Category Archives: Linux

Routerstation Pro Backfire Nightlies!

Posted on 20100804 by bkero

That’s right boys and girls. I’ve started compiling RouterStation Pro OpenWRT nightly builds for all punks who like to live on the edge. From my testing these images are rather stable, and aren’t prone to consistent or serious issues. Since … Continue reading →

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Upgrading GuruPlug Kernels

Posted on 20100804 by bkero

I recently had more time to investigate my earlier problems with the GuruPlug.  The problem was discovered by some people on the plugcomputer.org forum.  The problem stock U-Boot is that is incorrectly reports the arcNumber.  The solution then, is to … Continue reading →

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Restoring GuruPlugs

Posted on 20100520 by bkero

I’ve recently taken ownership of a GuruPlug, and naturally the first thing I tried to do when I got it was to install Gentoo on it.  I first went to build a kernel using the GuruPlug patches on a vanilla … Continue reading →

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Part II: The Munin-master

Posted on 20100307 by bkero

Hopefully you’ve read the first part(Munin-Node), and have one or more nodes already configured. It’s alright if the munin-node is running on the same machine as the munin-master. The master is more of a pain to set up than the … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, centos, debian, fedora, gentoo, monitoring, munin, osuosl, ubuntu | 1 Comment

Part I: Setting up Munin-Node

Posted on 20100307 by bkero

After becoming increasingly frustrated with cacti’s lack of sane repeatable configuration and extensibility I began to explore other options. Munin showed the most promise and compatibility with many of the services we run at the OSL, such as memcached and … Continue reading →

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Gentoo on the Fujitsu P1620

Posted on 20100219 by bkero

Recently I picked up a Fujitsu P1620 on eBay.  I’ve grown to really appreciate all the hardware in it, and consider it grade ‘A’ hardware, except for a few gotchas in Linux.  This serves as a document for those who … Continue reading →

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Installing Windows Vista/7 the lazy way!

Posted on 20100217 by bkero

Have you ever needed to perform a Windows install, but lacked the necessary hardware to do an install?  After ridding my house of optical drives, and having a limited number of large USB drives, I devised a way to install … Continue reading →

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Tiling Window Managers: A Comparison

Posted on 20091024 by bkero

Over the past few years I’ve been trying to find the perfect window manager for me. Some have had the correct features, but terrible behavior. Some turn me off with painful programming languages. Others have horrible authors who are bat-shit … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, X, awesomewm, bash, gentoo, i3, ion, ion3, lua, tiling, window manager, wmii, xinerama | 1 Comment

AlwaysInnovating Touchbook Photo Gallery

Posted on 20090819 by bkero

The AlwaysInnovating TouchBook is an ARM-based netbook that also has a removable keyboard base that contains a second battery.  I was hoping that though one, I could experience what ARM hardware could bring to the traditional Intel-dominated netbook market.  Today … Continue reading →

Posted in ARM, AlwaysInnovating TouchBook, Linux, Pictures | 6 Comments