Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Daily Archives: 2008-07-06
06 Jul 2008
Dell Latitude D820 Laptop
This is just a post I can refer to when it’s relevant to mention my laptop hardware. I’m currently running Fedora 9 Linux. The basics: Dell Latitude D820, BIOS A06 Intel Core 2 Duo (Centrino Duo) T7200, 2.00 GHz, 4 MB cache 4096 (3327) MB, 667 MHz dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM Quadro NVS 120 MB (G72M [...]
06 Jul 2008
MySQL Backups
Even if you consistently back up your filesystem, you should also back up your databases separately, using an appropriate tool to maintain their relational integrity and to provide for recovery independent of the filesystem. MySQL is a pervasive, lightweight RDBMS that is used with popular applications such as WordPress and Bugzilla. The mysqldump utility which [...]
