http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com Your General Computer Guru Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:30:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/five-portable-software-suites-for-your-usb-key/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/five-portable-software-suites-for-your-usb-key/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:53:15 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/?p=456 If you’re like me, your USB key should come with its own flame retardant coating. That’s because I tend to use my little four-gigabyte device to great excess on a near-daily basis. It’s an easy fix for transferring files from a desktop PC to a laptop, and it’s great for carrying batches of files I [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/five-portable-software-suites-for-your-usb-key/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/looking-to-master-linux-then-check-out-these-tips/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/looking-to-master-linux-then-check-out-these-tips/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:57:39 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=392 What separates average Linux users from the super-geeks? Simple: years spent learning the kinds of hacks, tricks, tips and techniques that turn long jobs into a moment’s work. If you want to get up to speed without having to put in all that leg-work, we’ve rounded up over 50 easy-to-learn Linux tips to help you [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/looking-to-master-linux-then-check-out-these-tips/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-spotlight-on-cobbler/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-spotlight-on-cobbler/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:23:01 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=286 Open source systems management: Two conferences, two talks by michaeldehaan Download this video: [Ogg Theora] Red Hat Engineer Michael DeHaan talks about why he developed Cobbler, and how it simplifies network installations for datacenters and other large-scale linux environments. For more info, check out the the Cobbler page at fedorahosted.org. I had the privilege of giving not one but two [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-spotlight-on-cobbler/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-fedora-10/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-fedora-10/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:23:00 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=285 Fedora 10 is out, and to celebrate that milestone, Fedora Project leader Paul Frields sat down with Red Hat community guru Greg DeKoenigsberg to talk about where Fedora’s been over the past five years and where it’s going. Along the way they discuss KVM improvements, the debut of new Fedora artwork, and the future of [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/video-fedora-10/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/5-ways-to-view-chm-files-in-ubuntu-linux/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/5-ways-to-view-chm-files-in-ubuntu-linux/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:22:59 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=284 1. Gnochm Gnochm is a gnome based chm viewer that has the following features : Support for external ms-its links Full text search support Bookmarks Configurable support for HTTP links Integrated with GNOME2 Support for multiple languages Support to open multiple files at once To install gnochm issue the following command in the terminal window sudo apt-get install gnochm After installation gnochm should be installed [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/5-ways-to-view-chm-files-in-ubuntu-linux/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/how-to-rip-encode-dvds-into-aviogm-files-in-ubuntu/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/how-to-rip-encode-dvds-into-aviogm-files-in-ubuntu/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:22:57 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=283 OGMRip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVDs into AVI/OGM files using a wide variety of codecs. It relies on mplayer, mencoder, ogmtools, oggenc, and lame to perform its tasks. The GUI features a clean HIG-compliant GNOME 2 interface and tries to minimize (as much as possible) esoteric settings. Download [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/how-to-rip-encode-dvds-into-aviogm-files-in-ubuntu/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/iphone-linux/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/iphone-linux/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:47:48 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=248 NAND writing is now semi-reliable (although one has to be VERY careful not to interrupt the device in the middle of a write operation), but it is enough to have something akin to a full-functional OS, backed by non-volatile storage. People interested in the project should be familiar with the myriads of Linux “distributions” floating around. [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/iphone-linux/feed/ 0 http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/ubuntu-ltsp/ http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/ubuntu-ltsp/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:47:39 +0000 frenchsquared http://www.gordonfrench.com/?p=14 So, I was finally able to get a Linux Terminal Server working today. I have one master and four terminals up a running. I still need to work out a few issues with Ekiga, but everything else seems to be working perfectly. Look for a few tips on what was needed to get them working correctly [...]]]> http://www.itAdmin.gordonfrench.com/ubuntu-ltsp/feed/ 3