by wwarren | Oct 24, 2012 | Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
Your vendors card reader taken over by a rogue credit card. I’ve seen this on tv but never thought it was for real. This is why i constantly tell folks to update EVERYTHING they can…even card readers now are computers running..Linux. However there was a...
by wwarren | Aug 30, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Linux, Open Source
How To Install VMWare Tools v4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server – Ghost Tx.
by wwarren | Aug 27, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Storage
I mentioned in an earlier post about how Quickbooks ties many accountants to Windows. Well I’ve found a partial yet money-saving workaround. We leverage virtualization even more but not in the typical way. Instead of setting up a NAS/DAS/SAN you run it off...
by wwarren | Aug 27, 2012 | Apple, Hardware, Linux, Smartphone
This is what i thought. A jury in Silicon Valley with bias towards Apple(seeing Jobs as nearly a deity) has now been seen by their own words as stepping outside the bounds of not only their instructions but also of their own “expertise”. this jury...
by wwarren | Aug 23, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source
I’m not a huge fan of the cloud. It is based on simply refarmed mainframe technology and based on a broken security model. However for those who really make the jump to a truly all cloud system there’s one major benefit. Your desktop software costs go to...
by wwarren | Jul 14, 2012 | Apple, Hardware, Linux, Open Source
Since Mountain Lion isn’t going to work on my macbook I’m going to go a different route. No dual booting here..going to run Ubuntu Linux on it..:) Ubuntu Forums – View Single Post – Apple Intel Users FAQ.