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Symmetric Multiprocessing Scheduler Improvement Forthcoming in Kernel 4.3

Posted on October 1, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Thanks to Phoronix, here’s the Git entry. This might actually substantially improve performance on KVM hosts with multicore guest domains, especially those with overcommitted processors.  Though I haven’t seen it specifically mentioned, theoretically, I’d imagine the dynamic symmetric multiprocessing workloads … Continue reading →

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The Midnight Oil: Jailing CentOS 6 in FreeBSD 10.2 Edition

Posted on September 19, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Introduction CentOS 6!  In a jail on the FreeBSD 10.2 kernel!  THAT’S EFFING AWESOME. Inspired by the recent release of FreeBSD 10.2 and the accompanying announcement that the Application Binary Interface Linux compatibility version has been upgraded to 2.6.18, I … Continue reading →

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System Defense Analysis: The Equation Group

Posted on February 17, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has posted a 44-page Q&A-style write-up regarding their research into the incredibly advanced malware designed, developed, and implemented by a group they have dubbed “The Equation Group.”  While they don’t name the NSA … Continue reading →

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Installing the Proprietary AMD Catalyst 14.9 (fglrx) Driver on Fedora 20 (with kernel 3.16!)

Posted on October 2, 2014 by The Civilized Cynic

Update:  If you are using kernel 3.17, see the next post in this series for installation instructions; a patch is required! Good news, everyone! The new Catalyst 14.9 driver for Linux installs on Fedora 20 using the latest kernel (3.16.3-200 … Continue reading →

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