Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'Software'
GREAT Forum Software!
I just started a new website, I Hate the Home Team!, a forum for folks to gripe about having relocated somewhere far away from their beloved favorite teams, and who are now forced to deal with local media and fans...
Linux With a Minty Flavor
I love Ubuntu. It's been my choice for a desktop Linux for three years. But I just veered down a side road. it's still Ubuntu under the hood, but the distro is actually Linux Mint. Mint is basically Ubuntu with...
Oh My Dear Lord, What's Happened to Windows Server?
At my workplace, I've managed to integrate Linux and Active Directory so that I can use AD groups to control access to intranet sites. That was quite a breakthrough, allowing me to move my MySQL/PHP-driven apps onto Linux, where they...
Have you heard of Titan Lev?
Wow, what an amazing distribution I just stumbled on to. It's called Titan Lev, and is distributed by http://www.affordy.com/. It's not free, but you get a bunch of test drives from the iso. And if you decide it's for you,...
Running Windows Server? I Admire Your Patience!
I run a Windows XP virtual machine (VMWare) that was living on a three-year-old Dell 2950 server with dual Xeons, six gigs of RAM, and Windows Server 2003. I say WAS. That machine was a dog. It was as slow...
Ubuntu. It Just Works.
I love Ubuntu. However, I'm not nuts about the six month rewrites. So, I decided to try a couple of less-often-rewritten distros on a Dell GX 755. A month later, I'm back to Ubuntu. Here's why:...
Thanks, VMWare, But It's Time to Move On
VMWare introduced me to the concept of running machines virtually, instead of physically. "Interesting concept" I thought in 2005, when I first learned about it. "But I'm not sure how it would benefit me." Well, let's just say that my...
R.I.P. Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver, we hardly knew ye. Yes, you can still purchase a copy of Dreamweaver, currently the appropriately named version CS4, from its new owners, Adobe. But for all practical purposes, the web development package is dead. Macromedia's web editors and...
Joomla'ed Out
Joomla looked like the perfect contact management system for me. Back in 2006, I created a bonzer site for a Realtor based on Mamboserver. Its backend interface was weird beyond belief, but I was impressed with what I was able...
Bad Behavior (Not Really!)
I manage a handful of blogs, doing a better job of keeping everything updated with some than with others. One of the biggest PITA's that a site owner has to deal with nowadays is comment spam. It's not unusual for...
Crossover Pro for Linux
One of the simple, sad facts about switching from Windows to Ubuntu is that you must give up certain Windows apps, unless you want to jump through some hoops. One hoop is running a virtual machine under VMWare, or any...
VMWare 2.0
I just downloaded and installed the latest VMWare Server (2.0) on my Linux machine (an HP 1483w that has been blissfully freed from having to run on XP) yesterday. And I must say that I am blown away! It's a...
OSALT.com
One of the things that makes people nervous about switching to Linux (and justifiably so) is the prospect of doing without one's favorite programs. That was certainly a major hurdle that I had to clear. I did so by going...
Computing in Tough Economic Times
Computerworld columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols recently posted this article on his blog. In it, he showed how a serious economic downturn may be good news for the open-source movement. He outlined five specific programs that can be replaced by FOSS...
Microsoft Didn't Always Suck
I'll never forget the day in 1993 that I excitedly unpacked my first PC, plugged everything in, and watched with keen delight as that first DOS prompt appeared. I was happily running MS-DOS 6.2. Somehow, that friendly CLI (on which...
Enable USB Support with VMWare
VMWare is an esential part of my migration to Ubuntu, but it's not perfect out of the box. For example, USB support is not enabled by default for your virtual machines. There's an easy fix. Either precede the following commands...
Still Need Windows? Don't Forget 2000
First of all, resist the urge to import your Windows machine into VMWare. Unless it's chock full of software you've paid for and that needs to phone home to work, instead I recommend you simply start from scratch.
Regular Expressions
PHP is a simple programming language with a lot of horsepower. That's why I love working with it. But to take advantage of some of its most useful features, you need to have at least some basic knowledge of regular...
From Windows to Ubuntu
Ubuntu, with its Synaptics Package Manager (and command line apt-get), was the breakthrough in simplicity I needed to finally take the Linux plunge as my operating system of choice. Adding and removing programs was as simple as checking boxes. Dependencies were solved on the fly. And the operating system felt as comfortable as an old shoe within a few days of using it.
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