"Unlike some other OS's, Linux almost never has to reboot… or so I was told when I first started learning about it. To illustrate the point, my mentor introduced me to an app that he ran on all of his servers called uptimed." more>>
"Are you responsible for one or more Windows computers? If yes then the odds are really good that you have had to deal with cleaning viruses and malware. Did you know F-Secure offers a free Rescue CD built on Knoppix for just this purpose? Let's take a look at how easy the F-Secure Rescue CD is to use."
Just wanted to announce that I have another article published on LinuxJournal.com. The teaser is below:
"Ever wanted to instantly have Drupal, Moodle, OTRS, MySQL, WordPress, Zimbra, Bugzilla, phpBB or a slew of other open source software packages up an running in a hassle-free manner to try out or available for rapid deployment? TurnKey Linuxgives you just that."
Just wanted to post a little something to let everyone know that I am now writing for LinuxJournal.com. My first article is a How To entitled Leave the CDs in the Office. Below is a copy of its teaser:
"There are few things more aggravating than going out to a coworker's office to work on their computer and finding that to fix it you need a CD that is sitting in your office. If you have ever experienced that, or would simply like to no longer need to tote that book of CDs with you every day, then this article is for you."
This is a computer called a SheevaPlug that plugs into wall outlet! It is as powerful as many desktop PC's and is designed to run network services like websites, email, and VPN. Best of all, it is only $99 at Globalscale Technologies, Inc. Thanks to Linux Journal for showing this to me in their magazine.
This evening I wanted to tell you all about a super easy way to start your own website. If you have access to a decent computer that you want to dedicate to running a website then TurnKey Linux is for you. To quote their site,
TurnKey Linux is a new open source project that aims to develop high quality software appliances that are easy to use, easy to deploy, and free.
In a nutshell, we believe everything that can be easy, should be easy!
Packaging a solution as a software appliance can be incredibly useful because it allows you to leverage guru integration skills to build ready to use systems (I.e., turn key solutions) that just work out of the box with little to no setup.
Drupal is an awesome web application that does most of the work of managing a website for you. In their words
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.
Now for the really good part... TurnKey Linux offers a downloadable CD that has Drupal already setup for you. Literally, all you have to do is
Download and burn the CD
Put it in the computer you want to make a web server
Boot it up
Choose the install option
Answer a couple of questions
Power off the computer
Remove the CD and power up your new server
Has this perked your intrest? If so, or if you just want to see an example of a site running on this setup, check out http://www.wgretc.org
Welcome! As the site name suggests, I am a techie (geek). This is my place to post on anything that is related to technology. Sometimes this will be software, sometimes it will be hardware, and sometimes it will just be random things I like. Oh, and there are bound to be references to World of Warcraft now and then :)
I hope you enjoy what you read and will find more of it useful and / or interesting than not.
