Penguin WahWah is falling down,
Falling down, Falling down,
Penguin WahWah is falling down,
My fair penguin.

Unihan still crashes loud,
Crashes loud, Crashes loud,
Unihan still crashes loud,
My fair penguin.

Unihan2 comes out real soon now,
Real soon now, Real soon now,
Unihan2 comes out real soon now,
My fair pengin.

RAYS Linux becomes OpenRAYS,
OpenRAYS, OpenRAYS,
RAYS Linux becomes OpenRAYS,
My fair pengin.

2.0 will be sweet and sound,
Sweet and sound, Sweet and sound,
2.0 will be sweet and sound,
My fair penguin.

前幾日去開王府井書店，見到有本書叫《Debian Linux系统配置与管理》。云云 Linux 書海裏有本專門寫 Debian 的實屬少見，所以特別易搵。二話不說，梗係第一時間拎嚟睇吓，睇書我好留意作者，一睇，原來作者係信息产业部软件与集成电路促进中心 (CSIP)，喺北京搞過 Linux 的人都知道 CSIP 係信息產業部下面嘅一大 linux player，個 linux lab 人就唔係好多，但喺 server 就多到用唔晒。講眞，睇見作者係 CSIP 我就即刻打咗個突，心唸既然佢哋都寫到 Debian admin 嘅書，咁我都可以寫 kernel hacking。內容就唔多講喇，想學 Debian 的話都會有用嘅，不過唔該搞清楚個 distribution 個名先好寫書，係 Debian GNU/Linux，唔係 Debian Linux 呀，大佬。

netcat 的使用方法非常簡單，步驟如下：

1. 假設我的 server 叫電腦 A，你需要再多找一台電腦，叫電腦 B（我就找了一台在香港 data center 的 server）
2. 在電腦 B 執行命令：netcat -l -p 10000 > /dev/null。意思就是用 netcat 監聽 port 10000，而且接收到的所有 data 都當成是垃圾扔到 /dev/null 這個黑洞裡。
3. 在電腦 A 執行命令：netcat [電腦 B 的 IP] 10000 < /dev/urandom。意思就是連接到電腦 B 的 port 10000， 並且不斷 send data。 Linux 會為 /dev/urandom 不斷的供應一些隨機的 data。

就這樣，便可以測試電腦 A 的 outbound bandwidth 了。再多找兩三台電腦（當然是在不同的 network 的）同時 send 和 receive，差不多就能把可用的 bandwidth 用盡了。如果要測試 inbound bandwidth，把 A 和 B 的身份對換就可以了。

P.S. 測試後發現，bandwidth 比想像中的要好，深夜的時候可以達到 3Mbps，連到國內的 server 更可以達到 10Mbps！到白天基本上 bandwidth 就回落了。

My overall experience to beagle is very positive, the setup is smooth and search speed is very fast. Below is a screenshot of the Beagle search tool, Best.

Beagle can also index the webpages that you have visited in Firefox, but you have to install the Firefox extension found here. As usual, the extension was installed like a breeze. Having restarted Firefox, you will have a brand-new dog-head icon on the lower-right corner of your browser (see right), indicating that it is now working with Beagle.

Best, the search UI, can report any new search results in real-time. Start up best and key in a search string, then in Firefox browse a web page that matches the search string you just entered, then go back to best. See? The page you just visited is now showing up in best. Sweet, isn’t it?

Tonight I represented my company, Sun Wah Linux, to talk about Linux in China in Beijing GNU/Linux User Group (BLUG) meeting. Frankly I was having a hard time feeding myself with how Linux is doing in China because my work does not focus on Linux specifically. Anyway, I tried my best to learn about the trends and issues as much as I could before I attended the meeting. Since I went to the meeting place (a restaurant called Steak and Eggs) from China World Hotel after the first day of JavaChina Conference and the two places are very close to each other, I arrived there at 6:30pm while the meeting was scheduled to start at 7pm. The meeting did not start at 7pm exactly because basically we all wanted to fill our stomach first The president of BLUG, Mike, who is a foreigner, so are most of the other members/attendants, they all came from different parts of the world. The moment we ate at Steak and Eggs reminded me of the moments when I was staying in hostels with foreigners as a backpacker in Europe. This kind of sudden cultural change is mind-boggling. I’ve met a lot of cool guys in this meeting. I have not imagined that there are so many Linux guru expats who are living and working in Beijing. It’s really a very good experience.

