I have a “classic” old Asus Eee 701 4G netbook that I like to dust off from time to time and monkey with. The size is definitely ultra-portable, and so is the keyboard which is, to be honest, why I don’t use it more often.. The biggest challenge with this thing though is screen resolution …
Tag Archive: linux
May 23
A Quick Look at Turnkey Linux
Need a server for a quick little project? Or maybe even for some long-term development? Check out TurnKey Linux and their virtual appliances. This is a brilliant little solution! Just download a Linux-based VM configured and ready to go with whatever your app needs. Very slick. Turnkey Linux is a virtual appliance library that integrates …
May 14
Looking for Exchange 2007 Linux Client
So here’s a gap in the “Linux in the corporate world” thing… I’ve been looking for a convenient way to access our Exchange 2007 server when not at my desk. Sure, I have a rather nice laptop… but it isn’t svelte and while at the office it is docked with a bunch of USB stuff …
Mar 07
Grub 2 Fixes
These days I find myself spending the majority of my time in a Windows based OS of one flavor or another. However, I still have most of my machines set to dual-boot to a Linux distro (lately that’s usually Ubuntu). That way I still have it very handy when I want or need it. Grub …
Jan 31
New Tool (to me): Parted Magic
Thanks to a scratched CD I discovered a new/updated tool for my toolkit this week. See, I was swapping hard drives between two laptops: one is 500 GB and the other 160. Oh, and I didn’t want to have to reload either of them. Before the swap I booted each from my trusty Clonezilla CD …




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