Only time will tell what the market impact of the formation of MeeGo from the merger of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin projects will be. But for the moment, it clearly appeals to me as a developer far more than the iPhone or Android platforms have. So I have joined the MeeGo site – look [...]
Modeling Tools
PDQ
PRISM
Linux Server Profiling Tools
oprofile
systemtap
blktrace
seekwatcher
Load Testing Tools
Apache JMeter
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This tutorial covers profiling of Linux servers using open-source tools such as “iostat”, “oprofile” and “blktrace”. Both processor-bound and I/O-bound cases are covered, and the emphasis is on tools that provide visual displays of relevant metrics.
Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis
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Actually, now that I think about it, the birds in the PDX area don’t fly South for the winter. If the weather gets really bad, they just get a motel on the Oregon Coast. But seriously, folks, as you may know, I had four WordPress blogs, a Blogger blog, a Posterous blog and also have [...]
The R programming language was featured about a year ago in a New York Times article (http://bit.ly/iaqQ). I’ve been an R user since 2000, so I’ve collected some resources for people who want to get started with R.
The first place to start is the R Project web site at http://www.r-project.org/. Next, you’ll actually want to [...]
I recently wrote two articles on getting started with Linux, featuring the openSUSE Education Linux for Education (Li-f-e) Live DVD. The first is called Best Linux software for new users, and the second is called The best Linux games for kids. Both are now available on the DownloadSquad blog. Comments are enabled on the DownloadSquad [...]