Category: SysAdmin
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PuTTY Version 0.61 is Released
One of the tools I use the most is upgraded after a 4 year wait. Nice features including Windows 7 and some fixes for SSH servers. Get out and download the new version. PuTTY version 0.61 is released —————————— All the pre-built binaries, and the source code, are now available from the PuTTY website at…
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Watching Online Training on Fedora 15
I went to begin watching online Lynda.com training on my third monitor. You may remember I use Synergy to control the screen as I use an entirely separate computer to drive it. That computer was recently updated to Fedora 15. When I went to watch the video, using the Advanced QuickTime format which allows me…
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Summertime: Things To Do After Installing Fedora 15
It is finally summer and I recently updated my workstations and servers to Fedora 15. All that are not awaiting new hardware. I use both Gnome and LXDE and I scour the Internet for articles such as 20 Things to do after installing Fedora 15 for tips. These articles are great starters, but not to…
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Glasnost: Test if your ISP is shaping your traffic
Glasnost: Test if your ISP is shaping your traffic. I am running this to test if my ISP is shaping my traffic, it uses the Measurement Lab research platform and I found information on it recently that suggests it does what it says. I wonder what my ISP does? The goal of the Glasnost project…
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Using Dual Monitors with Dual Computers
I have setup a nice working dual monitor setup on the basement workbench. The key to this one is I am using Dual Computers and Dual Operating systems and yet only one keyboard and mouse. Using the latest release of Synergy stimulated by this recent article from LifeHacker I went back and setup Synergy. The…