US-11604662-B2
I’m happy to announce, that after a long wait, patent US-11604662-B2 has been issued.
Parallelizing and running distributed builds with distcc
Parallelizing the compilation of a large codebase is a breeze with distcc, which allows you to spread the load across multiple nodes and…
Getting started with Linkerd
If you’ve done anything in the Kubernetes space in recent years, you’ve most likely come across the words “Service Mesh”. It’s backed by a…
On blood-lines, forks and survivors
The lineage of a classic operating system
Debian is 27
Today, Debian celebrates its 27th birthday. It is now one of the oldest and most widespread Linux distributions with many offshoots and…
Building a tiny Linux kernel
Today we will go over the process of building a tiny Linux kernel, and booting into a shell. To start with, fetch the Linux source tree…
Compiling the Linux Kernel with Clang
I decided to give Clang a spin to compile the kernel, and given that I’m not exactly an early adopter in attempting this, it was pretty…
Linux on the Desktop: a cautionary tale of distributions, GPUs and encrypted filesystems
In the last 24 hours, I have been experimenting with this ridiculously named but absolutely gorgeous Linux distribution called Pop!_OS by…
The man, the myth, the rebel
As we get ready for another Wimbledon finals between Federer and Djokovic in a few hours, I look back upon a past champion whose story I…
Connecting to the Minnowboard over Serial
In this post, I will walk you through the process of connecting to a Minnowboard over a serial console connection, so that you can use it…
On Linux, backups and encrypted filesystems
Today, I want to focus on backups. Specifically, how can I backup my Linux filesystems in a way, that I can:
X.org Security Vulnerability: CVE-2018–14665
X Windows, and the popular fork X.org, is notorious for security issues and vulnerabilities. Most recently, a bug in X.org that has been…