Moazam Raja: Unix

Updating Fedora Core 1 to perfection

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:58:14 GMT

There are three things I do after installing Fedora Core 1 on any system. 1.) Get apt-get.
# rpm -Uvh http://atrpms.net/dist/fc1/atrpms-kickstart/atrpms-kickstart-20-1.rhfc1.at.i386.rpm 2.) Update the whole system via apt-get.
# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade 3.) Install TrueType fonts from the instructions provided here.

*Steps 1 and 2 are gleaned from Jarod Wilsons MythTV Installation Guide

Making An Operating System Faster

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:11:52 GMT

(10 Things Apple Did To Make Mac OS X Faster)
by Amit Singh

The ultimate programming font.

Tue, 25 May 2004 23:47:01 GMT

While this is not exactly Java specific, it's one of those things that every developer should have.

Debugging thread related hangs in the JVM

Tue, 25 May 2004 21:27:49 GMT

Once in a while Java users and developers run into problems where their Java application simply seems to hang. No core file is generated, no IO is detected, the process just sits there waiting...for something. Usually these problems can be traced to OS and JVM level threading.

Managing SunRays in Technical Environments

Tue, 18 May 2004 00:48:40 GMT

This is an old article I wrote for SysAdmin Magazine. It's a bit dated, but it has one or two good tips.

Newbie SysAdmin Guide to Solaris

Mon, 17 May 2004 23:41:34 GMT

This is a quick cheat sheet for SysAdmins or developers who are new to Solaris.