SetupLinux

This is a basic entry on how to search for files in Linux, and more specifically how to find a software package that a file belongs too.

I really hate WebEx.  Maybe it’s becuase I’m a Linux user and there is no client for Linux.  But generally speaking I don’t like thick client apps that only install in Windows.  So I’ve been on the lookout for sometime for something to replace WebEx that worked on the major OS’s and didn’t need a [...]

Being a IT guy and programmer I tend to come at problems the same way as when I develop.  Because of my job I’m always evaluating technologies, code, libraries, architectures, hardware, etc.  It’s never ending, but that’s what I love about IT.   I’ve learned to keep a open mind as well as look at the [...]

If you have a server out there it’s getting attacked.  Sooner or later somebody will be able to break into your system if you don’t keep on top of security.
SSH is what most Linux admin’s use to manage their systems.  I hated looking at all these hack/bot type attempts to login to my systems so [...]

There are tons and tons of HTML to PDF type tools out there.  For basic HTML with little or no CSS and javascript these are ok.  If your using CSS2/CSS3 or javascript for some of your layout, the majority of the tools out there don’t get the job done.

Like everybody else I’ve seen all the press around the iPad.  Apple in general is pretty good at making simple clean systems.  I use the iPhone and love it, the iPad for the most part seems like a big iPhone.  I am getting older so the bigger screen would be nice, but beyond that what [...]

I’ve recently started using Rackspace for personal use.  For the Linux user this ROCKS!!  But if you need a Windows systems your SOL for now.
First of all “It’s cheap!!”.  This has to be the cheapest commercial (employs more than one guy in a basement) service I’ve used.  You can get a base system for about [...]

“Cloud Computing” is a new buzz word floating around the computer world. The basic idea is you worry only about your OS or your application, not the hardware.
In my case I wanted something similar to a co-located server, but I didn’t want to worry about hardware anymore. There are lots of Cloud services [...]

I just started a new job and they offered me a choice of a Mac or a PC. I’ve always been too cheap to buy one myself so I was excited to get one for work to give it a try. I’ve had this new MacBook for a couple months now and just [...]

This was a article I wrote in 2004 to explain why I liked the idea of using Open Source programs for a Utah Voting System.
Keith Pettit on Open Source software
“The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for software, the software evolves. People improve [...]