All through university, the question of “where do I want to work” has been looming over me and I’ve always had a stock response in the back of my mind. The stock response enabled me not to worry about job searching too much. When the time came to truly get a job, though, I realized [...]
When a new version of Ubuntu is released, thousands of people connect their computers to the Ubuntu servers to complete the upgrade. Even on a fast internet connection, downloading new versions of almost all current applications will take a long time. Coupled with everyone else trying to download from the same place at the same [...]
This year, I’ve decided to make official Purdue PAL2.0 support for Linux a top priority of PLUG. There’s a nice abstraction that can be made to better clarify the issues at hand. The PAL2.0 issue can be broken down into two parts. Technical Issues: PAL2.0 doesn’t “just work” for Linux. A small handful (maybe 5%) [...]
As a follow-up to my last post, here is the current Linux scheduler source code.
The Linux kernel scheduler has been getting a lot of development attention lately. Two major patch-sets have emerged as serious contenders for the new Linux Kernel process scheduler. Con Kolivas, maintainer of the -ck Linux kernel patch-set, has produced the Staircase Deadline scheduler (SD) and Ingo Molnar produced the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS). Essentially, the [...]