Thanks Mike for the BLUG T-shirt, it’s nice and I will wear it tomorrow during the 2nd day of JavaChina conference.

會議第一階段是自由發言，大家各自就日本和韓國的方案發表意見。第二階段各人提出方案，特別是就桌面方面的想法提出意見。由於聯盟能做的絕對不是開發工作，因為協調不容易，不同公司有自身的利益，一個跨公司的開發團隊成功的機會很底。所以目標是放在研究和調查等方面。我提出我們可以從 desktop 的 usability 著手，對於現在流行的 Linux desktop 做 usability 的研究，制定測試的方法和準則，然後分別在中日韓三國建立實驗室，得出分析報告。結果可以給 Gnome 和 KDE 做參考，希望能有正面的影響，促進 Linux desktop 在 usability 的發展。

建議得到非常正面的反應，在座成員都表示這是一個很值得去做的事情，唯獨是那個擁有國家背景的Linux distro的代表強烈反對，就他一人提出了一大堆能不能做、會不會做的問題，但就是不去想怎麼才能做，是不是應該做。雖然主席和其他幾個人極力和他 argue，但最後也是因為得不到共識而得放棄。今天我終於看到他們醜陋的面目。原來由中國政府一手扶持的這家公司就是由一群什麼都不會幹的廢物所控制。中國政府只要一天繼續直接或間接的幫助這些企業，那就像向一頭永不吃飽的獅子餵飼事物一樣，到頭來只是把納稅人的錢白白的花光。在這個不倫不類的社會主義政權下實行的資本主義制度，所帶來的就是這些社會毒瘤。

雖然他們已是臭名遠播，大家都知道他們什麼事也不會做，但究竟為什麼還是會被邀請呢？如果這家公司沒有被邀請，事情又會怎麼發展呢？

hajime@rayearth $ unrar t ../sunother.rar

UNRAR 3.11 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2003 Eugene Roshal

Testing archive ../sunother.rar
Testing     other\CommunityNewsRightColumn.html.html                  OK
Testing     other\CommunityNewsRightColumn.html.html.bak              OK
Testing     other\custom_404.html.html                                OK
Testing     other\custom_404.html.html.bak                            OK
Testing     other\DomainHome.html.html                                OK
Testing     other\DomainHome.html.html.bak                            OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\Join-Info.html.en                     OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\Join-Info.html.en.bak                 OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\PasswordEdit-Info.html.en             OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\PasswordEdit-Info.html.en.bak         OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\TLogin-Info.html.en                   OK
Testing     other\look-snippets\TLogin-Info.html.en.bak               OK
All OK

hajime@rayearth $ unrar t  ../sunother.rar

UNRAR 3.30 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2004 Eugene Roshal

Testing archive ../sunother.rar

Testing     other/CommunityNewsRightColumn.html.html                  OK
Testing     other/CommunityNewsRightColumn.html.html.bak              OK
Testing     other/custom_404.html.html                                OK
Testing     other/custom_404.html.html.bak                            OK
Testing     other/DomainHome.html.html                                OK
Testing     other/DomainHome.html.html.bak                            OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/Join-Info.html.en                     OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/Join-Info.html.en.bak                 OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/PasswordEdit-Info.html.en             OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/PasswordEdit-Info.html.en.bak         OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/TLogin-Info.html.en                   OK
Testing     other/look-snippets/TLogin-Info.html.en.bak               OK