Archive for the ‘My Favorite Open-Source Apps’ 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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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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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Some time ago, I was tasked at work with finding an IP telephony client that used the SIP protocol, ran on linux, and did everything from the command line. The goal was to have a program that could be deployed at remote networks to test the quality and performance ...
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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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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Recently I had the unique pleasure of communicating with Kim Brebach. You may recognize him as the author of "13 Reasons Why Linux Won't Make It to the Desktop", and "13 Reasons Linux Should be on Your Desktop", as well as a series of insightful articles on the state ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
If you're scared of trying a new operating system because some of your programs won't work, or if you want a way to try out a new system without changing your existing setup, then let me introduce you to virtual machines. A virtual machine allows you to emulate an ...
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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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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
These days there is a lot of talk about how disappointing the latest incarnation of Microsoft's operating system has been. There are all sorts of complaints and gripes, which have been hashed out enough that I don't need to repeat them here. A lot of people are complaining ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Maybe you've never given much thought to your online security, or maybe you only think about it when you're pulling out your credit card to buy something on eBay. It's enough just to shop at reputable sites and not email your credit card or social security numbers to people, ...
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