Monthly Archives: February 2009

New 64 bit Flash plugin for Linux

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Steven

For those who didn’t notice, Adobe released an updated version of the 64 bit Flash plugin on 24.02.2009. It’s the version 10.0.22.87 now. The installation procedure is the same than with the old plugin, just delete it before. Get it … Continue reading →

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Music that makes you happy

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Steven

I don’t know about you, but when I’m a bit depressed there is some music I simply have to listen to and voilà, I’m in a good mood again with a big smile on my face. I can’t say why … Continue reading →

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I/O scheduler and SSD: part 2!

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Steven

After my previous post, I investigated a bit further by changing one single compilation option as a reader suggested. Instead of running “make“, I ran “make -j 3” to run 3 compilation threads in parallel on my Core 2 Duo … Continue reading →

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SSD performance vs Linux kernel I/O scheduler in Fedora 10

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Steven

As you have probably read, I bought a new laptop with an SSD drive recently, a Lenovo x301. Today I opened my SSD to see what’s inside and it turns out Lenovo is using quality drives. They are manufactured by … Continue reading →

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