Articles

Writings and translations of mine about various topics in computer science.

Linux

Installing and upgrading Linux on a EeePC
CERN Scientific Linux, a RHEL-based distribution
How to install a Squid webproxy
How to install RHEL packages and all their dependencies on an offline machine
How to increase a laptop's hard disk size and its encrypted LUKS /home partition

Web

Email munging to protect an email address from spambots
A bookmarks page from the early World Wide Web

Databases

Updating ClusterControl, a versatile application to manage database clusters
Updating Percona XtraDB Cluster from v5.5 to v5.6
Changing passwords in ClusterControl
Troubleshooting a ClusterControl Percona XtraDB Cluster: part 1
Troubleshooting a ClusterControl Percona XtraDB Cluster: part 2
Monitoring MySQL master-slave replication with Munin
Interpreting Munin graphs when monitoring a database cluster
Running a Percona XtraDB Cluster on RHEL 7

Programming

A PowerShell script for advanced log scanning, written as a plugin for Nagios

Other topics

The Snake Oil Index
Solution of the LLM game Gandalf AI
On Open Source and Security
On Open Source and Sustainability

Italian translations

La FAQ non ufficiale di Linus Torvalds, di Eric S. Raymond
Blockchain e fiducia, di Bruce Schneier
Sui pericoli delle criptovalute e l'inutilità della blockchain, di Bruce Schneier