The I.T. Life

So, I have been running a file server at home for the better part of two years. It has been windows server 2003, hosting mainly file shares, but also SVN, IIS, and little stuff like that. Within the past year I have put VMware on, and started playing with hosting virtual systems. Of course, this [...]

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So, ive been using Linux straight for almost a week!!! I have a pretty kick ass setup to, probably over kill but whatever.
Im runnung Kubuntu -> kde window manager -> 3ddesktop (mutiple desktop manger) -> 6 desktops
1) Firefox
2) Kopete
3) Konqueror
4) user shell
5) root shell
6) monitoring (iptraf, top)
I run some sweet programs to keep everything clean [...]

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Heres a pretty neet linux app for ya. It allows 2 users to be loged in, and each work at the same time. All you need is a linux computer with a dual head graphics card, and 2 monitors and keyboards. Its pretty sweet.
Desktop Multiplier

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Well, I havn`t posted here in ages… and Jeff has kinda been hinting that I should… so what to talk about…
Well… how bout the latest Torvalds VS. Gnome incident that took place on a distant mailing list.
Torvalds, as you all better know, is the creator of what is essentially linux. The other day, he stepped [...]

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Having followed a link to an article on distroworld.com (which unfortunately turned out to be fairly boring) I found myself browsing the current list of what they (and many people including myself do see them as an accurate statition of *NIX usage) report as the most popular Linux distributions and *NIX based derivatives. I can`t [...]

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Ok, now im the type of user that wants a computer to work, and I dont want to dick around with settings and files and stuff to get it to work. This is why I love and hate linux. Depending on the distro you will have to do everything yourself (ie slackware) or have it [...]

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Well well well, it seams that linux has viruses. Yes you herd me right. Linux has viruses. And according to the Virus Library, theres a whopping 5 viruses. Thats it, im never using Linux again, im going back to good old windows. Just kidding, Im actually comfortable with all operating systems. I use linux, and [...]

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Here are 10 of the best unix complaints I have ever seen. And if you think about it, there probably your compalints to, I know there mine. 10 Complaints

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So, first of all the site randomgeekyenss.blogspot.com has been officaly deleted as of one minute ago. This is do to the fact that it went off topic and then I stopped posting, this is my only blog now, and I will try to make it a very good one so that it will get popular. [...]

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