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David Ramsey

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About Dramsey

Email: MailTo(dramsey AT fedoraproject DOT org)

Dramsey with friends

Located on the far right of this picture (in the pink shirt,) I am a Fedora 9, 10, 11, and 12 user currently experiencing the x86 version. I am trying to integrate useful system administration ideas for my Fedora systems.

  • I am very interested in large memory model programs and multi-core computer systems. I enjoy using virtual machines (VMs) in order to develop a formidable system solution. Through the use of VMs, I am able to try out a variety of software solutions on a VM prior to installation of the software on my production system.
  • I have taken RH033VT, RH131VT, RH253VT, and RH301VT coursework, in order to further establish my Red Hat educational foundation. My next training class will be the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Course" - RHUP305
  • I enjoy using VMs for executing my Fedora 9, 10, 11, and 12 systems. With the effective use of VMs, I am able to concurrently run 9 VMs on my workstation. There are three pictures at the bottom of this page:
    1. Left shows 1 VM with Fedora 11.
    2. Center shows 1 VM with Fedora 12.
    3. Right shows 4 VMs with 3 VMs on Fedora 9 and with 1 VM on Fedora 10.
  • Each VM has 1536 MB of RAM for execution and evaluation purposes within an established baseline VM system.
  • My latest Fedora 11 (Leonidas) kernels are vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 and vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE. Good to see how in the Fedora 11 release, the iBus Intelligent Input Bus "input framework method system" and EXT4 file system "checksum feature for the journal" have developed.
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My current workstation has eight (8) x86_64 computing cores and 16 GB of RAM as well as 500 GB harddisk (SATA Seagate 7200.12.) The Seagate 7200.12, 500 GB harddisk is only "one" platter and is very quiet as well as very low power consumption and fast for my use. I am considering a plan on doing an upgrade to the Seagate 7200.12, 1 TB harddisk in this calendar year.
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A finding on my behalf regarding concurrent guest operating systems is to keep the ntp time clock in sync between the variety of guest VMs.
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The Fedora 11 version's "Swap" space is defined about 3 GB, versus the Fedora 9 and 10 versions' "Swap" space are defined about 2 GB.
Version My current running kernels Status
Fedora 9 (Sulphur) kernel vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Checkmark.png
Fedora 10 (Cambridge) kernel vmlinuz-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686 Checkmark.png
Fedora 11 (Leonidas) kernels vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 and vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE Checkmark.png and Checkmark.png
Fedora 12 (Constantine) kernels vmlinuz-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686 and vmlinuz-2.6.31-0.190.rc8.fc12.i686 Checkmark.png and Checkmark.png

Locations

Locations

  1. Tokyo, Japan &
  2. The University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland

Projects

Dramsey

Fedora Purchases

I purchased my Fedora Polo Shirts here at, Custom-embroidered logo shirts and apparel by Queensboro located in North Carolina, for $9.95 each, including shipping
I purchased my Fedora Buttons here at, Custom Buttons, Promotional Buttons located in Ohio, for $18.00 (100 quantity,) including shipping
To facilitate phone calls around the world, I use unlimited world Skype for only $12.95 per month

Things I do

Both x86 and x86_64 versions of Fedora 9, Fedora 10 and Fedora 11 DVDs Distribution in Japan see Akihabara "Electric City" and The University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland
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Spreads Fedora around the globe
Fedora Ambassador for Japan and Maryland

System Data URLs

  1. How do I know how many file descriptors are being used system-wide in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  2. Operating System Tuning Parameters
  3. Phoenix/Tools
Fedora_9_and_Fedora_10
Fedora_11
Fedora_12_Sun_VirtualBox