After reading Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas A. Limoncelli I wanted to try wiki system (one of the productivity tools he highly recommends) within our office because keeping the internal information up-to-date is becoming pretty difficult. Currently not everyone within the organization is able to update the information which I think is creating [...]
One of our customer was interested in a security solution that was tightly integrated, easy to manage and cost effective. After researching for a while I found that Astaro Security Gateway software (formerly Astaro Security Linux) was one of the best choices available in the market. The features were so appealing that I did a [...]
I learned linux/unix the hard way, using command lines (I think most of us did that way). It has it’s own advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side, I could see the actual workings of the system inside out, not just the beautiful graphical front end. The disadvantage is that, it is very painful and [...]
A new project called Lyceum is launched. According to the site: “Lyceum is a multi-blog derivative of WordPress, suitable for installations with 2 or 200,000 blogs!” Sounds good! and they’ve a wiki with installation instruction. I’ve previously tried WordPressMu (another wordpress multi-user/multi-blog) and written installation manual HowTo Install WordPress MultiUser Edition. With the WordPressMu I’ve [...]
Just finished reading Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas A. Limoncelli. I highly recommend this book to every System and Network Administrator. The book is packed with really useful tips for geeks who need to address the time management issues. I agree with most of the productivity tips given in the book and discovered [...]
We are currently evaluating the Request Tracker (RT) in our office. Request Tracker is a ticketing system which enables to efficiently manage problems, tasks, issues, and requests submitted by users. RT is an online ticketing system tightly integrated with email. It’s written in Object-Oriented perl and utilizes MySQL database. RT manages key tasks such as [...]
What is WordPress MU? “WordPress MU is multi-user version of the famous WordPress blogging application. It is ideal for people wanting to offer a hosted version of WordPress, but due to its complexity installation and maintainance is not supported in the same manner WordPress is. (You cannot get support on the WordPress support forums.)” WordPress [...]
New test version of Samba is available for download. You can check their Release Notes. They’ve spent 3 years in development. It’s still a Technology Preview to allow users, managers and developers to see the progress and get the feedback and support. This means it’s still not a Stable release and they’ve warned that Technology [...]
If your are a network or system administrator of a SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) then you’ll have to do a lot of things that go beyond the call of your duty. You need to find systems, softwares and tools, recommend them to the management, justify your recommendation and make sure everything runs smoothly. There [...]
The Independent has an article Open source websites: All change on the internet that lists out the best open source websites where users can change the content (according to the authors Ana Kronschnabl and Tomas Rawlings). The list goes as following: Wikipedia Firefox Open Office Bittorrent MediaWiki Xvid pHpBB Bulletin Boards Outfoxed dyne:bolic GIMP Apache [...]
