Because I cant go out to buy one of these : {big ass SCSI drives}, I got myself one of these {big ass IDE drive in a USB2 Enclosure}. Now the tricky bit - the enclosure has no form of cooling, except for the fact that its made out of some super heat cond… more »

If you are looking for dell userland stuff, take a look at this : http://linux.dell.com/yum/software/ --Karanbir Singh more »

I've always had an issue with laptops in the plane - either there isnt enough space to actually get productive, or the guy sitting in front will recline so far back that there isnt even room to even open the laptop in front of you. One solution that w… more »

A Single CPU, 3 cores, PowerPC VMX128 extentions , each core with its own 1MB L2cache, and a total CPU front side bus delivering > 21GB/Sec bandwidth..... not bad, is it ? This Fall Processor Forum paper explores the customized IBM PowerPC® processor… more »

AMD outsells Intel in the US, for the first time ever. Read about it. Dell is now selling AMD Machines. Read about it. Amd on a roll or what ? -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } more »

Ever since it was announced earlier in this year, I've been looking out for the Nokia 770 to go on sale. And interestingly Nokia mentioned 3rd Qtr 2005 as launch time. But we're well into 4th Qtr 2005 now, and there is nothing to be seen anywhere. Even N… more »

So is it just me or is there something odd about the fact that a Single CPU Dual Core G5/2.0Ghz is more expensive than the Dual CPU G5/2.0Ghz they sold till a few days back ? The fact that they have dropped in the nVidia Grfx card might have something… more »

So after many years of excellent service, I no longer have the IBM G40. On the flip side, it means that I am now in the market for a laptop... Recommendations anyone ? I need something that is portable, has a 'decent' punch w.r.t processing abilit… more »

kbsingh@Alpha:~$ uname -a Linux Alpha 2.4.27-2-generic #1 Sun May 29 18:40:58 UTC 2005 alpha GNU/Linux kbsingh@Alpha:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : Alpha cpu model : EV56 cpu variation : 7 cpu revision… more »

Having been away from the computer for most of the day, when I got a chance to check email in the evening, there were a few frantic emails from a friend of mine having lost complete access to a raid set. Now, I've just spent a few hours, recovering and r… more »

{moan} In this day and age, you would think that cross compiling would be something that has become a shade easier than : uberhacker skills required. Unfortunately, notsomuch. {/moan} Someday, for fun - try this : build for target ppc64, using d… more »

A few people at LinuxTag picked up on this, but I saw it first on Paul Nasrat's blog : -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } more »