Sep
02
I just realized that I haven’t written anything about LogMeIn Hamachi² here. Just like the predecessor Hamachi, Hamachi² is a peer-to-peer VPN service. Free version for non-commercial use and reasonably priced for commercial. I’ve been a fan for years – great way to link my various computers together. Hamachi² changed things a bit by moving …
Oct
29
I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features. I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag pretty quickly though. Seemed that …
Feb
24
As many long-time readers are aware, I’m a big fan of virtualization. I like to do testing and dev work in virtual machines as that helps keep my primary machine(s) cleaner and leaner. It also lets me keep a whole fleet of machines around without needing all that extra hardware and expense. I ran into …
Nov
13
As the long-time readers know, I’m always looking for Operating System options suitable for the older hardware — especially my beloved old IBM Thinkpad 600e. Just back in September I thought I had hit upon the perfect solution: Dual-booting Windows 2000 and Puppy Linux. However, after just a few weeks I stopped using Puppy due …
Jun
07
The Challenge Have you ever used Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to control one machine, and then from that first session used RDC to control another machine? It gets a bit dicey if you want to see the first session again. Clicking the minimize button on the little control bar minimizes everything and you’re back to …
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