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, I wonder if the definition of Open Source
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Should the Open Source community be worried?
First Microsoft started cozying up to open source software (which I have written about), which was cute. Then Microsoft bought GitHub, which was concerning. Now IBM buys Red Hat - we should be
Synergy between devices - without apps
Original post from August 2014 WARNING: This is not for the fan boys. tl;dr: just build it into the OS so that I don't need yet another app. Operating Systems have always
Desktop Setup
Original post from September 2013 My previous post spoke about using Synergy as a software-based KVM. But to really see how useful it is, lets see how it fits into the bigger picture.
Synergy - software/network based KVM
Original post from Sptember 2013 Synergy is a application that allows you to share one mouse and keyboard with other PCs, similar to a KVM switch. Typically a person will have a laptop
Remote SSH: screen, tmux
Original post from September 2013 This is one of the most usefull things I have come across: when working via SSH/telnet on remote hosts, you can get disconnected for any reason: timeouts,