[Ukfreebsd] Notes from yesterdays meeting

[andy thomas]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mark Blackman wrote:

> Nice work, Sevan! I'd never remember that list!

It's amazing what a pot of tea does for total recall at a pub meet...

Andy

> On 27 Aug 2010, at 13:28, Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
>
>> Some of the topics discussed
>> Jesse Vincent
>> RT
>> mod_perl hogging RAM & swap
>> Apache process size
>> nginx
>> python
>> flagship products for languages
>> django
>> VAX
>> vms
>> clustering openvms
>> DECUS
>> layer 2 protocol tunneling with OpenBSD
>> netgear switches
>> LDAP
>> LDAP address book support & how broken implementations are
>> LdapRW extension for thunderbird
>> What languages are thunderbird extensions written in
>> Surely you wouldn't implement LDAP support in javascript - actually,
>> on further investigation it turns out you do!
>> goodness in OpenBSD -current atm: iked(8), ldapd(8), acpi
>> improvements, removal of legacy compatibility layers
>> ACPI spec documentation http://acpi.info/spec.htm
>> Debugging ACPI problem
>> ACPI & EFI - *facepalm*
>> NetBSD/xen
>> Larry Wall
>> Perl
>> Building IPSec based VPNs with OpenBSD
>> vimage vs multiple FIBs
>> boot loader comparison (OpenBSD vs FreeBSD)
>> netbooting FreeBSD vs netbooting OpenBSD
>> Console issues with FreeBSD in the past
>> sendmail
>> 1600 line init.d script for sendmail in debian!
>> Changes to PF config syntax
>> Old SPARC kit, dealing with dead nvram batteries
>> OpenBSD/kirkwood on github
>> crypto offloading support (rng on cpu vs expansion card)
>> hifn's antics in the past
>> soekris vs alix
>> running Openfirmware on alix via corebios
>> offloading support on network cards
>> misc at openbsd.org
>> OpenBSD's malloc
>> cisco vs juniper
>> juniper olives
>> Embarrassing pre SP4 fix list for NT4
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20050309015541/http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224792
>> ABI compatibility vs on the fly translation
>>
>>
>> Sevan
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