The personal blog of Mauricio “netmask” Teixeira

Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has touted its “green computing” image following a recent independent test that ranked Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5’s power efficiency over Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on three different hardware platforms.

The server tests rated power consumption on IBM, Dell and HP machines in three conditions: active mode optimized for power savings, active mode optimized for performance and quiet mode.

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After a long time with my old Athlon 3000+, I decided it was time for an upgrade. After not-so-careful choosing, here’s what I got:

• Motherboard ASUS M2N-X.
• Processor Athlon64 X2 5000+.
• Memory 2GB DDR2 800Mhz

Most of what I had before has been preserved, like hard drives, monitor, etc.

So no huge difference, except now I have dual core in the desktop (already have a dual core laptop) and I can do virtual machines at home.

Anyway, not going to bore you about how cool this machine is, how easy it was just to rebuild initrd, etc etc etc.

What matters now:

• There is a new poll in my blog. Tell me what kind of computer you have.
• The remainder parts of my old machine are for sale.

Let the fun begin.

Stolen from “I can haz cheez burger“.

Tags: funny, silly

Já ouviram falar do M-100? Tem quer trouxa mesmo pra comprar esse carro…

As especificações dizem que ele é maior, mais pesado, tanque menor, menos potente que o Mille, e custa R$20,00 a menos. Pra piorar, é fabricado por uma desconhecida (qual a garantia de peças e manutenção baratos?).

Alguém deve estar pensando que só tem idiota no Brasil…

Last night I had a strange dream…

I dreamt about someone connecting a rat’s brain to a computer, and teaching it to play war games, and it always win.

The game was Counter Strike.

WTH…

Why would I need a poll in my site? I don’t know. Maybe I want to ask your opinion about something.

Well, the first one is online. Tell me what do you think about the new theme.

A small newspaper in Brazil came out today with the following photo in it’s cover.

In case you can’t read portuguese, let me help you. Title says: “Psycopath jailed“.

Yay! I passed the RH423 exam (Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication). That’s the second step towards an RHCA. 3 to go!

“Especialistas já alertaram: se nada for feito, São Paulo vai, sim, entrar em colapso – e parar. A catástrofe anunciada tem hora, data e extensão: dia 14 de novembro de 2012, às 19h (véspera de feriadão), com congestionamento de 500 km.” [ Leia mais ... ]

Fedora 9 has been officially released today. Read the release notes here, and download your copy here.