Category Archives: Technical

Proposals for Linuxfest 2018

Posted on January 16, 2018 by larry

Almost missed the deadline for Linuxfest papers. Put in two, one for Arduino another for related to my video regarding tools for Windows admins managing Linux Servers. One curious thing this year is that they allow for commercials.  Hmm gonna … Continue reading →

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Another Youtube Video

Posted on January 15, 2018 by larry

Posted another youtube video https://youtu.be/yOSTcRVZNbg This is one details 6 tools in Windows used to manage a Linux machine.

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New Media Center

Posted on January 14, 2018 by larry

Decided to start building my new media center.  Actually a DVR. Trying to build it with CentOS 7.   Struggling  with it now.  Some NIC problems. Will work on it more tomorrow. Needs a new fan cause it is squealing pretty … Continue reading →

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Power Outage At Home

Posted on January 13, 2018 by larry

At about 3:30AM power went off at my home, at 12:30PM the power came back on and I went through the restart process. One of the problems I had was a corrupt USB boot drive for my ESXi host. Luckily … Continue reading →

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Recording Videos

Posted on January 12, 2018 by larry

Trying to get back to recording videos. Kind of setup a few things, should be able to make recordings now. This is a three day weekend, need to get something up online. Need to just start producing.

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Maker Network Almost Done

Posted on January 7, 2018 by larry

Been re-configuring my maker network to support a Windows domain so I can document how to authenticate against AD. Now users can log in with the same account across all machines windows and Linux. Now need to work on documentation … Continue reading →

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Liking Windows 10

Posted on December 29, 2017 by larry

I got to admit, my tune towards Windows 10 is changing. I am no looking to upgrade most of the computers at home to Windows 10. Some of them use the accessibility options so it qualifies for an upgrade. The … Continue reading →

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New Color Laser Printer

Posted on December 27, 2017 by larry

Installed the a new Color Laser Printer in our house today. It is the Samsung C1860 Kind of have a weird problem with wifi though, it is not going in to sleep mode properly.  I recall an Eco mode, maybe … Continue reading →

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My Late Christmas Present

Posted on December 26, 2017 by larry

Got this for myself this Christmas, I new video capture device It was pretty nice, tested out and it works. One thing it does that made me go for it was its ability to do VGA, but the cable is … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2017

Posted on December 25, 2017 by larry

White Christmas it is really felt Christmassy today But spent most of the day setting up my son’s new gaming rig.  First AMD Ryzen in the house Second fastest one too.  Mine is fastest though.

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