December 5, 2007
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Like it or lump it, Microsoft’s Active Directory is a very popular network directory, and thus, management system. It’s been possible to use AD for Linux, but it was never easy. Now, Likewise Software, formerly Centeris, a leader in mixing … Continue reading
November 26, 2007
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The good news for everyone is that you can get a good, solid laptop for under a grand these days. The bad news for Vista users is that many of those laptops, even though theyre sold with Vista, have nothing … Continue reading
November 7, 2007
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Quick, name some virtualization programs that run on Linux. Time’s up. If you’re like most people, you probably named VMware or Xen first. Many of you probably know of one or more of the following: Parallels, QEMU, KVM, Virtuozzo and … Continue reading
October 12, 2007
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Who says you have to give up all your Windows programs to use Linux? Not CodeWeavers, with its latest version of CrossOver Linux 6.2. With this new version of CrossOver Linux, you can run more Windows programs on Linux than … Continue reading
September 28, 2007
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Today, I think of Vista as the zombie operating system. It stumbles around, and from a distance you might think its alive, but close up its the walking dead. The first sign that Vista was in real trouble was when … Continue reading
September 6, 2007
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For years, if you wanted an inexpensive, but Windows-compatible file and print server, you turned to Samba running on Linux. Now, with the first alpha release of Samba 4, this open-source project is moving closer to becoming a complete Windows … Continue reading