linux

A collection of 8 posts

Open Source in the cloud era

Open Source in the cloud era

As a follow on to train of thought of the Open Source impact of the IBM purchase of Red Hat, which I wrote about earlier [http://hacksaw.co.za/blog/should-the-open-source-community-be-worried/], I wonder

Should the Open Source community be worried?

First Microsoft started cozying up to open source software (which I have written about [http://hacksaw.co.za/blog/microsoft-cloud-opensource-and-re-inventing-itself/http://] ), which was cute. Then Microsoft bought GitHub, which was concerning. Now IBM

Synergy between devices - without apps

Original post from August 2014 [http://sourbrats.blogspot.co.za/2014/08/synergy-between-devices-without-apps.html] WARNING: This is not for the fan boys. tl;dr: just build it into the OS so that I

Desktop Setup

Original post from September 2013 [http://sourbrats.blogspot.co.za/2013/09/desktop-setup.html] My previous post spoke about using Synergy as a software-based KVM. But to really see how useful it is,

Synergy - software/network based KVM

Original post from Sptember 2013 [http://sourbrats.blogspot.co.za/2013/09/synergy-softwarenetwork-based-kvm.html] Synergy is a application that allows you to share one mouse and keyboard with other PCs, similar to a

Remote SSH: screen, tmux

Original post from September 2013 [http://sourbrats.blogspot.co.za/2013/09/remote-ssh-sessions-screen.html] This is one of the most usefull things I have come across: when working via SSH/telnet on remote