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Flashback @MariaDB 10.3.8

Posted on 20.7.2018 by admin

Neverending story. Commited changes need to be rollback. Some vendors are not resolving this situation at all (stupidity of user is not their problem, indeed), some are providing solutions (Oracle). One of the latest news from MariaDB (10.2) was adding … Continue reading →

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Arch-based linux distributions, quick summary

Posted on 7.8.2017 by admin

I love Arch linux from the very beginning – and still, nowadays it pays as a respectful distribution with all pros- and cons- . Arch insipred dozens of developers to get this touch easier way, pass the installation process, etc.

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Killing screen tearing (ArchLabs 5.0.0 Openbox)

Posted on 31.7.2017 by admin

Screen tearing is something like a repeating benchmark in various window managers. I can´t imagine something more annoying in a software field, really! Recently I found extremely valuable distribution ArchLabs – so let´s review screen tearing resolving within Openbox WM.

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VoltDB 7 community @ Oracle Linux 6.8

Posted on 17.2.2017 by admin

What a great news in „VoltDBRIEF January-February 2017“! New version of VoltDB is out. VoltDB is a one of brightest jewells in my „I-want-to-use-and-learn“ list of database solutions. With no doubt we will hear about this product in near future. … Continue reading →

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PostgreSQL 9.5 First Impression

Posted on 2.2.2016 by admin

There are many ways how one can be impressed by software product. Size of package, company/community promotion, installer functions + user/friendly UI, etc. I like PostgreSQL, no doubt about it – so let’s check how is it packed by Enterprise … Continue reading →

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PostgreSQL’s inspiring…

Posted on 18.1.2016 by admin

With no doubt PostgreSQL really can be „the World’s most advanced open-source database. At least, this database  inspired many developers to adjust it for their purposes. Tiny article, link collector 😉

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DB2 10.5.6 – db2val failing afer fresh install

Posted on 23.8.2015 by admin

That feeling you have brand new version. Very common setup, after install steps. And surprise!! db2val is yelling „discrepancies found“! 🙂

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Killing screen tearing (Manjaro 0.8.13 XFCE)

Posted on 9.7.2015 by admin

Getting rid of screen tearing seems like a neverending story in linux environment 😉

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DB2 – Transparent Data Encryption (DB2 10.5.5 on SLES12)

Posted on 31.1.2015 by admin

I was involved in software evaluation focused on TDE (Oracle, SQLServer, DB2) few months ago. I was really surprised that DB2 was lacking this feature within database package and it was needed to use another IBM product. With 10.5.5 version … Continue reading →

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Lightning MariaDB install (Manjaro openbox 0.8.11)

Posted on 14.1.2015 by admin

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Killing screen tearing (Manjaro 0.8.11 Cinnamon)

Posted on 6.1.2015 by admin

This recipe is working for much more wm than Cinnamon only. Put these lines into /etc/environment :

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Fastest exchange openjdk->jdk (Oracle Linux 6.6)

Posted on 4.1.2015 by admin

OpenJDK is slower but fits Oracle conditions for distributing well. Probably first thing you should perform on freshly installed distribution is to install Oracle JDK.

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TokuDB 7.5.3 (MySQL 5.5.40) on Oracle Linux 6.6

Posted on 29.12.2014 by admin

Fascinated by fractal trees? Astonished by TokuDB storage engine? Watching new trends where MySQL/MariaDB serves as baseline and competitive advantages are based on storage engines? Welcome! 🙂

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Killing screen tearing (Manjaro 0.8.11 KDE)

Posted on 26.12.2014 by admin

This bug/feature is one of the longest in a linux history. Shortly – Compiz and other managers are providing you great desktop effects. On the other hand you can’t see any movie without screen tearing. Another pathetic moments in a … Continue reading →

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Disable firewall+SELinux (CentOS 7 and similar…)

Posted on 26.12.2014 by admin

You know that feeling within testing where you need to virtualize at least one database server and you’re still facing connection issues? Call me piggie, but when I’m doing anything in a localhost realm, I’m skipping creating rules and always … Continue reading →

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