... by attaching 6 keyboards, mice, and monitors to it, of course. Need to provide a place for guests or workers to get online, and not much more? This can be a very cost-effective solution. Build a Six-headed, Six-user Linux System.
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KnowledgeTree Document Management System
Just ran across this: KnowledgeTree Document Management System. Looks like a real document management system to add to the list.
Nagios cheat sheet
Here's a handy article for setting up/configuring a monitoring service on a web server: BobCares :: Outsourced Web Hosting Support :: Installing and Configuring Nagios
The myths of big business
Two quick stories caught my eye today, both related to pointing out the propaganda being foisted on us by large corporations...
Remote File Integrity Checking
A highly technical article that's a great how-to for setting up remote verification of file integrity from a central trusted server. Sys Admin > v15, i02: File Integrity Assessment via SSH
Linux Buyers Guide for Small Business
Wow. Here's a great, lengthy article detailing all sorts of things about using Linux and open source software in small businesses. Linux: A Buyer's Guide for SMEs--ZDNet UK.
Why Linux is more secure
Windows flaws keep causing trouble for most Internet users. Earlier this week I was at a meeting of a group of tech professionals in the Seattle area, all of whom work with small businesses.
Linux.com | High Dynamic Range images under Linux
For my photographer and multimedia friends, here's a summary free Linux-based software available for rendering high definition images... Linux.com | High Dynamic Range images under Linux.
BackupPC: Open Source Backup to disk
Just stumbled upon a pretty cool web interface to a centralized backup system. You can manage a series of snapshot backups of all the computers on your network. It can automatically send a user an email if there's a repeated problem of missed backups.
Time to give Linux a try?
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Here at Freelock, we're strong believers in that maxim. The problem is, so much about computing is broken these days. And in most cases, we've just learned to live with the problems.
You have had choices. For the past decade, your choice has been between crash-prone and insecure Windows, incompatible, expensive, and slightly strange Macs, or highly technical, user-unfriendly Linux. Times are changing, for all three.
Free OpenOffice.org training videos
Now here's something everyone should do, before plopping down a few hundred dollars on Microsoft Office:
NewsForge | NewsForge presents free OpenOffice.org training videos.
"Anti-piracy" techniques install spyware on your computer
Fascinating read here, about how a copy-protected music CD from Sony installed a surriptitious program on a computer, hid itself completely from view, and made itself nearly impossible to remove without crippling the user's computer.