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Less is more. More performance, that is. Learn how to use less of your hard drive (even though you paid for all of it) to get an I/O boost.

Lately, I’ve been hearing system administrators and managers ask about solutions to keep people from accidentally removing their data. These are very smart and dedicated people asking for a solution so that data isn’t lost either by accident or on purpose. A wild idea I’ve heard to solve the problem is getting rid of user access to the rm command. Is this truly a crazy idea?

It’s not the best-known distribution, but Mepis still has its fans. The Debian-based distro is getting very close to its final 11 release. With a major version bump (last release was 8.5) Mepis 11 has a lot to live up to.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 10 is out, and it’s just what the doctor ordered for Linux gearheads who want a rolling release with the extra touches that make Mint unique.

Will the iPad gain acceptance among staunch Linux supporters or will the mere mention of such cross-species contamination stir up thoughts of lighted torches and pitchforks? Truth be told, it’s a great device for some administrative tasks.

In the last article we reviewed the most basic RAID levels. In this article, we take things to the next level and discuss what is called “Nested RAID Levels”. These concepts can provide both performance and redundancy for a data-rich world. We then look at RAID-01 and RAID-10; two of the most common Nested RAID configurations.

Once you go graphical with KVM’s Virtual Machine Manager, you might never go back to the command line.

RAID is one of those technologies that has really revolutionized storage. In this article, we’ll review the six most common single RAID levels and describe how each works and what issues surround them.

Though MeeGo shows a lot of promise, the project is not making the most of the open source developer community. Here’s what’s wrong, and what MeeGo needs to do better in 2011.

If you love the aroma of network packets, you’ll love capturing a snifter full of your favorite network-scented morsels with Wireshark, the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer.

Every time you log into a Linux system, you’re using the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). Let’s take a closer look what’s going on under the hood.

Itching to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10? Not so fast! Look before you leap, you may want to stick with Ubuntu 10.04, especially if you’re a netbook user.

The world is awash in data. This fact is putting more and more pressure on file systems to efficiently scale to handle increasingly large amounts of data. Recently, Ric Wheeler from Redhat experimented with putting 1 Billion files in a single file system to understand what problems/issues the Linux community might face in the future. Let’s see what happened…

Users sick of waiting on Amazon to provide current downloaders for Linux will be pleased with Banshee 1.8. Just released, the new version can browse the Amazon MP3 store and act as a downloader for Amazon’s .amz files, plus a number of other new enhancements and features.

Android Patently Challenged, Blackberry steps to the table(t). For months it seems as though the noise in the main stream mobile market has been a two pony race. It has been a contest between the dessert-minded OS gang from Google versus the black turtle-neck-wearing content-company otherwise known as Apple.

GParted is an essential system administration tool. Learn to use it wisely. Last week, you found Ten Essential Linux Admin Tools with which to familiarize yourself. But, don’t overwhelm yourself with self-discovery of all ten, because this week you’ll learn one of those tools, GParted. It is a powerful ally to those who handle it with wisdom and restraint and a harsh mistress to those who throw caution to the wind.

Have an old PC sitting around with nothing to do? Just add VortexBox and you can have a Linux-based streaming jukebox in no time.

Just a few weeks after Oracle put OpenSolaris out to pasture, the OpenIndiana folks have pushed out their first release. Is it worth a look? Depends on how exciting you find OpenSolaris, but it’s not going to knock Ubuntu off the desktop.

We have to face it. Linux isn’t going to win the desktop war any time soon, but perhaps we don’t need to. With products like MeeGo and Android, Linux is going to complete its domination of the embedded space, and find itself in every single home.

In a recent walkthru we outlined the steps for taking an existing server and converting it into a NAS box. That article assumed that you already installed Linux on the server and you will maintain that installation (i.e. updates, security, etc.). This article takes examines an alternative: a dedicated NAS distribution called OpenFiler that allows you to very simply create a stand-alone NAS box that can be administered over the web.