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SSD for Centos SWAP /tmp & /var/ partition
by Keith Roberts 03 Sep '25

03 Sep '25

Has anyone actually used a SSD in a Centos setup? My little experiment with a s/h WD drive for /tmp and SWAP partitions kicked the bucket on Wednesday, when the poor WD drive caught the click-of-death. It was a s/h drive to start with and lasted about 4 months. But that was without the /var/log/ partition being written to it, as I mounted that back onto /var/log from the original drive. So I had to install another (WD) drive, and repartion it and rebuild my RPM package database, from the backed-up Packages file. That seems to be all OK now. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to use a new SSD for moving all the disk i/o to, that Linux likes to do so often. Plus putting SWAP onto a decent SSD should speed things up somewhat. Here's a short video of a laptop fitted with a SSD drive booting macOS, compared to a similar laptop booting from the standard HDD. The laptop with the SSD boots and loads some apps in 28 seconds. The other one takes twice as long. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_Extreme_Pro_6G/?utm_source=t… Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Ghosted?
by James Tobin 13 Aug '25

13 Aug '25

Hi, have you ever heard of a recruitment firm going so far as to pursue legal action against an employer for failing to provide feedback or progress a candidate's application? An employer refused to provide feedback or progress with a candidate; but instead immediately, abruptly and suspiciously cancelled their contract with the recruitment firm. This is a recruitment firm that had a good track record. They are headhunters rather than recruiters. They would meet with the hiring managers to understand the requirement, go to market, and proactively headhunt candidates. This process involves crafting compelling narratives around the employer and their business to secure candidate interest and engagement. Not your jump on linkedin and send messages. The recruitment firm experienced an issue with one manager that was brought to the attention of HR and the CTO (recently retired). Issue such as a) Unfounded reasons for rejecting qualified applicants; b) Frequent changes in hiring location preferences; c) Inappropriate comments to the recruiter about a candidate; d) Allegedly describing the job to a candidate during an interview as "shovelling horse shit" . This manager may now have more influence. The recruitment firm has written a one-page letter to the employer but the employer has sent a 4 page reply back. The employer's letter also states that they have no obligation or reason to provide feedback, engage in further communication, or follow up on the candidate(s) introduced. They have gone so far as to write a four page letter defending their position in response to the recruitment firms-one page letter. Does the employer's response not sound fishy to people? Furthermore the recruitment firm attempted to speak with the HR person that cancelled the contract and they refused to remark on the candidates introduced BUT they did remark on the recruitment consultants assumed skin color and gender as well reference their business as a "one-man band". This is an unfolding story but I think it is about time someone did something about employers ghosting candidates. // James

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dnf repos very slow & mirrors?
by lejeczek 13 Aug '25

13 Aug '25

hi guys. For last few days getting anything with 'dnf' is difficult - is impossibly slow. Everything else works normal - Fedora boxes calling their repos are fast as always. Anybody sees the same/similar? thanks, L.

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