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OpenSolaris 2008.11 – Year of the Laptop?

Topix - Unix  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 07:58

Ahmed Kamal writes "Is Linux getting too old for you? Are you interested to see what other systems such as OpenSolaris have to offer?

OpenSolaris has some great features, such as ZFS and dtrace, which make it a ...


 

OpenSolaris 2008.11 a " Year of the Laptop?

Topix - Linux  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 02:30

Ahmed Kamal writes "Is Linux getting too old for you? Are you interested to see what other systems such as OpenSolaris have to offer?

OpenSolaris has some great features, such as ZFS and dtrace, which make it a ...


 

VirtualBox 2.0 and DTrace now play nice together

Topix - Mac osx  Sat, 09/06/2008 - 07:53

I am pleased to report that VirtualBox 2.0 and DTrace function boundary probes now work together very well.


 

Open Source, Dtrace, and tuning

Topix - Unix  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 02:26

In the good old days being an Oracle performance tuning expert paid pretty good money - and it was easy: because most problems were consequences of tuning expertise, the right answer was usually to set things ...


 

DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality

Topix - Linux  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 02:47

Since I don't usually get many chances to work with DTrace I can't claim to have any serious hands on experience with it - but I do know that it's insanely great because it works well, it's easy to use, and it ...


 

Apple Updates DTrace in OS OX 10.5.3

OSNews - Mac OS X  Wed, 06/11/2008 - 08:37

Remember back in January when Sun engineer Adam Leventhal shared that Apple had "crippled" DTrace? Well, it appears that the latest point release of Leopard silently restored DTrace to full function.

According to Levanthal, on 10.5.3, the output of DTrace is "exactly what one would expect". DTrace can be used right now on your updated Leopard install.