Category: Linux

Linux & Active Directory

February 14, 2007 - Computers , Linux , Technology , Windows - by admin - 1 Comment

I used to deal with Linux in Active Directory quite a bit, especially with Winbind, Samba and Active Directory. It’s amazing how quickly things change, and I already feel as if my knowledge is atrophying at an exponential rate…

Zap Bugs

February 10, 2007 - Asterisk , Bugs , Computers , Linux , VoIP - by admin - No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I commented on a bug that is affecting Zaptel software and hardware, both on the bug tracker, and more recently on the Asterisk users mailing list. Maybe I’m going about it the wrong way, but absolutely nobody seems to be interested in what appears to […]

Transparent proxy

February 9, 2007 - Computers , Linux , Web - by admin - No Comments

Just finished setting up a transparent proxy at home, to keep track of some visitors to my network. I have a Linux machine acting as a router, but it doesn’t have that much power, and a much more powerful server acting as the proxy server. For this reason, Step 6 […]

Why I Like Linux

January 23, 2007 - Computers , Linux - by admin - 3 Comments

I wrote this as a response to a BBC request for 100 words about why you are faithful to Windows, Linux or OSX. Admittedly it’s 169 words, but I sent it anyway and I’ve put it up here for posterity too…

Electricity meter

January 9, 2007 - Computers , Home , Linux , Technology , Web - by admin - 1 Comment

A recent discussion on IRC has prompted this. At the least, it’s a shout out to Adam Sampson, who usefully provided all the info required in order to monitor your electricity usage by your home PC. I’ve been monitoring my electricity usage since the begininning of December, using the same […]