Why I Use Windows 7 over Linux on my main PC
I’m going to start off my new series of articles about Linux with a post about Windows. Yes, that’s right, Windows. And it’s not going to be an article talking about how terrible Microsoft is, or how...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Showdown – VMWare vs VirtualBox
Let’s face it, not everyone wants to install a second operating system on their hard disk. Dual booting between Linux and Windows is a tremendous pain in the butt. This is why the great computing...
View ArticleClickable URLs in PuTTY
PuTTY is a SSH/Telnet client for windows. I’ve been using it on a daily basis for many years now as it’s stable, simple, and does everything I need. A few months ago I decided to hop into a few IRC...
View ArticleCommon Linux Command Line Tools – grep
Welcome to the first in what I hope to be a regular series of the basic usage of my most commonly used Linux command line tools. As some of you may know, I’m a sysadmin, not a programmer. You will...
View ArticleDell iDRAC card stuck updating firmware
I ran into a problem today with the update process of an iDRAC card, and Google was very little help. I began the firmware update process, and my connection conked out during the upload. When I...
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