Archive for the ‘Howtos’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Yeah, you're thinking "Been there, done that. VNC is horrible". You're right, and VNC is difficult to setup, and if you can get it to function similar to remote desktop on Windows, its highly unsecure, and only allows one session at a time.
Which is why I'm not going to tell ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
One of the most important components of a medium to large business is its email and collaboration system. Being able to easily and quickly share contacts, calendars, tasks, and ancillary information is critical to keeping productivity at a maximum. The industry standard for this for many years now ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
It's been a while since my last post folks, work has been keeping me busy lately, and I haven't had much time to write about new things going on in the open source world. Hopefully the usefulness of this post will make up for my absence.
Something I spend a ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
The 100GB hard drive seemed more than enough when I first bought my laptop, but as time and music collections go on, I've begun to run out of space. The solution, of course, is to purchase a bigger hard drive. But do I want to go through the ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Hi folks. It's been a while since we had an update. I've been pretty busy trying to line up interviews with interesting people and researching new things to help users get acquainted with open-source software. I've got quite a few things coming down the pike I think ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Following the interview with Kim Brebach, I took a look at the installation guides available for several flavors of Linux, and found them to be a bit lacking, as he had stated. It was difficult to pin down exactly what was missing from the thousands of guides already in ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
If you work in a medium or large office, chances are you use Microsoft's Exchange Server to access your email, contacts, and calendars. For years, Exchange has been the de-facto standard in collaborative email and contact management for corporate environments, and rightfully so. Microsoft outdid themselves in designing ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Stop! Don't buy that cheap router! So-called "plug 'n play" routers are the cause of more home network problems and security holes than anything else. Why would you pay $50 or more for a migraine in a square box? I'll show you how to build your ...
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