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Everybody knows about using VMware to test out operating systems - it’s a great way to sample thirteen or forty Linux distributions so you can find one you really like without reformatting your hard drive to death. But why not try out some of these interesting gems while you’re at it - VMware appliances are [...]

It seems like everyone and their mother wants to find out what “this Linux thing” is all about. Well, it’s time they found out. There are so many ways to try it out (are you listening Windows and OSX?) that there’s no reason not to have a go at it. I’ll be your tour guide [...]

Granted my in-house network is pretty small compared to what some of you are looking after, but we’re all faced with the same kinds of problems. We need to be able to maximize uptime and keep producitivity at the highest level possible. That, and we need to minimize the number of annoying tech support calls [...]

So many of the posts I read on the ‘net about removing a forgotten Windows password recommend using a Linux boot disc called “l0pht crack.” It’s a brute force cracking application, so it basically just searches millions of alphanumeric combinations until it finds the one that works. Personally, I’ve never understood why. There are two [...]

If you’ve seen the Dell ads, you’ve probably come across the Vista Red theme already - it was released as a cooperative effort between Microsoft and Dell to support AIDS research as part of Project Red. It’s a nice looking theme, and you can get it even if you haven’t bought a Dell Red computer [...]

Right now I’ve got two customers looking for an easy solution to back up their employees’ data on their network. Obviously, a networkable hard drive box seems like a good fit, but which one? For me, the choice looked pretty easy after browsing the options from my supplier: the LaCie 1 terabyte 2Big Network. Now [...]