoned, but it does seem that future efforts will be focussed on compiz-fusion.

over the holiday i messed around extensively with fedora 8 and virtualization, and am jotting down some notes and discussion points for future reference.

I got my electric bill today, and got to thinkin about how i shouldn't need to be running 2 separate intel dual core machines 24/7..

There are plenty of programs that let you take control of your video discs, but they're only useful if you can make it through a maze of configuration menus, command line options, choices about bit rates and codecs, and the occasional confusing message about a missing library. Here's one program that gets the job done more often than not.

glftpd's use of a zipscript (sitestat req pzs-ng), upon uploading a sfv file, will create progress/complete dirs, .incomplete symlinks, .missing placeholder files, and most importantly verify the crc/checksum integrity of each uploaded file against it's value in the sfv.

glftpd is an ftp server daemon, that gets run by xinetd or similar; meaning it only spawns an instance when the designated port receives a connection. it is powerfully extendable with regards to stats, messaging, file verification, zip handling, eggdrop interaction, and supports heavy duty encryption.

i upgraded my htpc to fedora 7 the other night, and would like to document the following hurdles for future reference..

cron - daemon to execute scheduled commands

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rsync is a computer program for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate

tar is for compressing and decompressing files

vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor

screen is a really useful program, allowing u to detach a terminal session, to stay running while u logout, and reattach/regain control of the running apps. it also allows u to have "multiple windows", and has it's own searchable buffer.

unless otherwise noted we're dealing with fedora. it's what i use; i chose it back when it was red hat, because it was the free version of unix developed by a corporation, who superficially seemed to value the user experience. however the biggest influencing factor was perhaps the number of how-to's and tutes that had a section for red hat (now fedora).