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Setting up a serial console | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

This tutorial will show you how to set up a serial console on a Linux system, and connect to it via a null modem cable. This is quite useful if your Linux server is in a headless configuration no keyboard or monitor, as it allows you to easily get a console on the system if there are any problems with it especially network problems, when SSH is not available. In the end, the GRUB menu will appear over the serial link, as will the bootup messages output when booting the system. Im using Debian Etch on the server and Ubuntu Edgy on my client, although this should work on any Linux

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The MK808 Dual Core Android 4.1 TV BOX Rockchip RK3066 Cortex-A9 Mini PC Smart TV Stick

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The thinking was sound, there has been a lot of press recently about Android on a stick devices which plug into the HDMI port on your TV and turn that “dumb” TV into an Android powered Smart TV. So hove does this device with the snappy title stand up to this task?

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5 things Windows Phone 8 Needs in the UK..

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There is honestly not much I can say wrong about the Windows Phone 8, compared to its desktop sibling its a joy to use and zippy. As someone who has actively used  IOS, Android and several other OS’s on phones over the years Microsoft have hit the money with this one.

Having used the phone for 90+ days now there are a few things which could be added as features in the next few major releases, maybe the phone can already do some of these, if it can i’m not sure how and post a comment and let me know.

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Kicking a dog when its down...

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Its absolutely no surprise that the popular tech press is having a time reminding us just how Apples share price is dropping or they didn’t sell enough iphone 5 units to fill an order. The question is however is should you be kicking this dog when its down?

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Going back to Microsoft in a Google World..

microsoft-business-officeBefore I write the bulk of this post i think a brief understanding of where I stand on Windows as an OS is probably warranted to put some perspective out there.

To put no too finer point on it, I honestly feel Windows in all its desktop (important to understand i do mean desktop) forms it one of the most terrible, bug ridden, insecure, overused Operating Systems ever created. It is not the number one Operating system because of popularity, functionality or usability it is the number one operating system because of underhanded tactics, pressure put on hardware manufacturers in the 80′s and 90′s which lead to it taking a foothold in the business and thus the consumer world. If I honestly could get the years back i’ve wasted because of Windows Desktop OS over the years i’d not be 40 i’d be 18.

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The myth of Microsoft hardware compatability

ENw7comp_5F00_rgb_5F00_L_5F00_595A9778There is a train of thought in the world of PC’s that tells most users that you cannot go wrong with a windows PC, one of the biggest pushes is hardware compatibility. You can buy any hardware and plug it into a windows PC and it will work, it might need a driver install, but it will work..

Well I’d like to tell you a tale of two OS’s and let you make up your mind..

The hardware for this story is an Acer Aspire One D255 a 2010 model NetBoot, 11″ screen a Gb of ram a nice side HDD pretty average spec and a huge Windows 7 compatible sticker slapped on the part of the keyboard area that gets rubbed off… Basically a nice little device..

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64Gb of Wifi Hard Disk let down by lack of forethought

As the owner of a 16Gb iPad 3 and a Samsung Galaxy S, there are times when I wish my device has just a little bit more storage. When we go on holiday, lon road trips and the like.. During these times i’d like to put a few movies of my choice and a lot more music on my device as i know connectivity is going to be at a premium and it’s better to have too much than not enough..

The answer to this issue would appear to be the Kingston Wi-Drive

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IT Security is a joke

Yes, that is right you heard it here first, IT security is a joke, but not the funny kind, no one is laughing, the users are not laughing, the IT department isn’t laughing, the company management isn’t laughing.. And lets admit it it’s about as serious as a heart attach out there..

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Creating an AD Server for Free using Ubuntu and Samba

Creating an AD Server for Free using Ubuntu and Samba

While being a huge fan of the GNU/Linux OS I do also live in the real world which means using Active Directory Domain Controllers and Windows networks. this week however I’ve had to build for a project a stand alone AD network. This got me thinking to a project I built for a school 6 uears ago which I did the same thing with Samba on Fedora.

To this day it still amazed me i could create a simple Windows AD infrastrutture for a set of Windows PC’s in a class to logon to, and use a batch file to apply drive mappings and the like for the students on Windows workstations. And for small businesses this is a potentially great way to get the company networked on the cheap..

The instructions in the most part were obtained from

Egon Rath’s Notes

Who has put together a pretty good guide on using the latest Ubuntu 12.04 and Samba 4 to get your AD server up and running. I’ve added some comments which assisted me.

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The problems of closed networks in a connected world

The idea of a closed network is a bit like that of a room with a locked door. It’s a room with food, TV, Games console but the room is locked.

You want out..

And that is the problem with closed networks today, everyone wants out..

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Review: News360

In a world where mobile phone manufactures are slinging their dirty laundry around the courts of the world because lets face it most Smartphones look the same. It’s refreshing to see that innovation still runs supreme in some areas of the tech industry. The Humble RSS reader on the Tablet is still running strong and still providing us our dose od daily digital news. Interestingly considering the simplistic nature of the data being fed into them very few look alike.

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Really Annoying Tech Items..

This is taken from a great Wired Article covering 12 really annoying Tech items and it’s a very well covered list and worth a link click.

There are 4 i REALLY agree with however.

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Using an iPad for on the go photo workflow..

The iPad 3 is without a doubt the best tablet on the market right now for viewing photos and editing and managing as it happens. I’ve been searching for a workflow for a while with the device to get from photo to internet edited and uploaded and come as close as I can so far to almost what i’m looking for.

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Watching gadgets and services become consumer items

There is a lifecycle in tech from birth to mainstream there is a similar path that many apps and gadgets will take on this journey and depending on how they fare at each stage depends on how sucessful they will become.. the question is which group do you fall in?

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Time of change

It’s not often you see a complete potential for change in an Industry and despite the IT industry moving its not actually changed that much ove the last 10 to 15 years.. If we consider that OK there have been interface changes on Windows and OSX however the basic Windows, Icon, Mouse and Pointer style interface used by the majority of computers has been around since the late 70′s. Even the concept of having a keyboard, screen and computer has been around longer than this.

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