November 2009

Learn more about Mozilla Firefox tips

* Browsing only safe Internet web pages Consider installing the free browser add-on WOT (Web of Trust), when installed this…

Tips to improve your browsing using tabs

Tips to improve your browsing using tabs: * Clicking on any link with your middle mouse button or wheel will…

Learn more about EXT4

In the face of rapidly rising data volumes, it is increasingly clear that Ext3, the current default Linux file system,…

NiLFS(2) and exofs

From IBM official website, we learnt that NiLFS(2) and exofs can be the Next-generation Linux file systems with Advancing Linux…

Mozilla Firefox shortcut keys

Alt + Left Arrow    Back a page. Backspace            Back a page. Alt + Right Arrow    Forward a page. F5   …

Block-based vs object-based storage systems

Object-based storage systems Traditional storage systems rely on disk drives and their native interfaces for persistently storing data. These interfaces…

Log-structured file systems

Log-structured file systems have a rich history in modern computing systems. The first log-structured file system was proposed by John…

An example showing how to format /dev/hda5 with ext3 file system

Step #1 Create the new filesystem with following command (first login in as a root user) Output: Step # 2:…

ext2 vs ext3

ext2 is recommended over journalized file systems for using in bootable USB sticks and likely other solid-state drives. ext2 shows…

ext2 ext3 and ext4

ext2 The ext2 or second extended filesystem is a file system for the Linux kernel. It was initially designed by…