Going where the mind takes you, the norm is irrelevant!
| The latest linux-next version of the Linux kernel is | = | next-20100310 |
| The latest snapshot 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.34-rc1-git1 |
| The latest mainline 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.34-rc1 |
| The latest stable 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.33 |
| The latest stable 2.6.32 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.32.9 |
| The latest stable 2.6.31 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.31.12 |
| The latest stable 2.6.30 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.30.10 |
| The latest stable 2.6.27 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.6.27.45 |
| The latest stable 2.4.37 version of the Linux kernel is | = | 2.4.37.9 |
September 12th, 2009 ··· andarius
Another item removed from my home in the break-in was my Linksys WRT-54G WiFi router. It was one of the nice versions to have being a 2.2 so I was pretty sad to lose it. It was running a recent version of dd_wrt and supported all the systems in my apartment except for my server photon. To get things up around the apartment in the aftermath I went to the office and retrieved my backup/toolkit router which is a WRT-54GC. I popped a spare external antenna on it and it has been serving me faithfully (though weakly) until last weekend.
I was hoping to hold out for N to leave draft but I think tribbles may invade the planet before that happens. To replace the little fella I finally broke down and purchased a D-Link WAP-2553 WiFi AP. The unit is dual band, operating in the 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz bands though not at the same time. The main reason for targeting a dual band is I can move to the less congested 5 GHz band should channel space become and issue. Other reasons for choosing this particular unit? Reviews, feature set, design, cost and GPL. Half reading are likely rereading the GPL part. That’s right boys and girls, it comes with a GPL OS on it, nmap claiming it is a Linux machine.
With the feature set the unit has out of the box I see no need to run any custom code on it. It does everything I want/need and more. A whole lot more. Later on should I decide to move it to a remote location it even supports PoE out of the box. Since it is an 802.11a/b/g/n-draft device I can move where ever I choose in the WiFi spectrum should my neighbors be knuckleheads. Granted I am more likely to shut them down it is nice to have options. 
I am not a hardware reviewer so I will leave unit performance at it works great. Configuration was simple and fast. Performance is excellent in terms of all of the clients associating and operating on it. Props to D-Link for putting this puppy out!
September 12th, 2009 ··· andarius
Since I built photon with new parts after the break-in here it has been running slamd64 12.2. This was a given since I prefer Slackware for my servers and it is basically 64bit Slackware. I needed 64 bit since I had 4 gigs of RAM and wanted to have it all. Who doesn’t right? Well Slackware 13.0 was recently released and part of that release was an official 64 bit port. Time to upgrade of course 
The upgrade went off without a hitch with one exception. One the reboot to put my custom kernel in place all was fine and dandy, for a bit at least. After about a half hour I tried to su to root and was rejected. After about 4 tries I said screw it and rooted the box which is very easy if you have access to the machine physically. What happened, I have no clue. All seems fine now.
I say upgrade but I should note I never do upgrades. I always do a clean install and move backup data over as needed and/or configure things. It leaves behind a cleaner system in my opinion. The kernel it is running is a custom build which is what I prefer to run. For those who have a clue and care “uname -a” data is below:
Linux photon 2.6.31 #1 SMP Sat Sep 12 02:19:05 EDT 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
All of the hardware is up and running. I had a small issue with lm_sensors before that seems to be resolved now. For monitoring I have two modules in use which are “coretemp” and “asus_atk0110″, with the asus_atk0110 module doing most of the heavy lifting and coretemp of course giving me a per-core temp reading. I should have compiled those in and likely will should i have need to rebuild the kernel. Those two being the only static hardware modules I did not do so with, mainly because I was simply unaware.
Now that things are up to speed once more I plan to get my Q3 and even a Teeworlds server up and running. Fun fun!!
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September 6th, 2009 ··· andarius
Recently I had an idea to replace my temporary firewall with a Nokia IP-650. I had read many posts on the internet of people using a Nokia IP-330 with Endian or other *nix based firewall distributions. Since an IP-330 is a bit low powered for me I looked for e higher end piece of gear, enter the IP-650.
A 50 dollar run through ebay landed an IP-650 on my doorstep shipping included. There seems to be little out there on the web about this unit aside from reviews using the default operating system. The internal hardware list was found in a product document I found after a large amount of searching. The system is Intel based hardware using a Pentium III at 450 MHz. It has dual redundant power supplies, multiple expansion slots and a 2u form factor. The motherboard has a full compliment of features under the case to include an additional Intel 10/100 ethernet port, audio I/O ports and USB. On the underside of the board which has the flash ROM is a 44 pin header similar to that used for laptop hard drives.
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August 27th, 2009 ··· andarius
I am so motivated to get my projects done… I found this game, I mean application to help me out. Not played it yet but it is installed and I hope to try it out soon. Warzone 2100 looks to be arather enjoyable game with low system requirements so all can have fun.
Another application one may wish to check out to help with productivity is Teeworlds. Another one I have installed but yet to play. This one requires a server, be it your machine or an online server. Again not massive requirements so all can have fun.
Now that I have the right “applications” to help me be productive I need to get to work with them!
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August 26th, 2009 ··· andarius
It is far too long between useful posts here. Well, posts at all really. I am going to try getting things moving once more on the front lines of getting my projects done.
Things in the pending queue one can expect data on:
- The ipv6 modules case latency on my desktop… wtf!
- Media system build ~ 1.6 GHz laptop hardware in a non-laptop configuration
- Site rewrite for my family geared site
- Firewall build (yes another one, some one stole my last bit-barrier build)
Now lets see if I can get these done and put up some real data on them….
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