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Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:57 AM

A real world Linux experiment?

There's a pretty interesting blog post at http://contentconsumer.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/is-ubuntu-useable-enough-for-my-girlfriend/ .  I have not read through all of the comments yet (510 and counting).  After a brief scan of the main article,
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:15 AM

Windows Server 2008 Core screencast - Installing Open Source Software

If you are going to run web workloads, you'd be remiss not to evaluate Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. In fact, Windows Server 2008 includes a Core installation option that is an excellent platform for a variety of computing workloads. One thing you might
Posted by Keith Combs | 14 Comments
Friday, January 25, 2008 9:45 PM

Is Windows Vista secure?

How would you answer the question and prove or disprove the answer?  Pretty tricky, eh?  Jeff Jones , who is a Director in our Trustworthy Computing group recently released " Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report " and it appears
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:00 AM

Windows Server 2008 Compare Series kicks off next week

When you get a moment, checkout the webcasts I'll be doing starting next Wednesday. This is all part of the Windows Server Compare series of screencasts and webcasts coming out. TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 1 of 6): Reliability in Windows and
Posted by Keith Combs | 4 Comments
Friday, January 04, 2008 2:35 AM

Anyone else lose a few VMs this week?

Holidays are fun, mostly.  It's tinker time.  Nerds get to experiment and build new nerd contraptions.  Or is it geeks?  Anyway, like a lot of you, I had fun with a few nerd projects and still plan to come back to a few topics I explored
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:56 AM

http://edge.technet.com launches !!!

As you can see at http://edge.technet.com , we are launching a new online portal for IT Pros. Expect to see lots of content in the form of podcasts, screencasts and videos. I have some interesting stuff coming. My EDGE id is KingCobra. Head on over and
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Monday, November 05, 2007 11:34 AM

Virtual Machine Additions for Linux - now available for download

Virtual Machine Additions for Linux are designed to improve the usability and interoperability of running qualified Linux operating systems as guests or virtual machines of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Now with support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:46 PM

Shades of dial-up Batman!!!

Wow. What a blast to the past. I've been downloading Kubuntu 7.10 all day. It's been creeping along at 35-50k per second. This reminds me of downloading Windows 95 betas across dial-up. Scratch that. I think even then I had an ISDN line already. I can't
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:03 AM

Everything you need to know about SCVMM in 15 minutes !!!

Today Microsoft ushered in a new era of virtualization management. Want to know more? Take a 15 minute video tour with me as we take a look at System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2007 , System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 and the Virtual
Posted by Keith Combs | 15 Comments
Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:55 PM

Do Google employees use Windows?

It's always fun to watch reactions to acquisitions . We like to get into those spirited debates about Microsoft employees using competitive products, in public. Give me a break. If I need to use a competing product because it's better, most likely I will.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:30 PM

Linux Indy car crash

I certainly hope Roberto Moreno is ok after crashing the Linux car on lap 36 of the Indy 500. If the posting at http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/linux-car-first-to-crash-at-indianapolis-500/ is any indication, people are having fun at his expense. Bummer.
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Friday, May 25, 2007 2:23 PM

Let the comparisons begin - Dell Ubuntu and Windows Vista offerings

Yesterday Dell officially started offering Ubuntu on some of their hardware. So I configured a Dell XPS 410 machine with Ubuntu Desktop Edition v7.04 and the same machine with Windows Vista. The XPS 410 with Windows Vista is the Home Premium edition of
Posted by Keith Combs | 4 Comments
Friday, April 20, 2007 5:46 PM

Linux fun on my week off

I need to come back to work, in order to relax. Ever feel that way? This week actually hasn't been that bad. I took some time off to catch up on honey dues. It's more like spring cleaning. April in Texas is the time to get the yard in shape before it
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:49 PM

Dell will begin offering Linux

Apparently Dell has decided to start offering desktop and laptop machines preinstalled with Linux. The models have not been announced. The Linux distros that will be tested and certified have not been announced. They actually used the word certification
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:50 AM

Is the ballot box stuffed?

I've been watching http://www.dellideastorm.com/ for the past few weeks to see what bubbles to the top and what action Dell would take. As you know, Dell has sold a couple of Windows machines since the company was founded in 1984. I'm interested because
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