Tag: Linux

  • Enter the Server – Part Three

    Still on the Gen 8 topic, here’s the lowdown on some questions I was asked: File Sharing – I’m using regular Windows FS in a workgroup environment. Backup – I was using a multitude of solutions for backup here at home: my PC had Backblaze backing up to the cloud, my wife’s PC had Veeam […]

  • Enter the Server – Part Two

    After I got the Gen 8, it was testing time. I knew the roles I wanted for my new server: File Sharing Backup Plex Private Cloud Download Management SFTP Server VPN Server When the hardware arrived I had to improvise a bit, since the budget I had, was not enough for the “perfect configuration”, so […]

  • Enter the Server – Part One

    I had a QNAP TS-119 unit as my home NAS for as long as six years. It worked very well until recently it began to corrupt the OS data in the HDD as well as the USB HDD connected to the unit for backup. Even with a new HDD fitted in the unit and several […]

  • 20 Years ago a Revolution was born

    Newsgroups: comp.os.minix From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.  This has been brewing since […]

  • The Story of Linux

  • Still on Squid integration with Active Directory

    I wrote a post a few months ago explaining briefly how to integrate a Squid proxy with a Microsoft Windows Active Directory. While with Windows XP and Vista the single sign on works flawlessly, with Windows 7 it needs a little tweak. You’ll need to change your a GPO on your AD: Computer configuration > […]

  • Google Chrome: Google OS cornerstone?

    Today, Google announced it’s new web browser. In merely 48 hours, the Internet was drenched in all the hype caused by leaked comic book scans and screenshots an plenty of rumors, that in the end became true. An hour and a few minutes have passed since the beta version of Google Chrome and it’s probably […]