Device Drivers, Part 14: A Dive Inside the Hard Disk for Understanding Partitions
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, takes you on a tour inside a hard disk. “Doesn’t it sound like a mechanical engineering subject: The design of the…
Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 8
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only the top percentile of programmers use it because of its cryptic syntax and academic reputation. This is rather unfortunate, since…
Developing Applications on QT, Part 1
This article introduces application development using the Qt GUI framework. There was a time when all desktop applications were developed from scratch. Then came the concept of code reuse. Static and shared libraries…
Working with MTD Devices
This article shows how kernel and application developers (in C) can make use of MTD in Linux. MTD (Memory Technology Devices) are NAND/NOR-based flash memory chips used for storing non-volatile data like boot…
Building Image Processing Embedded Systems using Python, Part 1
The first part of this three-part series gives a brief overview of the embedded vision and the various components required to make it work. It also covers the installation procedure for the OpenCV…
NewSQL — The New Way to Handle Big Data
Big data, big data, big data! This term has been dominating information management for a while, leading to enhancements in systems, primarily databases, to handle this revolution. Though there are many alternative information…
The Importance of In-memory Databases
It has been predicted that in-memory computing will be one of the Top 10 technologies of 2012. In-memory databases (IMDBs) are a critical part of this paradigm. Through this introductory article, let’s get…
Postgres-XC — A PostgreSQL Clustering Solution
What started with a simple relational database system, is expanding its horizons by developing new technology that satiates the ever-increasing need for more data storage, greater transaction throughput and higher availability. Using a…
Partitioning in PostgreSQL
Partitioning refers to splitting a large table into smaller pieces. This article covers the basics of partitioning in PostgreSQL. Currently, PostgreSQL supports range and list partitioning via table inheritance. Basically, you have to…
Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 7
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only the top percentile of programmers use it because of its cryptic syntax and academic reputation. This is rather unfortunate, since…
February 3, 2012 montuviky — Away-some post will love to read all (and more :) )
February 1, 2012 Noufal — It is good to see, how the farmers are benefited from the open source. 
February 1, 2012 Douglas DSilva — Well Written Jalaja and happy to see that how the open source helps the local people. And I am more...
January 31, 2012 Metztli_IT — ♺ @schestowitz #GNU/ #Linux on POWER http://t.co/CByGKz87 taste of #IBM #RedHat #SuSE support on#POWER systems http://t.co/TXoNhNo2 #Watson
January 31, 2012 Fred Holahan — Excellent introductory article. What's really interesting about NewSQL is the rapid emergence of use cases from both "traditional economy"...