Louis – Page 27 – Weblog of Quests

Swap space

On January 17, 2009

While I am now relying on Linux for my daily computer needs (Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit, for both work and at home), I have to admit that in many ways I am just a bit beyond novice in many of the nitty-gritties of using a Linux desktop. Anyway, here is an interesting read on the size of swap space one should use on a modern Linux installation which I found recently.

Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?

There are also many “educational” remarks in the comments section too.

Google code

By Louis

On January 16, 2009

In Announcements, Internet, WordPress

I have often wondered what it would be like to participate in an open-source project but felt uneasy because of a lack of confidence in my programming skills. Well, after some discussions with another team member from Donorweb to open-source some of our past work, here is my first project that is hosted on Google Code. Hopefully by announcing it here, I will be “forced” to keep putting in some effort into the project. I hope that it will be useful to the community at large.

http://code.google.com/p/donorweb-wp-themes/

Familiarity

By Louis

On January 14, 2009

In Off Beaten Track

I suppose, at some level, almost everyone craves for some form of “routineness” and “unchangedness”? “For I am as constant as the northern star,” so said Shakespear’s imaginary Julius Caesar.

Picture this. As so often happens in TV shows and movies, you walk into a bar/restaurant and you can just belt out to the waiter, “The usual!” Now, isn’t that something good to look forward to?

As a matter of fact, having stayed in the same flat for about 5 years now, it IS getting to the point where the breakfast lady can almost predict what I want as soon as I walk up to their stall. However, from time to time, it can get a little unnerving to feel that you are too predictable, not to mention that it is rather contrary to the slightly rebellious streak in me too … read more