Clustering Computers Linux Clustering 101: Choosing the right web server December 11, 2009 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment When I faced with a decision of what web server I am going to roll out with, I usually end up picking between two web servers: Apache and Cherokee. Apache is like your grandfather. He is 80 years old, and He has been around for a while. He is not always the guy you go […] Read more »
Linux Installing NoMachine’s free Terminal Server on ArchLinux November 20, 2009 / August 23, 2011 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment If you have never used NoMachine before, it is a fantastic technology that allows you to have a Terminal Server for X on Linux, similar to XenApp for Windows. It is a very powerful application. I used to install FreeNX back in the day when it was released, but I have since learnt that it […] Read more »
Apple Computers Linux Random Thoughts NoMachine’s GUI for OS X requires Rosetta? November 20, 2009 by Tim Groeneveld | 2 Comments on NoMachine’s GUI for OS X requires Rosetta? I was just booting up my Mac to take some nice pretty screenshots of my cluster install process, and I realised that NoMachine’s client for OS X does not even properly support Intel CPU’s -.-” Anyways, unlike Adobe porting Creative Suite to Linux, at least NoMachine are actually working on it. Read more » Apple Intel NoMachine NX OS X
Experimental Linux Cluster 101: Building your first dumb cluster November 12, 2009 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment I would like to introduce you tonight to a x-part series (I don’t know how many parts there are at the moment, we will see as time progresses) entitled “How to build a www cluster in x days“. In this series, we will be looking at a wide variety of different techniques that can be […] Read more » build cluster diy hosting web www
Computers Linux Fixed my Synergy November 6, 2009 / August 23, 2011 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment What does a computer nerd do when he is at work and trying to use one keyboard and mouse for two machines and it just does not work? Well, he fixes it of course! For the last few weeks, since switching my KDE desktop at work to Gnome, I have had this seriously pressing issue […] Read more »
Computers Linux Got my new computer! July 9, 2009 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment Well, I finally got all (but one…) of the parts of my new computer. My new case, the Cooler Master COSMOS “S” is in one word: absolutely awesome. I love the fact that all of the drives can be pushed in, and with one press of a button, the drive will lock in. This comes […] Read more » Chenbro computer Cooler Master Linux
Experimental Linux Getting Synergy working propperly on Windows XP / Ubuntu June 11, 2009 / June 11, 2009 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment At Digital Pacific, where I work, I do all my work on three computers. It’s a nice life looking at three monitors all the time, however, it is not the coolest thing in the world when you have three keyboards in front of you. When I moved here, I already knew about Synergy, it’s great […] Read more » hints Linux Synergy Windows
Humor Linux Strange behaviour: Parallels Business Automation May 28, 2009 / June 3, 2014 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment At Digital Pacific where I work, I have been working on migrating from our current billing system to a new; more feature complete billing system that will provide many benefits to our clients. With our new billing system, Parallels Business Automation, users will be able to see all their invoices (past, present and future) and […] Read more » automation billing hosting humour modernbill parallels pba Software XML
Linux Misc Random Thoughts Speed of photo transfers in Linux… May 4, 2009 / June 3, 2014 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment Ever since I have started using KDE with Linux/FreeBSD as my desktop replacing Windows, there has been just one thing that has really annoyed me about both of these desktops, and that is using Kodak cameras. Yes – I know, such a simple device, but you will be amazed at how many headaches it used […] Read more » c813 kodak Linux photos speed tips and tricks transfersm usb
Linux Random Thoughts St. George really needs to update their webpay client library for Linux November 21, 2008 / November 21, 2008 by Tim Groeneveld | Leave a Comment My development environment is CentOS 5. Running a library that is two and a half years old really sucks on a new Linux box, especially because I had to install three compat libraries. The software is called “webpay”, and the actual library itself is distributed as a binary library; which would be alright apart from […] Read more » Banking binary libraries Linux Software