So, for a single core single processor machine a load average of 1 means that on average there’s a process in the running or runnable state at all times. This means the CPU average is at 100% too. If another process wants to run, it has to wait in the queue before being executed. For a multi-core or multi-processor system, you’re not CPU bound until the load average equals the total number of cores. You can calculate a system’s CPU utilization by dividing the load average by the number of processors you see in /proc/cpuinfo

Fedora 10 Default Services

Cron is so simple yet so useful I think it’s often unappreciated! Being able to toss a command into a cron, or execute a script at specific times of the day, days of the week, etc. That’s good stuff!

FSVS is the abbreviation for “Fast System Versioning” and is pronounced [fisvis].
It is a complete backup/restore/versioning tool for all files in a directory tree or whole filesystems, with a subversion repository as the backend. 
Using this application, all files(almost) in /etc/ are maintained in a subversion repository. As files get created …

You can take several regular pictures or other image files and put them together into one image that looks like they’re all polaroids laid out on a desk using ImageMagick’s montage tool.  If you have a dual monitor setup you can easily fit 8 across your screens at once without …