linux

If you’re a linux geek, a linux geek wannabe, or even a non-linux geek, head on over to Linuxsecurity, where there’s a great article on linux security tools.
These programs are essentials for anyone running a network, as well as good to know for anyone running a computer.   For the non-linux users, there are quite [...]

I’ve been thinking about the bizarre concept of user friendliness, specifically as it applies to software and operating systems.
By way of illustration, my workplace uses Office 2000.   Someone got a bug up their backside because the number 2007 is greater than 2000, so we obviously needed to ‘upgrade’.  As any legitimate MIS guy would [...]

Windows only: Free, open-source application KDE Window-Sizer resizes and moves windows when you click anywhere inside the window while holding the Alt key. To move a window, then, hold Alt and left-click and drag anywhere in the window to move it—this behavior mimics the move behavior available in the KDE Linux desktop environment. Likewise, to [...]

Those of you who have one of the Ubuntus and have had to install VMplayer from source know the pain. You have to make sure you get the latest source plus the patch.
The additional fun, as I discovered recently, comes with each kernel(?) update: VMplayer breaks. It simply won’t run.
The fix, which I [...]

Virtual machines are virtually taking over the world. By itself a virtual machine is just a container that describes various resources such as memory, disk space, processor, and network card, and allocates them from a physical machine. As with a physical machine, it’s the software bits (the operating system and applications) that make a virtual [...]

No I’m not.
I just feel so isolated out here… maybe if I put iphone in the title, I’ll feel more welcome. I’ll fit in better. Then I can start talking up Vista!
Ok, I’ll stop.
Let me think about the top tech acquisitions for the near (and far) future.
Well, some nice soul recently gave me [...]

What sorts of interesting tools exist to perform admin tasks on a Windows network?  I run linux as my main OS but have to keep a Windows virtual machine going to do certain kinds of administration (or keep rdesktopping to a Windows server).
There seems to be a serious dearth of tools with which to accomplish [...]

hehe2.ne: Computer users expect their systems to work well at all times, but unfortunately this isn’t always the case. If your system becomes slow, there certainly is something you can do about it. This article will help.
Very interesting article.  Goes into depth.  Good reading.

This is a new section of the blog.  If you’ve read even a few posts here, you’d know this entire blog could be called the Linux Curmudgeon, but I’ll compress this section to a few posts here and there about software.
Let’s say you’re new to linux and you’re not all that familiar with what’s available.  [...]

don’t worry, boys… there’s room for everyone. Linux will run the mission but there’s plenty of space on Mars to stack up all those Vista boxes that won’t ever be sold…