Author: Kai

  • SuSE 10 Linux Review

      Posted on Wed 26 Oct 2005 (439 reads) Suse 10 review I have been a Linux user for almost two years now. I think it is about time I put together a review of my favorite distribution. Suse 10.0 was released to the world on October 6th. I got…

  • How to Upgrade from Windows to Linux

    I posted this on Usenet a while back. It is a collection of links to various “newbie” Linux sites. I hope it is helpful. Desktop Linux dot com – http://www.desktoplinux.com/ – this site has somegood informaiton for beginners. Tux Magazine – http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ – this was supposed to be aprint magazine, but turned into a…

  • Microsoft SQL Server – Comparing Two Database Counts

    Comparing Database Counts Recently my company did an upgrade of a vendor-supplied product from one version to another. The new version includes some schema changes to the database. Just to be safe, we decided it prudent to create a new database on our SQL Server 2000 system and use the…

  • 10 Reasons to Switch to Linux

    10 Reasons to Switch to Linux 1. It Doesn’t Crash  Linux has been time-proven to be a reliable operating system. Although the desktop is not a new place for Linux, most Linux-based systems have been used as servers and embedded systems. High-visibility Web sites such as Google use Linux-based systems,…

  • Know the Time with NTP

    Introduction I’ve been a Windows user for years. I’ll admit it. At the time of this writing, I’m still fairly new to Linux. Being used to Windows, I regularly launch my government’s time service and check my computer clock to see if it is accurate. Generally it is off by a few…

  • How to setup Apache, Java, and Tomcat on a Windows XP system. Recently I have been tasked with setting up an application based almost entirely on Java Server Pages. The application can run under either Websphere , BEA , or Apache/Tomcat. Being as frugal as possible, I thought it would be a good idea to test…

  • Apache, Java and Tomcat on a Windows XP System-How-To

    How to setup Apache, Java, and Tomcat on a Windows XP system. Recently I have been tasked with setting up an application based almost entirely on Java Server Pages. The application can run under either Websphere , BEA , or Apache/Tomcat. Being as frugal as possible, I thought it would be a good idea to test…

  • Using K3B to Burn CD’s on Linux

    So you want to know how to burn a bootleg Audio CD using K3B? You’ve come to the right article. There are several sources of information on how to burn data and standard audio CD’s using K3B,the very cool CD/DVD utility for Linux systems. Novell had one such article at…