I’m writing this entry under SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10, which I recently installed on my CBC-issued ThinkPad T42. The laptop came with Windows XP installed, which I decided to retain in a dual-boot configuration, because there are still certain tools at CBC (like our antiquated Visual Basic-based “Guests & Boardrooms†booking system) that [...]
I finally took an evening to upgrade my aging Compaq AP550 fileserver (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE) to FreeBSD 6.x. Even with some good planning (as any good IT person should do), there were still a few problems.
There’s a lot going on at work these days, much of it centred around a cleanup of our legacy infrastructure and fixing some longstanding problems, but I thought I’d take some time to introduce my Interwoven Product Naming Matrix! Simply pick a word from Column A, add another word from Column B, and optionally choose [...]
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