Radu ZahariaThe many helpers of Linux networkingWhile Windows handles all aspects of networking in a vertically integrated stack, Linux splits and offloads networking jobs to different…7 min read·15 hours ago----
Radu ZahariaLet’s have our self-hosted email server on the Raspberry PI 5Up until today, we configured two home servers based on Raspberry PI 4 and 5, using several versions of Fedora Server and Ubuntu Server. On…6 min read·2 days ago----
Radu ZahariaTrying out Zenith, another Linux top system status cloneI was browsing Rust cargo packages and applications when I laid my eyes on yet another top clone for Linux. Of course, we talked plenty…6 min read·3 days ago----
Radu ZahariaUnravelling systemd socket activationWe started talking about a smart systemd method that delays the start of a service at its furthest moment: when a request is made to it…5 min read·5 days ago----
Radu ZahariaBetter .NET Web APIs with systemdLast time we talked about systemd sockets and how they can start services only when a call is made to them. We used Dovecot as an example…7 min read·May 5, 2024----
Radu ZahariaSocket triggers with systemdWe worked our way to configure quite a few systemd services by now and we are well acquainted with service files and the systemctl command…7 min read·May 4, 2024----
Radu ZahariaInstalling Ubuntu Server 24.04 on the Raspberry PI 5Well, here we go again. Another update to the Ubuntu Server distribution, and another Fedora Server release that doesn’t work on the…7 min read·May 3, 2024----
Radu ZahariaViruses and anti-viruses in the MS-DOS eraBack in college when I was studying operating systems and the architecture of the first computer processors, we were having fun by creating…13 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Radu ZahariaProcesses and threadsLast time we talked about processes: how operating systems create them, how they necessarily mean running an executable even though Linux…6 min read·Mar 11, 2024----
Radu ZahariaOperating systems, executables, and processesThe previous experiments with MS-DOS multitasking made me consider one of the main functions of an operating system: running programs. This…8 min read·Feb 27, 2024----